Lazareff, Pierre

(1907-1972)

   journalist

   Born in Paris, Pierre Lazareff was a reporter for Soir, then for Paris-Midi (1927). He became director of Paris-Soir in 1931, then after the German invasion of 1940 joined the War information office in the United States, where he was the chief of French Services. Returning to France, he directed France-Soir from 1944 until his death, and contributed to the renewal of the postwar French press. Lazareff also produced for television, from 1959 to 1968, the news program Cinq colonnes à la une.