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In the first half of the 20th century, the golden age of newspapers, the colorful, charismatic, and controversial Roy W. Howard reigned as the most famous publisher, editor and journalist of his time. Named one of "The 29 Men Who 'Rule' America" on the front page of the New York Times, Howard built the United Press; was chairman of Scripps-Howard, one of the two biggest newspaper empires in the United States; and was president and editor of the New York World-Telegram. The first global news entrepreneur, he was a model for journalism in the digital age. Howard traveled 2.5 million miles to…
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2 editions- Other · English · 2016Globe Pequot Press, The · 9781493017546
- Other · English · 2016339 pages · 9781493017539
JournalistsNewspaper publishingPublishers and publishingHistoryNewspaper editorsBiographyPublishers and publishing, united statesJournalists, united states
