''Lire'' (literally, ''to read'') is a French

literary magazine A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry, and essays, along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letter ...

covering both

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

and foreign literature. The magazine was founded in 1975 by

Jean-Louis Servan-Schreiber Jean-Louis Servan-Schreiber (31 October 193728 November 2020) was a French journalist. He was the co-founder of ''L'Expansion'' and the founder of ''Psychologies'' and Radio Classique. He was the author of several books. Early life Jean-Louis Se ...

and

Bernard Pivot Bernard Pivot (; born 5 May 1935) is a French journalist, interviewer and host of cultural television programmes. He was chairman of the Académie Goncourt from 2014 to 2020. Biography Pivot was born in Lyon, the son of two grocers. During Worl ...

. It was owned by the Roularta Media Group until January 2015 when it was acquired by French businessman

Patrick Drahi Patrick Drahi ( he, פטריק דרהי; born 20 August 1963) is a French–Israeli billionaire, businessman telecoms, media tycoon, and investor, magnate. He has been living in Switzerland since 1999.. He is the founder and controlling shareho ...

. In 2016, Drahi sold his magazines to

SFR SFR (; ''Société française du radiotéléphone'', ) is a French telecommunications company. As of December 2015, it had 21.9 million customers in Metropolitan France for mobile services, and provided 6.35 million households with high-spee ...

. In 2017, Lire was acquired by Jean-Jacques Augier and Stéphane Chabenat.

References

External links

''Lire'' home page
(in

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