Libération
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Libération (affectionately known as Libé) is a French daily newspaper founded in Paris in 1973 by Jean-Paul Sartre, Pierre Victor alias Benny Lévy and Serge July in the wake of the protest movements of May 1968. Broadly speaking, Libération's editorial point of view is currently center-left. At its origins a leftist newspaper, it has lived several mutations, in particular during the 1980s and 1990s, and, more recently, since Edouard de Rothschild's entrance in its capital (37%) in January 2005. Serge July's campaign for the "yes" to the referendum on the TCE (Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe) has alienated it from part of its left-wing readers. As of 2007, it has a circulation of about 140,000 . Libé was also the first French daily to have a website.
