Editing Le Monde (section)

== History ==
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{{Lang|fr|Le Monde}} was founded in 1944,<ref name=bbc11>{{cite news|title=The press in France|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4295349.stm|access-date=22 November 2014|work=BBC|date=11 November 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Historical development of the media in France|url=http://www.mheducation.co.uk/openup/chapters/9780335236220.pdf|publisher=McGraw-Hill Education|access-date=24 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225005455/http://www.mheducation.co.uk/openup/chapters/9780335236220.pdf|archive-date=25 February 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> at the request of General [[Charles de Gaulle]], after the [[German Army (Wehrmacht)|German army]] had been driven from Paris during [[World War II]]. The paper took over the headquarters and layout of {{Lang|fr|[[Le Temps (Paris)|Le Temps]]}}, which had been the most important newspaper in France, but its reputation had suffered during the [[German occupation of France during World War II|Occupation]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yexzGHVggokC|title=The National Daily Press of France|chapter=The Golden Age and the War Years|page=113|first=Clyde|last=Thogmartin|publisher=Summa Publications, Inc|year=1998|isbn=1-883479-20-7}}</ref> Beuve-Méry reportedly demanded total [[editorial independence]] as the condition for his taking on the project. ''Le Monde'' began publishing a weekly digest edition in English on 23 April 1969.<ref>{{cite news |last=L. Hess |first=John |author-link=John L. Hess |date=13 April 1969 |title=English Edition of Le Monde Due; Leading Paris Paper Starts Weekly Digest April 23 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/04/13/archives/english-edition-of-le-monde-due-leading-paris-paper-starts-weekly.html  |url-status=live |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620171957/https://www.nytimes.com/1969/04/13/archives/english-edition-of-le-monde-due-leading-paris-paper-starts-weekly.html|archive-date=20 June 2023 |access-date=20 June 2023}}</ref>

In December 2006, on the 60th anniversary of its publishing début,{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} {{Lang|fr|Le Monde}} moved into new headquarters in [[Boulevard Auguste-Blanqui]], [[13th arrondissement of Paris]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://moncompte.lemonde.fr/mentions-legales |title=Mentions légales |language=fr |work=Le Monde |access-date=5 July 2016 |quote=Editeur Société Éditrice du Monde [...] Dont le siège social est situé 80, boulevard Auguste-Blanqui – 75707 Paris cedex 13}}</ref> The building—formerly the headquarters of [[Air France]]—was refashioned by [[Bouygues]] from the designs of [[Christian de Portzamparc]]. The building's façade has an enormous [[fresco]] adorned by doves (drawn by [[Plantu]]) flying towards [[Victor Hugo]], symbolising [[freedom of the press]]. In 2008, {{Lang|fr|Le Monde}} was found guilty of defamation for saying that Spanish football club FC Barcelona was connected to a doctor involved in steroid use. The Spanish court fined the newspaper nearly $450,000.<ref>{{cite web|date=15 January 2008|title=Barcelona wins lawsuit against French newspaper Le Monde|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2008-01-15-572480161_x.htm|access-date=2 December 2013|website=[[USA Today]]}}</ref>

In 2014, Groupe Le Monde announced that {{Lang|fr|Le Monde}} would move into a new headquarters, also in the 13th arrondissement, around 2017, with space for 1,200 people.<ref>{{cite web|date=5 November 2014|title=Un nouveau siège social pour le journal "Le Monde" en 2017|url=http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/medias/un-nouveau-siege-social-pour-le-journal-le-monde-en-2017_1619203.html|access-date=9 July 2016|work=[[L'Express]]|language=fr|agency=[[Agence France Presse]]}}</ref> In April 2016, two {{Lang|fr|Le Monde}} reporters were denied visas to visit Algeria as part of the French Prime Minister press convoy to Algeria. The denial of visas to {{Lang|fr|Le Monde}} reporters caused some French media to boycott the event, including ''Libération'', ''Le Figaro'', and ''[[France Inter]]''. {{Lang|fr|Le Monde}} had previously published the names of Algerian officials directly involved with the [[Panama Papers]] scandal.<ref>{{Cite news|date=April 9, 2016|title=French media boycott Valls' Algiers visit|work=[[Deutsche Welle]]|url=https://www.dw.com/en/french-media-boycott-valls-algiers-visit/a-19176424|access-date=October 8, 2021}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=2016-04-08|title=Algeria bans French journalist in row over Panama Papers|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/algeria-france-dispute-idUSL5N17B41N|access-date=2021-10-08}}</ref> Coverage of the scandal in {{Lang|fr|Le Monde}} included a front-page photo of President of Algeria [[Abdelaziz Bouteflika]].<ref name=":0" /> However, the paper clarified in its next edition that Bouteflika was not directly implicated, but maintained that his associates were. Bouteflika opened a [[libel suit]] against {{Lang|fr|Le Monde}}, which was later dropped after the newspaper apologised.<ref>{{Cite news|date=June 20, 2017|title=Algeria leader drops Panama Papers libel suit vs Le Monde|work=[[Yahoo! News]]|agency=[[Agence France-Presse]]|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/algeria-leader-drops-panama-papers-libel-suit-vs-155151705.html|access-date=October 8, 2021}}</ref>

In June 2017, Le Monde was certified as an International Fact-Checking Network member of the [[Poynter Institute]].<ref>{{cite web |date=January 15, 2022 |url=https://ifcncodeofprinciples.poynter.org/profile/le-monde-les-decodeurs |title=Le Monde - Les Décodeurs |website=International Fact-Checking Network |publisher=Poynter Institute|access-date=September 21, 2024}}</ref>。

In 2023, Le Monde banned [[fossil fuel]] advertising to tackle [[climate change]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Noor |first=Dharna |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/jun/07/united-nations-fossil-fuel-ads-news-tech-media |title=News and tech media mostly quiet after UN chief calls for ban on ads for oil and gas |newspaper=The Guardian |date=June 7, 2024 |access-date=September 21, 2024 }}</ref>

''{{Lang|fr|Le Monde}}'' is regarded as France's leading [[newspaper of record]].<ref>{{cite news |date=n.d. |title=France media guide |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-17299010 |url-status=live |language=en-GB |work=[[BBC News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619212843/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-17299010 |archive-date=19 June 2023 |access-date=20 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Agnew |first=Harriet |date=18 March 2019 |title=Battle for future of France's Le Monde paper |url=https://www.ft.com/content/a1ec088a-3f55-11e9-9bee-efab61506f44 |url-status=live |language=en-GB |work=[[Financial Times]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220408005501/https://www.ft.com/content/a1ec088a-3f55-11e9-9bee-efab61506f44 |archive-date=8 April 2022 |access-date=20 June 2023}}</ref> In November 2023, ''Le Monde'' joined with the [[International Consortium of Investigative Journalists]], {{ill|Paper trail media|lt=Paper Trail Media|de}} and 69 media partners including [[Distributed Denial of Secrets]] and the [[Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project]] (OCCRP) and more than 270 journalists in 55 countries and territories<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |date=2023-11-14 |title=Inside Cyprus Confidential: The data-driven journalism that helped expose an island under Russian influence - ICIJ |url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/leaked-data-journalism-methodology/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231130214812/https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/leaked-data-journalism-methodology/ |archive-date=2023-11-30 |access-date=2023-12-24 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2023-11-14 |title=About the Cyprus Confidential investigation - ICIJ |url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/about-cyprus-confidential-investigation/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121093552/https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/about-cyprus-confidential-investigation/ |archive-date=2023-11-21 |access-date=2023-12-24 |language=en-US}}</ref> to produce the '[[Cyprus Confidential]]' report on the financial network which supports the regime of [[Vladimir Putin]], mostly with connections to Cyprus, and showed Cyprus to have strong links with high-up figures in the Kremlin, some of whom have been sanctioned.<ref>{{cite news |date=15 November 2023 |title=Cyprus Confidential: Leaked Roman Abramovich documents raise fresh questions for Chelsea FC: ICIJ-led investigation reveals how Mediterranean island ignores Russian atrocities and western sanctions to cash in on Putin's oligarchs |language=en |newspaper=The Irish Times |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/financial-services/2023/11/15/cyprus-confidential-leaked-roman-abramovich-documents-raise-fresh-questions-for-chelsea-fc/ |access-date=15 November 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=14 November 2023 |title=Cyprus Confidential - ICIJ |url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/ |access-date=14 November 2023 |website=www.icij.org}}</ref> Government officials including Cyprus president [[Nikos Christodoulides]]<ref name=":72">{{Cite web |date=2023-11-15 |title=Cypriot president pledges government probe into Cyprus Confidential revelations - ICIJ |url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/cypriot-president-pledges-government-probe-into-cyprus-confidential-revelations/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214203142/https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/cypriot-president-pledges-government-probe-into-cyprus-confidential-revelations/ |archive-date=2023-12-14 |access-date=2023-12-24 |language=en-US}}</ref> and European lawmakers<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-23 |title=Lawmakers call for EU crackdown after ICIJ’s Cyprus Confidential revelations - ICIJ |url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/lawmakers-call-for-eu-crackdown-after-icijs-cyprus-confidential-revelations/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224114123/https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/lawmakers-call-for-eu-crackdown-after-icijs-cyprus-confidential-revelations/ |archive-date=2023-12-24 |access-date=2023-12-24 |language=en-US}}</ref> began responding to the investigation's findings in less than 24 hours,<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |date=2023-11-15 |title=Cypriot president pledges government probe into Cyprus Confidential revelations - ICIJ |url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/cypriot-president-pledges-government-probe-into-cyprus-confidential-revelations/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214203142/https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/cypriot-president-pledges-government-probe-into-cyprus-confidential-revelations/ |archive-date=2023-12-14 |access-date=2023-12-24 |language=en-US}}</ref> calling for reforms and launching probes.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2023-11-14 |title=Cyprus ignores Russian atrocities, Western sanctions to shield vast wealth of Putin allies - ICIJ |url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/cyprus-russia-eu-secrecy-tax-haven/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214002320/https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/cyprus-russia-eu-secrecy-tax-haven/ |archive-date=2023-12-14 |access-date=2023-12-24 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Solutions |first=BDigital Web |title=Finance Minister perturbed over 'Cyprus Confidential' |url=https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/finance-minister-perturbed-over-cyprus-confidential |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224114126/https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/finance-minister-perturbed-over-cyprus-confidential |archive-date=2023-12-24 |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=knews.com.cy}}</ref>