SALES FIGURES OF FRENCH NEWSPAPERS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000300420005-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 6, 2000
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: February 6, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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25X1A6a
COUNTRY Fr&-,ice
SUBJECT Sales Figures of French Newspapers
DATE: 25X1A6a
INFO.
DIST. 6 February 1947
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SUPPLEMENT 25X1 X6
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Fi aro ............................ 329a00O copies
sold
nits e?.e.......?.?.e....e..s 324,000 copies
ranc? r:Fe-ur n?.ov?PO?oe.tloa.vo...v 279POOO copies
sold
sold
rg- Par-Iii-Libre 262,000 copies
L"Aurore ~~ m e . 9e ... ~, ....... tl ..., .. 163,000 copies
sold
sold
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INTELLIGENCE REPORT
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to ~3~a e-a e r u. a m a r r e e r.? e a? r .. a a?? 286 , 000 copies sold
eraatl-on PPO~vovom?.rr.r~?asnrr?a y143,000 copies sold
r.vx Ue o ~.. ? a s. e e? r o .era .. a v r r r s u r 12t3,?00 copies sold
.Lim ropulaire o 0 0 0 ?a e e 6 a. a a s r o o. a o a v 1160000 copies sold
combat APwG.e..eO.......ea...eaertle 100,000 copies sold
oque .......................... 94,000 copies sold
mere oo.e.?..e...c.....oe?..?.?. 10,000 copies sold
ranee-aoi' em.voe..?..?.o?..r.w.a.e 3770000 copies sold
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S~ r?.g'S6 m?roa?veoao.oH.rvasamr 295*000 copies sold
one oPa??.tle.....P(ftl..e?....,. 134,000 copies sold
2.
Twenty-two morning papers are now in circulation; eight
have gone out of existence,
3.
Combat, and ulaire, as well as
L+O
,
~A s an 1sovera1 of er socon-rate papers,
are
ncoun Bring serious financial difficultieso
Mergers
are
expected between weak and strong papers as may be the
case between Franc-Tireur and Liberation.
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Press agencies are in an even more serious condition. They
are all experiencing severe losses with the exception of
France-Presae which has increased the number of its
Gus rs aiT is now "out of the red'T. For the year 1945,
sales receipts represented 26% of expenses while in 1946
receipts totalled 46%. This agency has absorbed the
customers of private agencies.
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