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    Jann S. Wenner

    Influenced by the counterculture of the 1960s, Wenner set out to create a new rock magazine. Launched in 1967, Rolling Stone magazine became an instant success. Wenner, known for his ability to spot new trends, has gone on to repeat this early success by launching... View Details
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      Edward W. Scripps

      Beginning with the purchase of the Cleveland Penny Press, a cheep mass-market publication in 1878, Scripps went on to build the first newspaper chain in the United States. Through a series of acquisitions, he formed United Press International consisting of 34... View Details
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        J. Richard Munro

        As CEO of Time, prior to the merger, he helped build HBO into a cable TV powerhouse, having headed the division back in the 1970s. Most notably, however, Munro engineered the creation of one of the world’s largest media and communications companies when he purchased... View Details
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          Hugh M. Hefner

          In 1953, Hefner broke out of the conventional sleaze of the adult entertainment business by indulging the fantasies of the middle class executive male and including interviews with high profile celebrities and editorial content from well-respected literary figures in... View Details
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            Ian K. Ballantine

            In 1952, the year of Ballantine Books' founding, Ballantine introduced four titles, including Executive Suite by Cameron Hawley, which became a bestseller and a successful motion picture. Ballantine proved to the publishing industry that substantial profits could be... View Details
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              Harry Chandler

              Chandler built the Los Angeles Times into arguably the most powerful and successful newspaper on the West Coast. Chandler so greatly expanded the reach of the Times that by 1941 the paper had a daily circulation of 320,000 with 615,000 on Sundays. For three straight... View Details
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              Read All About It: Journalism Can Be Profitable

              companies. Figuring out how we coexist in a way that’s mutually beneficial is going to be one of the key questions moving forward. When do you forecast the last printed edition of the New York Times rolling off the presses? —Graham... View Details
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              Adriana Varella & Nilton Maltz Digital DNA 2005 | About

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                Robert L. Vann

                Under Vann’s leadership, the Courier became the essential, and the only, newspaper that reported news and provided a positive showcasing of Pittsburgh’s growing black community. The paper became a very active political and community vehicle, pushing for better... View Details
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                  Helen R. Reid

                  Working at the newspaper since 1918, Reid was instrumental in expanding the Tribune’s advertising revenue, circulation, and editorial content. She played a major role in promoting women within the organization, and by the forties, the Tribune employed more women than... View Details
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                    Frank A. Munsey

                    Frank Munsey revolutionized the publishing industry by bringing financial rigor to the business. Munsey was a pioneer in connecting advertising prices to circulation volume making large-scale magazine production affordable and profitable. Due to his efforts, Munsey’s... View Details
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                      James H. McGraw

                      McGraw was the founder of both the magazine and book publishing empire. The firm originally specialized in publications for the technical field, but soon expanded into other disciplines, such as textbooks for colleges and high schools. McGraw publications have become... View Details
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                        Robert R. McCormick

                        When McCormick inherited The Chicago Tribune from his uncle, it had less than 200,000 subscribers, was the third largest newspaper in Chicago, and was barely surviving. McCormick helped place the paper on solid financial ground even acquiring timber land in Canada to... View Details
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                          William F. Kerby

                          Kerby was responsible for building the Wall Street Journal into the second largest national newspaper in the Unites States with a circulation in excess of 2 million. He championed the company’s diversification from a one-newspaper journal into a worldwide publishing... View Details
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                            Frank Batten

                            Batten took the helm of his family’s newspaper empire in the late sixties and continued to enhance its scale and scope over three decades, yet his greatest achievement was the launch of a phenomenally successful cable channel. In 1982, Batten launched The Weather... View Details
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                              Christine A. Hefner

                              The daughter of Playboy founder Hugh M. Hefner, Christine was responsible for the elimination of the company’s massive debt and the dramatic restructuring of the organization. Hefner eliminated a number of money losing ventures and invested heavily in cable television... View Details
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                                Walter D. Fuller

                                Fuller successfully stepped into Cyrus Curtis’ role and led the publishing company through 25 years of top level financial performance. He expanded the base of the company’s publications – most notably, the Saturday Evening Post – and achieved significant growth in the... View Details
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                                  Frank N. Doubleday

                                  Doubleday founded one of the most successful and enduring publishing companies in the United States. He acquired a series of specialty publishing companies including Garden City Publishing Company, Doran Book Shops, and the Crime Club. Doubleday was most known for his... View Details
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                                    Cyrus H. K. Curtis

                                    Curtis pioneered many tactics that are hallmarks of modern magazine publishing including securing large-scale advertising revenue by building mass circulation through low subscription prices, introducing market research for target advertising, and utilizing well-known... View Details
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                                      Helen K. Copley

                                      Copley took over the struggling California-based newspaper empire when her husband died in 1973. She sold a number of unprofitable divisions, streamlined the company’s flagship operations, expanded coverage on a variety of issues, and returned the organization to... View Details
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