Le Monde Archives - Press Gazette https://pressgazette.co.uk/subject/le-monde/ The Future of Media Tue, 29 Sep 2026 10:35:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://pressgazette.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2022/09/cropped-Press-Gazette_favicon-32x32.jpg Le Monde Archives - Press Gazette https://pressgazette.co.uk/subject/le-monde/ 32 32 Who’s suing AI and who’s signing latest: OpenAI signs first India deals https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/news-publisher-ai-deals-lawsuits-openai-google/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:24:11 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=224907

Full round-up of publishers versus AI litigation and licensing deals around the world.

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OpenAI has signed partnership deals with India’s two largest newspaper groups.

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How Le Monde is ‘fiercely defending’ journalism from bad bots https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/how-le-monde-is-fiercely-defending-journalism-from-bad-bots/ Mon, 06 Jul 2026 09:10:25 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=254396 Le Monde's English language edition

French title has licensing deals with three major LLMs.

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French newsbrand Le Monde is “fiercely defending” its journalism from AI bots that don’t offer a value exchange while still letting the “good bots” in.

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Le Monde CEO urges publishers to sign AI partnerships to stay competitive https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/le-monde-ceo-urges-publishers-to-sign-ai-partnerships-to-stay-competitive/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:04:08 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=250744 Louis Dreyfus, CEO of Le Monde, who discusses digital subscribers progress. Picture: Delporte

Boss of French newsbrand says deals with OpenAI, Perplexity and Meta are paying off.

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Publishers should be signing AI licensing deals to ensure “strong competition” in journalism, according to Le Monde chief executive Louis Dreyfus.

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Le Monde CEO: Digital subscriber revenue will pay for entire newsroom within two years https://pressgazette.co.uk/paywalls/le-monde-subscriptions-digital-ceo-louis-dreyfus/ Thu, 06 Feb 2025 08:15:21 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=236211 Louis Dreyfus, CEO of Le Monde, who discusses digital subscribers progress. Picture: Delporte

French title has nearly doubled editorial team in 13 years says Louis Dreyfus.

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Digital subscriber revenue is expected to cover the costs of Le Monde’s entire editorial staff within the next two years, according to chief executive Louis Dreyfus.

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Le Monde’s Olympian effort to attract more English-language subscribers https://pressgazette.co.uk/paywalls/le-monde-in-english-subscribers-two-years/ Thu, 09 May 2024 08:10:31 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=227176 Le Monde's English language edition

French title is targeting 1m subscribers and attracts 5m readers a month to its English website.

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French newspaper brand Le Monde is hoping to make the most of the Paris Olympics and US election this year to sign up more English-language subscribers.

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News execs fear ‘end of our business model’ from AI unless publishers ‘get control’ of their IP https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_business/ai-risk-opportunity-publishers-copyright-ip-deloitte-conference/ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_business/ai-risk-opportunity-publishers-copyright-ip-deloitte-conference/#respond Wed, 24 May 2023 07:00:00 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=213448 The panel at the "News: from sustainability to renewed growth" discussion which centred on AI at the 2023 Deloitte and Enders Media and Telecoms Conference. Left to right: Telegraph CEO Nick Hugh, Le Monde CEO Louis Dreyfus, FT CCO Jon Slade, Guardian CEO Anna Bateson and moderator and Ofcom executive Gill Whitehead.

Le Monde CEO Louis Dreyfus described the arrival of generative AI as an "emergency" for the industry.

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Executives at The Guardian, Financial Times and Le Monde agree publishers must get acknowledgement – and payment – for their news content.

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French daily Le Monde expands into UK and US to reach 1m subscriber target https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/le-monde-international-expansion-digital-subscribers/ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/le-monde-international-expansion-digital-subscribers/#respond Thu, 07 Apr 2022 10:20:02 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=180349

The French daily newspaper Le Monde is planning a major international expansion as it targets one million subscribers by 2025. The 77-year-old news brand said it will begin to publish around 70 English-language articles per day and produce an international daily newsletter so it can target new consumers, initially in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, …

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The French daily newspaper Le Monde is planning a major international expansion as it targets one million subscribers by 2025.

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Publisher paywall strategies from WaPo, Le Monde and Substack https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/publisher-paywall-strategies-free-content/ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/publisher-paywall-strategies-free-content/#respond Thu, 17 Jun 2021 08:10:17 +0000 https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/?p=167866 |money wall

A digital paywall shouldn’t mark the end of a publisher’s free content offering, according to chiefs at the Washington Post, Le Monde and paid newsletter platform Substack – who have shared insight into their subscription strategies. Free content is important to help paid subscription-based publishers to continue to grow their audience, some of whom who …

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A digital paywall shouldn’t mark the end of a publisher’s free content offering, according to chiefs at the Washington Post, Le Monde and paid newsletter platform Substack – who have shared insight into their subscription strategies.

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French daily Le Monde to stop publishing pictures of terrorists in order to avoid ‘glorifying them in death’ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/french-daily-le-monde-to-stop-publishing-pictures-of-terrorists-in-order-to-avoid-glorifying-them-in-death/ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/french-daily-le-monde-to-stop-publishing-pictures-of-terrorists-in-order-to-avoid-glorifying-them-in-death/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2016 15:27:54 +0000 http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/?p=95801

France’s best-selling national newspaper has declared it will no longer publish pictures of terrorists who have carried out atrocities in a bid to avoid “glorifying” their actions. The change in Le Monde’s editorial policy was announced today in an article by its director, Jerome Fenoglio. It comes in the wake of the murder of an …

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France’s best-selling national newspaper has declared it will no longer publish pictures of terrorists who have carried out atrocities in a bid to avoid “glorifying” their actions.

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Strike prevents publication of Le Monde https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/strike-prevents-publication-of-le-monde/ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/strike-prevents-publication-of-le-monde/#respond Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:40:21 +0000 For only the third time in its history, French newspaper Le Monde was not printed yesterday after print workers took strike action over potential job losses. Around 100 workers at the presses in Ivry walked out after holding an emergency meeting yesterday morning to consider a response to Le Monde’s confirmation that it was considering …

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For only the third time in its history, French newspaper Le Monde was not printed yesterday after print workers took strike action over potential job losses.

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