Donald E. Newhouse Dies at 96, Ending a Long Stewardship of Advance Newspapers
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Updated · The New York Times · May 26
Donald E. Newhouse Dies at 96, Ending a Long Stewardship of Advance Newspapers
2 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 26
Donald E. Newhouse, the billionaire heir who ran Advance Publications’ newspaper division for decades, died Tuesday at his estate in Lambertville, New Jersey, from lymphoma, his son Steven said.
For years, Newhouse oversaw the company’s more profitable but lower-profile newspaper and cable assets, backing newsrooms that won dozens of Pulitzer Prizes and other awards.
He and his older brother, Samuel I. Newhouse Jr., inherited the empire after their father’s 1979 death, with Donald taking newspapers while Si led Condé Nast’s magazine stable.
Advance grew from the Staten Island Advance, founded in 1922, into one of the world’s largest privately held media companies, making Newhouse a central but unusually low-profile figure in American publishing.
His papers won Pulitzers but now promote gambling. What is the true legacy of the Newhouse media empire?
After a $4 billion windfall, will the Newhouse family reinvest in journalism or simply cash out of news?