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    Samuel I. Newhouse

    At the age of 26 with $600 borrowed from his relatives, Newhouse bought his first local newspaper, the Staten Island Advance. Over the next five decades, Newhouse would amass a communications giant including a collection of 22 local newspapers, 6 television stations, 5... View Details
    Keywords: Publishing & Print Media

      Harold W. McGraw, Jr.

      Under his leadership, McGraw became the largest publisher of trade magazines and newsletters in the United States, accounting for 30% of its sales. In addition, McGraw-Hill published 20,000 different books a year, ranking as the largest publisher of textbooks in the... View Details
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        Patrick J. McGovern

        Beginning as a market researcher, McGovern created Computerworld in 1967 as a vehicle to bring together computer manufacturers and their prospective customers. With the rapid success of this publication, McGovern went on to publish more than 60 magazines and trade... View Details
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          Henry R. Luce

          Luce created a publishing empire. He launched the weekly Time in 1923, which was followed by the introduction of Fortune in 1930, Life in 1936, and Sports Illustrated in 1954. Luce also presided over a vast communications empire, which included eight radio and... View Details
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            John H. Johnson

            Johnson built the world’s largest black-owned publishing empire. He is the founder and publisher of Negro Digest, Ebony and JET magazines. He also owns Ebony Cosmetics as well as radio and TV production companies. View Details
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              William R. Hearst

              Beginning with the San Francisco Examiner in 1887, Hearst used aggressive acquisition techniques to build a publishing empire. His acquisition of the New York Journal in 1895 set the stage for fierce competition with cross-town rival Joseph Pulitzer. Hearst's explicit... View Details
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                Robert C. Guccione

                During the height of the sixties sexual revolution, Guccione provided the most significant challenge to the dominance of Playboy in the men’s leisure magazine sector. Opting for more explicit photographs and more highly charged journalistic content in Penthouse,... View Details
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                  Earl G. Graves

                  After careers in the Army’s Green Berets and in politics, Graves started Black Enterprise to be a news source for and about the growing community of black professionals and to serve as a vehicle for promoting business and economic development. Though it took some time... View Details
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                    Frank E. Gannett

                    Gannett owned and operated daily newspapers in small-to-medium sized, one-newspaper towns, like Ithaca, Rochester, and Hartford. Gannett’s one-newspaper town strategy was extremely profitable. At the time of his death, Gannett’s communications empire included more than... View Details
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                      Marshall Field III

                      In 1941, Field established the Chicago Sun, selling nearly 900,000 copies on the paper’s first day. Within five years, the Sun’s daily circulation was 400,000 with a Sunday circulation of 450,000. Field also published Parade, a weekly pictorial supplement, which in... View Details
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                        Nelson Doubleday

                        Doubleday focused his efforts on the mass production and distribution of inexpensive books. In 1934, Doubleday purchased full ownership of the Literary Guild of America, a book club that generated sales of 1 million books a year. Under Doubleday’s leadership, Doubleday... View Details
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                        Can You Use Your Personal Device for Work? Read HBS IT’s Guide | Information Technology

                        Can You Use Your Personal Device for Work? Read HBS IT’s Guide By Annie Harrison on June 27, 2024 Share via Facebook Share via LinkedIn Print Share via email Many of us in the Harvard community have the ability to work remotely, but how... View Details
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                        Souvenirs & Novelties - The Art of American Advertising

                        distribute them and local retailers to print their names on them at no cost. James C. Ayer, involved in the pharmaceutical industry, reaped enormous publicity benefits from the distribution of yearly almanacs. Ayer eventually established... View Details
                        • 09 Aug 2013
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                        Read All About It: Digital CEO Buys Traditional Media!

                        the world are trying to reinvent themselves for digital success. Indeed, few strategic problems are as hard as those confronting newspapers—declining print revenues, even greater declines in advertising revenue (mostly due to the loss of... View Details
                        Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Journalism & News; Publishing

                          J. Basil Ward

                          Ward presided over a period of dramatic growth and development for Addressograph. Through careful acquisitions and targeted investments, he enabled the company to stay at the forefront of the printing and typesetting industry. Under his... View Details
                          Keywords: Computers & Electronics
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                          William Kentridge Universal Archive (Big Tree) 2012 | About

                          William Kentridge Universal Archive (Big Tree) , 2012 William Kentridge (South African, born 1955), Universal Archive (Big Tree) , 2012, Linocut printed on 15 non-archival sheets of Encyclopedia Britannica mounted to white wove paper, 32... View Details
                          • 01 Dec 2009
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                          HBS Philanthropy Report Online

                          This year, the School’s annual donor report will be published online. The change from a print publication reflects a cost savings consistent with a School-wide effort to contain expenses, as well as a desire for environmentally... View Details
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                          Art Nature Business

                          wander through the primordial forest and come upon the sublime vision: the Golden Archway!" JAMES CASEBERE Flooded Hallway , 1998–1999 Dye destruction print Schwartz Art Collection, Harvard Business School, 2003.5 © 2020 James... View Details
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                          1934 Art and Industry Exhibition Photograph Collection | Baker Library

                          1934 Art and Industry Exhibition Photograph Collection Sealed Power Piston Rings, 1934. Photographer: John Paul Pennebaker. 1934 Art and Industry Exhibition photograph collection. The 1934 Art and Industry Exhibition Photograph Collection consists of 117 photographic... View Details