Paris-Soir

"Paris-Soir" was a large-circulation daily newspaper in Paris, France from 1923-1944.

Its first issue came out in 4 October 1923. After June 11 1940, the same publisher, Jean Prouvost, continued its publication in Vichy France: Clermont-Ferrand, Lyon, Marseille, and Vichy while in occupied Paris, it was published under German control from June 22 1940 until August 17 1944. Immediately prior the occupation of Paris, Paris-Soir boasted a circulation of two and a half million - - the largest circulation of any newspaper in Europe at that time. Citation
last=Flanner
first=Janet
date=December 7, 1940
title=Reporter at Large
periodical=New Yorker
pages=56 . Its editors included Pierre-Antoine Cousteau.

A Sunday edition, "Paris-soir dimanche" was published from December 22 1935 until September 16 1939.