L'Express
L'Express is a French weekly news magazine based in Paris, covering politics, economics, society, and culture. Generally regarded as centrist to centre-right, it addresses a broad national readership interested in current affairs and analysis. The magazine combines long-form reporting and commentary with an online platform offering ongoing news coverage.
L'Express at a glance
- Country
- France
- Region
- Western Europe · Europe
- Kind of outlet
- News magazine
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Founded
- 1953
- Owner
- Alain Weill
- Published from
- Paris
- Website
- lexpress.fr ↗
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How Crosswire groups L'Express
Crosswire groups L'Express as Centrist for comparisons within France's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate. In France, Libération and Mediapart are listed as Left-leaning, while Le Figaro and Le Point are listed as Right-leaning — so you can open L'Express beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where L'Express sits in France's press
L'Express was founded in 1953, is published from Paris and is owned by Alain Weill. It is one of 11 outlets tracked in France, and one of 2 news magazines among them — the other being Le Point. By outlets tracked, France ranks third of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Europe hub, which lists 264 outlets in all.
Across Europe, Crosswire tracks 6 of the 11 news magazines in the directory. The nearest counterparts to L'Express outside France, starting with Western Europe, are Der Spiegel (Germany), De Groene Amsterdammer (Netherlands) and Monaco Hebdo (Monaco). Opening one of them beside L'Express is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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