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Top 25 News publishers based in France

Name: News publishers based in France
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026 134 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 134 news publishers headquartered in France as of September 2026 and tracks 10,870 professional contacts across them, including 3,331 with verified work emails. Paris is the largest hub.

This list covers news publishers headquartered in France, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 20, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 20, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

134Companies

10,870Contacts tracked

3,331Verified emails

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The 25 largest news publishers based in France

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 134 news publishers based in France, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to news publishers: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Ouest-France	Indirect evidence	Rennes, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,317 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Société OUEST-FRANCE Fondateur du Comité éditorial François Régis Hutin Président du Directoire Louis Échelard - Directeur de la publication Le statut associatif : Depuis…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
2	LE Figaro	Indirect evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,399 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Le Figaro, la culture de la liberté depuis 1826, 1er quotidien généraliste et 1er site d’information le plus consulté en France.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
3	Bayard	Partial evidence	Malakoff, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,080 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Bayard has 120 press titles, 70 of which are in France, 5,500 books in the catalogues of its publishing houses, and publishes more than 800 new books every year.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4	LE Parisien	Partial evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	501-1,000	887 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Le Parisien is a company of the Amaury Group and publishes the daily newspapers Le Parisien and Aujourd'hui in France, as well as the sites leParisien.fr and Aujourdhui.fr.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5	LA Voix DU Nord	Indirect evidence	Lille, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	501-1,000	852 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Avec 24 éditions dans la région Nord - Pas-de-Calais, La Voix du Nord vous propose, chaque jour, toute l’actualité régionale et locale, en continu, sur son site Votre journal peut…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6	LA Provence	Indirect evidence	Marseille, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	501-1,000	643 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “C'est en août 1944, avec des moyens de fortune que le premier numéro du "Provençal" composé d'une seule feuille est imprimé.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7	20 Minutes France	Indirect evidence	Levallois-perret, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	454 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Créé en 2002, 20 Minutes est un éditeur d’information indépendant détenu à parts égales par le groupe SIPA-Ouest-France, éditeur du premier quotidien français payant et par le…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
8	L'express	Indirect evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	389 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “L’Express est une marque média de référence depuis 1953 : un hebdomadaire, un site internet, des applications, des podcasts, des newsletters.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9	Groupe LES Echos-Le Parisien	Indirect evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	371 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Le Groupe Les Echos – Le Parisien s’adresse chaque mois à 25 millions de Français.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10	LE Nouvel OBS	Indirect evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	233 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “For its 60th anniversary,"Le Nouvel Obs" reinvents itself and launches a new version of its website, app and magazine.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11	actu.fr	Indirect evidence	Rennes, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	501-1,000	183 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Actu.fr est une plateforme multimarque qui rassemble au sein d’un même site et d’une racine commune les 93 médias locaux du groupe Publihebdos, premier groupe de Presse…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
12	L'union	Indirect evidence	Reims, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	172 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Entreprise de la presse quotidienne régionale, L'union est diffusé dans l'Aisne, la Marne et les Ardennes, à travers 7 éditions (Reims - Soissons - Epernay - Châlons-en-Champagne…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13	RFR	Indirect evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	n/a	123 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
14	Groupe LA Depeche DU Midi	Indirect evidence	Toulouse, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	121 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “GROUPE LA DEPECHE DU MIDI intervient sur l’ensemble de la région Occitanie dans les domaines de l’information grand public de proximité, de la communication et de l’événementiel.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
15	Messageries Lyonnaises DE Presse	Indirect evidence	St Quentin Fallavier, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	111 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Acteur majeur de la distribution presse depuis 1945, MLP accompagne les éditeurs dans la diffusion de plus de parutions presse auprès de plus de points de vente et marchands de…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
16	Intrasipa Groupe Sipa Ouest-France	Indirect evidence	Rennes, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	84 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Le groupe Sipa Ouest-France est constitué de 5 quotidiens (Ouest-France – 1er quotidien de France, Le Maine Libre, Le Courrier de l’Ouest, Presse Océan, La Presse de la Manche)…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
17	LA Marseillaise	Indirect evidence	Marseille, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	80 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Votre quotidien depuis 1943!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
18	Nextprod	Indirect evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	80 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “NEXTPROD is a broadcast media company based out of 2 rue du général Alain de Boissieu PARIS, France.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
19	Groupe Nord Littoral	Indirect evidence	Calais, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	76 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Le groupe Nord Littoral est un groupe des presse des Hauts-de-France éditant un quotidien (Nord Littoral), 10 hebdomadaires (Les Échos du Touquet, le Journal de Montreuil, le…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
20	Tendance Ouest	Indirect evidence	Saint-lô, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	54 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “RADIO Tendance Ouest est créée en novembre 1982 par Benoit et Noëlle Leclerc de Sonis, sous le nom de Radio Manche.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
21	Indigo Publications	Strong evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	49 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Indigo Publications is an independent media company that publishes three news websites featuring exclusive content in English and French: Africa Intelligence, Intelligence Online…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
22	Diverto	Indirect evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	41 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Diverto est porté par le GIE (Groupement d’Intérêt Économique) Diverto, fondé par six éditeurs majeurs de la Presse Quotidienne Régionale : Centre France, EBRA, Rossel, Sipa…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
23	LES Publications Commerciales	Indirect evidence	Marseille, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	27 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Société éditrice de deux hebdomadaires d'informations professionnelles et d'annonces légales en Paca.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
24	Groupe Télégramme	Indirect evidence	Morlaix, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	501-1,000	25 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Un groupe proche et sans frontières.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
25	AU Coeur DES Villes	Indirect evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	18 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Au Coeur des Villes est un éditeur indépendant de médias spécialisés dans différents univers de commerce de proximité.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: news publishers. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names news publishers.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of news publishers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name news publishers. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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News publishers based in France at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026

30.6%Verified-email coverage

81.1Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

27.6%Largest-city concentration · Paris

Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for France, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for France, over 134 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among news publishers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in France whose own description of what they do matches “news publishers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names news publishers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among news publishers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside France are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 3,331 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

News publishers by metro

News publishers in Paris37

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names news publishers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many news publishers are there based in France?

RevenueBase identified 134 news publishers headquartered in France as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Ouest-France, headquartered in Rennes, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most news publishers?

Paris leads with 37 headquartered companies, followed by Marseille (6) and Rennes (5).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

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How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.