Le Matin de Paris (French pronunciation: [lə matɛ̃ də paʁi] ⓘ, The Morning of Paris) was a French daily newspaper, founded on 1 March 1977 by Claude Perdriel, and disappearing in 1987 ("dépôt de bilan" on 6 May).
Founded in 1977 by the chief executive of Le Nouvel Observateur, Le Matin de Paris shared its director, capital, journalists and structures with Jean Daniel's weekly paper.
These links were at first capitalistic in nature in which, by the bias of the SA Le Nouvel Observateur du Monde (with 2 million Francs) or by that of its CEO Claude Perdriel (with 2.24 million Francs), the weekly and its director controlled 53% of its initial capital.
This financial support was brought about on the daily newspaper's board of directors by a very strong presence of those responsible for Le Nouvel Observateur.
This presence reinforced itself in April 1981 with the addition of Jean Daniel (editorial director of the Observateur) and of Roger Priouret (editorial writer to RTL and to Observateur), with only Roger Colombani (chief editor, assisting with the morning edition of France Soir) not historically linked to the newspaper of the rue d'Aboukir.