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| | Print Media in France - French Newspapers, Magazines |
 | | France's press is subsidized in one way or another by an estimated sum of more than $55 million annually. |
 | | For example, a journalist in France phones, cables, or telexes his story at half the ordinary rate, and newspapers are mailed to subscribers for only a fraction of the cost for other material of the same weight. |
 | | France has about 800 periodicals offering political and general features, 500 others that present general news, 2,000 technical publications, 200 for children and young people, 600 agricultural journals, 1,500 devoted to education and pedagogy, and 2,000 devoted to the legal, political, economic, and social sciences. |
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