Format | Online |
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Publisher | Edwy Plenel |
Editor | François Bonnet |
Founded | 2008 |
Language | French, English, Spanish |
Headquarters | Paris, France |
Circulation | 120,000 |
Website | http://www.mediapart.fr |
Mediapart is a French online investigative and opinion journal created in 2008 by Edwy Plenel, the former editor-in-chief of Le Monde. Mediapart is published in French, English and Spanish.
Mediapart's income is solely derived from subscription fees; the website does not carry any advertising. In 2011, Mediapart made a profit for the first time, netting €500,000 from around 60,000 subscribers.
Mediapart consists of two main sections: the journal itself, Le Journal, run by professional journalists, and Le Club, a collaborative forum edited by its subscriber community. In 2011, Mediapart launched FrenchLeaks, a whistleblower website inspired by .
Mediapart has played a central role in the revelation and investigation of at least three major French political scandals: