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 1 January 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

Vichy regime Vichy France (; 10 July 1940 – 9 August 1944), officially the French State ('), was a French rump state headed by Marshal Philippe Pétain during World War II, established as a result of the French capitulation after the defeat against ...

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

le Petit Marocain ''Le Petit Marocain'' was a daily publication founded during the protectorate era in Morocco and the predecessor publication of '' Le Matin''. History and profile ''Le Petit Marocain'' was founded in 1925 and was based in Casablanca. The paper ...

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