This document summarizes media coverage of topics related to France from January to September 2017 based on an analysis of over 45,000 articles from the French press. Some of the key findings include: - The top sectors covered were studies and reports (29%), women (12%), and law and regulations (11%). - The top themes were events (48%), announcements (14%), and conferences (10%). - The most discussed social phenomena were terrorism (over 3,000 mentions), religion/spirituality (over 2,000), and immigration/refugees (over 1,500). - The most mentioned business leaders in the press were Bernard Arnault (17%), Jean-Michel Aulas (15%),