''Le Figaro Magazine'' is a

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weekly

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published in Paris, France. The magazine is the weekly supplement of the daily newspaper and has been in circulation since 1978.

History

The magazine is the first supplement of ''Le Figaro'' newspaper. It was established in 1978, when ''Le Figaro Littéraire'' was renamed as ''Le Figaro Magazine''.

Louis Pauwels Louis Pauwels (; 2 August 1920 – 28 January 1997) was a French journalist and writer. Born in Paris, France, he wrote in many monthly literary French magazines as early as 1946 (including ''Esprit'' and ''Variété'') until the 1950s. He partic ...

was functional in its start and was appointed its director. His daughter,

Marie-Claire Pauwels Marie-Claire Pauwels (3 September 1945, 15th arrondissement of Paris – 22 May 2011) was a French journalist, the daughter of Suzanne Brégeon and Louis Pauwels. In April 1980, she launched the magazine '' Madame Figaro'' of which she became the ...

, worked as fashion director of the magazine from 1980 to 2006. The magazine is part of the Figaro Group which also owns the daily newspaper ''Le Figaro'' and the magazines '' Le Particulier'' and '' Madame Figaro Magazine''. ''Le Figaro Magazine'' is published by Société du Figaro S.A. on a weekly basis and is sold with ''Le Figaro'' on Saturdays. The headquarters of ''Le Figaro Magazine'' is in Paris. It provides articles on news about political events and current affairs. The weekly also features articles concerning art, music and literature. served as the

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of the weekly.

Profile

The magazine has a

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stance as ''Le Figaro''. One of the concepts the magazine opposes is

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, which refers to non-European

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. The weekly supported the New Right movement in France. Some members of the GRECE, an ethnonationalist

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, sit on the editorial team of the magazine. Louis Pauwels, who directed and founded the magazine, was a member of GRECE, and

Alain de Benoist Alain de Benoist ( ; ; born 11 December 1943), also known as Fabrice Laroche, Robert de Herte, David Barney, and other pen names, is a French political philosopher and journalist, a founding member of the ''Nouvelle Droite'' (France's European Ne ...

, founder of the organization, was also one of the regular contributors. This close connection between the magazine and GRECE continued until 1980. Although the magazine remained loyal to its conservative stance, it began to support for

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Controversy

In 1995 ''Le Figaro Magazine'' and ''Le Figaro'' newspaper were sentenced to pay damages following the publication of an article by Victor Loupan which claimed that the

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academics were destroying the French literature. Specific targets of the criticism were two American literary scholars,

Susan Rubin Suleiman Susan Rubin Suleiman is a Hungarian-born American literary scholar. She is the C. Douglas Dillon Professor Emerita of the Civilization of France and Professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard University. Biography Suleiman was born in Buda ...

and

Alice Jardine Alice Jardine is an American literary scholar, cultural critic, and feminist theorist. She is Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and of Studies of Women, Gender & Sexuality at Harvard University, having co-founded and led the developm ...

, who sued the publications.

Circulation

By the end of 1979, ''Le Figaro Magazine'' had nearly half a million readers. The magazine sold 497,585 copies during the 2003-2004 period. The circulation of the magazine was 448,000 copies during the 2007–2008 period. In 2009, its circulation was 424,385 copies. In 2013, the magazine had a circulation of 431,865 copies. Its circulation fell to 408,361 copies in 2014.

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