Mediapart

Also known as mediapart.fr

Mediapart () is an independent nonprofit French investigative online newspaper created in 2008 by Edwy Plenel, former editor-in-chief of . It is published in French, English, and Spanish. The newspaper is owned by Le Fonds pour une Presse Libre, a non-profit trust created to support freedom of the press. It has produced hundreds of investigations over the past 15 years, on political corruption, financial fraud, environmental crimes, as well as on sexual harassment and police violence. The New York Times has called Mediapart "France's leading investigative news site". By early 2025, Mediapart

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Newspaper.name: Mediapart
Newspaper.motto: Seuls nos lecteurs peuvent nous acheter("Only our readers can buy us")
Newspaper.logo: Mediapart logo.svg
Newspaper.format: Online
Newspaper.owners: Le Fonds pour une Presse Libre
Newspaper.founder: Edwy Plenel
Newspaper.president: Carine Fouteau
Newspaper.chief_editor: Lénaïg BredouxValentine Oberti
Newspaper.general_manager: Cécile Sourd
Newspaper.staff_writers: ~70
Newspaper.founded: 2008
Newspaper.political_position: Left-wing
Newspaper.language: French, English, Spanish
Newspaper.headquarters: Paris, France
Newspaper.circulation: 245,000 (paid subscribers)
Newspaper.circulation_date: January 2025
Newspaper.website: mediapart.fr

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: collaborative blog
Named after: communications media
Country: France
Country of origin: France
Official website: blogs.mediapart.fr

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privacy policy URL: www.mediapart.fr/confidentialite
inception: 2007-09-04
language of work or name: English language
title: Mediapart
source of income: subscription
social media followers: 104326
web feed URL: www.mediapart.fr/articles/feed
member of: European Investigative Collaborations
number of subscribers: 233277
Commons category: Mediapart
distributed by: App Store
catchphrase: Seuls nos lecteurs peuvent nous acheter
political alignment: left-wing
Mastodon instance URL: mediapart.social
shortened URL formatter: mdpt.fr/$1

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Profile
Ownership
Landmark investigations
References
External links

* [Main content](https://www.mediapart.fr/en/english#main)

* [Search](https://www.mediapart.fr/en/search)

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