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Robert Servan-Schreiber

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Robert Servan-Schreiber · Arts & Literature

What

Founded Les Échos in 1908 — a free four-page export bulletin that became France's daily newspaper of economic record.

When

22 March 1880, Paris (9th arrondissement), France — 21 April 1966, Paris (7th arrondissement), France

Where

Paris, France

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Biography

Robert Servan-Schreiber is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Founded Les Échos in 1908 — a free four-page export bulletin that became France's daily newspaper of economic record.

How & why

Robert Servan-Schreiber came, in the words of his French Wikipedia article, from 'une famille française d'origine prussienne et juive' — a French family of Prussian and Jewish origin. His father Joseph Schreiber (1845-1902) was born in Gleiwitz in Prussian Silesia, the son of a rabbi, and worked in France as a textile salesman. In April 1908 Robert brought out the first issue of Les Échos de l'exportation, a free four-page monthly subtitled 'Bulletin de la Maison Schreiber et Aronson'.

Run with his brother Émile, it grew into a daily, took the name Les Échos in 1928, and is today France's newspaper of economic record.

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Source: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Servan-Schreiber

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Founded Les Échos in 1908 — a free four-page export bulletin that became France's daily newspaper of economic record.

1908

Source: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Servan-Schreiber