The main national newspapers will increase their prices in 2023

Given the rise in paper prices, in particular, almost all national newspapers will increase their prices in newsstands at the beginning of January, between 10 and 30 cents, they announced to AFP on Tuesday, confirming information from the specialized letter Mind Media.

The rates of Le Monde, Les Echos and Le Figaro will thus rise, during the week, by 20 cents, up to 3.40 euros, like that of Liberation, raised to 2.70 euros.

An increase of 20 cents will also be applied to the weekend offer (with an additional magazine) of Les Echos, which will reach 6 euros, Le Monde increasing its own by 30 cents, up to 5.20 euros.

The price of La Croix will drop from 2.40 euros to 2.70 euros from December 30.

And the different editions of the Team will cost 10 cents more from January 2 (at 2.30 euros during the week, 3.30 euros at the weekend and 4.60 euros for the monthly weekend offer including France Football), such as Humanity (2.60 euros) and Humanity Magazine (4 euros).

On the other hand, “Le Parisien”, which already raised its price by 10 cents in September, will continue to be sold at 1.90 euros.

“Historical increase” in production costs

In a context of crisis in the print press and the erosion of monkey sales in favor of digital ones, kiosk prices have risen regularly in January for several years.

But there is also a “historic increase in paper prices” and “industrial costs”, explained to AFP the president of the board of directors of the Le Monde group, Louis Dreyfus, justifying increases that are “essential” to “maintain self-financing ” and the “editorial investments” of the newspaper.

“In just one year, the price of a ton of newsprint has gone from 400 to 1,000 euros,” stressed Le Télégramme last week, a regional newspaper that will also raise its price by 10 cents at the beginning of 2023.

For his part, the editor and director of the “print division” of L’Equipe, Eric Matton, assures that it is about “maintaining” the “journalistic quality” of the title in a “context of transformation”, the athlete newspaper that bets for increasing their digital subscriptions.