Philippe Tesson (1 March 1928 – 1 February 2023) was a French journalist and television columnist who primarily focused on theatre.

[2] After World War II, he attended secondary school in Le Cateau alongside Pierre Mauroy.

After leaving Combat, he brought a large number of editorial staff with him to the newspaper he founded, Le Quotidien de Paris.

Tesson directed Le Quotidien de Paris until his publication ceased for good in 1994, primarily due to the beginning of the downfall of written press.

During his time as owner of the newspaper, he also directed the weekly Les Nouvelles littéraires from 1975 to 1983 and was director of collections of the Éditions de la Table ronde from 1962 to 1972.

[8] He was a guest on Europe 1 six days later while a complaint was filed against him by the Tribunal judiciaire de Paris [fr] for an incitement of murder.

[15] MRAP filed a complaint for "defamation and provocation to hatred" and the Coordination contre le racisme et l’islamophobie (CRI) named Tesson in proceedings.