Pierre Mas (1891–1970

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) was a French media mogul of the francophone press in

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under the French Protectorate.

Biography

With the fortune he inherited from his father, who in 1907 opened a branch of in Morocco, Pierre Mas began his media empire in 1919 with the purchase of the major daily newspaper . On January 1, 1920, he founded in Casablanca. The following year, through a sale of shares, he came to control in Casablanca as well. In 1929, he founded in Fes. He then added to these in Tangier. This

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came to be called . He also founded . He was put under house arrest in 1945 for his support of the

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. The year after the death of Pierre Mas, on November 1, 1971, the Moroccan authorities decided to suspend the publication of and {{Lang, fr,

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20th-century French businesspeople French newspaper publishers (people)