A French Daily Backed by American Interests: Le Matin, 1884-1890

Le Matin (1884-1944) was the first French daily with an American style. This newspaper is well-known as one of the most important French papers published between the end of the nineteenth century and 1944. What is less well-known is that it was first backed by American interests. These American busi...

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Main Author: Dominique Pinsolle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association Française d'Etudes Américaines 2014-02-01
Series:Transatlantica : Revue d'Études Américaines
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/6463
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spelling doaj-7af1c972ac244178904e646f21f019482021-09-02T20:07:49ZengAssociation Française d'Etudes AméricainesTransatlantica : Revue d'Études Américaines1765-27662014-02-01110.4000/transatlantica.6463A French Daily Backed by American Interests: Le Matin, 1884-1890Dominique PinsolleLe Matin (1884-1944) was the first French daily with an American style. This newspaper is well-known as one of the most important French papers published between the end of the nineteenth century and 1944. What is less well-known is that it was first backed by American interests. These American businessmen wanted to control a Parisian daily to make money and to promote their business projects. But they became very quickly unable to reach their goals in France and were forced to leave Le Matin and to sell it to its Parisian editor.http://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/6463Press industryAmerican and French journalismCultural transfersBusiness networks
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A French Daily Backed by American Interests: Le Matin, 1884-1890
Transatlantica : Revue d'Études Américaines
Press industry
American and French journalism
Cultural transfers
Business networks
author_facet Dominique Pinsolle
author_sort Dominique Pinsolle
title A French Daily Backed by American Interests: Le Matin, 1884-1890
title_short A French Daily Backed by American Interests: Le Matin, 1884-1890
title_full A French Daily Backed by American Interests: Le Matin, 1884-1890
title_fullStr A French Daily Backed by American Interests: Le Matin, 1884-1890
title_full_unstemmed A French Daily Backed by American Interests: Le Matin, 1884-1890
title_sort french daily backed by american interests: le matin, 1884-1890
publisher Association Française d'Etudes Américaines
series Transatlantica : Revue d'Études Américaines
issn 1765-2766
publishDate 2014-02-01
description Le Matin (1884-1944) was the first French daily with an American style. This newspaper is well-known as one of the most important French papers published between the end of the nineteenth century and 1944. What is less well-known is that it was first backed by American interests. These American businessmen wanted to control a Parisian daily to make money and to promote their business projects. But they became very quickly unable to reach their goals in France and were forced to leave Le Matin and to sell it to its Parisian editor.
topic Press industry
American and French journalism
Cultural transfers
Business networks
url http://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/6463
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