Word: soir
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Reference is made April 26 to the alleged fact "that the proud masthead of first-ranked France Soir-the only French daily selling over 1,000,000-may not always be true...
...inform you that the official audit bureau of the French press published on April 8, 1963 the following average figures for France Soir for the year 1962: circulation 1,280,662; sales...
...biggest papers in France have been hit particularly hard. Paris press circles still buzz with rumors that the proud masthead slogan of first-ranked France Soir-"The Only French Daily Selling Over 1,000,000"-may not always be true. The city's second biggest daily, Le Parisien Libere, has cut back its press run some 5%. France-Soir's sister publication, Paris-Presse, has lost 5% of its circulation, and last month dropped 20 of its 90 editorial staffers...
Charlie Did It. Alarmed that TV and specialized journals will eventually squeeze out several of the already struggling general dailies, publishers are nervously taking stock. "TV being essentially a spectacle," says France-Soir President Robert Salmon, "the press should become more and more explanatory, not only giving the news but explaining it." France-Soir's diminutive (5 ft. 2 in.) Editor Pierre Lazareff, 55, has set up a study group to chart new ways to lure back readers, is planning to bring out a remodeled paper soon with the same appearance but a greater depth and variety of coverage...
...Paris, it took but a single ballot to elect Novelist-Journalist Joseph Kessel, 64, to the rarefied ranks of the Académic Française A byliner for Paris' France-Soir and author of the international bestseller The Lion, grey-maned Kessel is the first reporter ever to win a seat in the Academic. His election drew indignant grumbles from a fellow academician. Legion of Honor Commander Henry Bordeaux, who wrote the Academic protesting the entry of "this Kessel, who has lived such a dissolute life...