History
- 4 April 1974 – Philippe Tesson launched Le Quotidien de Paris.
- 1978 – Publication was temporarily suspended, due to limited distribution and financial resources.
- 27 November 1979 – Reappeared at newsagents, although with a modest distribution, which was viewed as elitist. Had a substantially better financial situation.
- 1981 – After the first election of François Mitterrand as President of the Republic, Le Quotidien de Paris emerged as one of the only opposition newspapers. Consequently, circulations rose to around 70,000 copies.
- 1983 – During a protest movement sparked by over private schooling funded by the state, circulation reached over 100,000 copies.
- June 1993 – During an economic crisis, and a particular bad period for the French press, a refinancing allowed continual publication. This was largely thanks to Banque Verne and GAN.
- 19 October 1994 – La société d'édition du Quotidien was liquidized.
- February 1995 – After the rights to the title of the paper were purchased by a partnership of Nicolas Miguet and Entreprendre Robert Lafont, the paper was rapidly replaced with a new, cheaper version, following the lead of other French papers.
- 14 November 1996 – The publication of the last copy of Le Quotidien de Paris under that title.
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