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 May 11, 868 - Diamond Sutra, a Buddhist scripture, was first known dated printed book (by Wang Chieh dedicated to his parents); found with about 1,130 bundles of manuscripts in one of the Caves of the Thousand Buddhas in Turkestan; made as a 16-ft scroll with six sheets of text printed from wood blocks and one sheet with a woodcut showing the Buddha with disciples and a pair of cats.

February 23, 1452 (estimated date) - Johannes Gutenberg began printing project, first block-printed, two-volume, 42-line Bible (number of lines per page printed with movable type), the Biblia Pauperum or Mazarin Bible, in Mainz, Germany; March 1455 - all copies sold; November 6, 1455 - lost control of press in financial dispute with Johann Fust, his partner (notarized Helmasperger Instrument).

August 14, 1457 - John Faust and Peter Scheffer, his assistant, produced a Psalter, volume containing the Book of Psalms, in large folio; first printed book that appeared with a date.

November 18, 1477 - William Caxton published Dictes or Sayengis of the Philosophres, first book to be printed in England.

1501 - Ottaviano Petrucci of Venice founded first modern-style music publishing house; produced first book of music made from movable type, 96 chansons, as Harmonice musices odhecaton A (sometimes referred to as "the Odhecaton"), earliest known example of printed polyphonic music.

1534 - Cambridge University Press founded by royal charter granted to the University by King Henry VIII; 1584 - first work published; oldest printer and publisher in the world.

1586 - Oxford University obtained a decree confirming its privilege to print books; 1633 - University appointed Delegates to oversee this privilege;  1668 - began to develop in a recognizable way (as known today).

July 22, 1598 - William Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice was entered on the Stationers' Register, licensed  printed works (by decree of Queen Elizabeth); gave Crown tight control over all published material; first version not published for another two years.

May 2, 1611 - The Authorized Version of the Bible (King James Version) was first published.

1621 - Shakespeare's First Folio published.

1622 - First English newspaper appeared,  Weekly News.

June 8, 1637 - René Descartes published "Discourse on Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason, and Seeking Truth in the Sciences"; regarded as major work in science and mathematics; expressed his disappointment with traditional philosophy and with limitations of theology; only logic, geometry and algebra held his respect, because of the utter certainty which they can offer; Descartes's ideas swept aside ancient and medieval traditions of philosophical methods and investigation.

1645 - Queen Christina and Chancellor Axel Oxenstierna of Sweden founded Post- och Inrikes Tidningar (PoIT) as an outlook for the government to voice its official view; oldest current newspaper in the world, national newspaper and gazette of Sweden, country's official notification body for government and corporate announcements, bankruptcies, declarations or auctions; January 1, 2007 - print version replaced with online edition.

November 7, 1665 - The" London Gazette" was first published.

1667 - John Milton published "Paradise Lost," an epic poem about the fall of Adam and Eve.

May 15, 1672 - Massachusetts enacted first copyright law.

January 21, 1677 - First medical book (pamphlet) published in Boston, MA.

June 27, 1693 - John Dunton published Ladies' Mercury in London; first women's magazine.

March 11, 1702 - First English daily newspaper "Daily Courant," published; 1735 - acquired by Daily Gazetteer.

April 24, 1704 - Postmaster John Campbell published first regularly issued American newspaper, the Boston News-Letter; served as a semi-official report summarizing items of news for reader convenience; colonies' first continuous newspaper; foreign news was printed on the front page and part of the second and third pages, followed by colonial news, and finally local news on the last page.

April 12, 1709 - First edition of Tatler magazine in England.

March 1, 1711 - Joseph Addison, Richard Steele founded the Spectator; approximately 2,500 words long, original run consisted of 555 numbers; 1714 - revived as thrice weekly for six months; 1828 - Spectator revived, published weekly;  oldest continuously published magazine in English language.

April 25, 1719 - Daniel Defoe's fictional work "The Life and Strange Adventures of Robinson Crusoe" was published. The book, about a shipwrecked sailor who spends 28 years on a deserted island, is based on the experiences of shipwreck victims and of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor who spent four years on a small island off the coast of South America in the early 1700s.

August 7, 1721 - James Franklin older brother of Benjamin Franklin, published first issue of The New England Courant, Boston's third newspaper; Benjamin Franklin (15) printer's apprentice; constant battles with Cotton Mathers, Puritanical Boston; June 25, 1726 - last issue published.

1724 - Thomas Longman (24) bought business of William Taylor in Paternoster Row; 1725 - published William Wollaston's The Religion of Nature Delineated, first book ever typeset by Benjamin Franklin;1755 - succeeded by his nephew Thomas Longman II; published Dr. Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, first comprehensive English-language dictionary; 1797 - third Thomas Longman took over; 1799 - in partnership with Owen Rees, bought the copyrights of Joseph Cottle; began new century with publication of work of Wordsworth, Sir Walter Scott; 1842 -fourth Thomas Longman and brother (William) took over; succeeded by sons (Macaulay, Disraeli, Christina Rossetti, Florence Nightingale); 1852 - published first edition of Roget's Thesaurus; 1884 - J. W. Allen, schoolteacher. joined company; built educational lists, developed markets in India, elsewhere; 1909 - sixth generation of Longmans (Robert Guy, William L.) became partners; educational publishing continued to be mainstay; literary reputation maintained (Stella Gibbons, Mary Renault and Thornton Wilder, Gavin Maxwell, Stevie Smith, Leon Garfield), 1968 - acquired by Financial and Provincial Publishing Company; 1970 - merged with Penguin Books; 1972 - group named Pearson Longman Group; last Longman family member involved (Mark).

December 19, 1732 - Benjamin Franklin, of Philadelphia, first published "Poor Richard's Almanack"; filled with proverbs preaching industry and prudence; published continuously for 25 years, became one of the most popular publications in colonial America, sold an average of 10,000 copies a year.

August 5, 1735 - Jury acquitted John Zenger (New York Weekly Journal, America's first party newspaper), despite instructions from Governor's hand-picked presiding judges; charged with seditious libel against Governor William Cosby of the New York Colony for printing explanation of Chief Justice Lewis Morris for his dissenting vote on the legality of Cosby's creating a new provincial Supreme Court to sit as a "Court of Exchequer" (without a jury) to hear his suit against Rip Van Dam, seventy-one-year-old highly respected senior member of the New York provincial council, for recovery of over half of salary Van Dam had earned while serving as acting governor of New York during the year between Cosby's appointment and his arrival in the colony; Zenger defended by Philadelphia attorney, Andrew Hamilton, successfully argued that Zenger's articles were not libelous because they were based on fact; landmark case on freedom of the press.

August 18, 1735 - Evening Post began publishing in Boston MA; April 24, 1775 - ceased publication.

February 13, 1741 - Andrew Bedford published first American magazine, "The American Magazine", in Philadelphia; beat Benjamin Franklin's "General Magazine" off the presses by three days.

March 5, 1743 - First U.S. religious journal, The Christian History, published.

1744 - Antoine Aubanel founded printing business in Avignon; 1756 - Rome awarded title of "master printer"; 1780 - appointed official printer to the Pope; oldest French publisher still in activity; 1998 - acquired by Martinière.

May 1, 1753 - Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist and explorer, published the first edition of his Species Plantarum; gave systematic names to plants that are still in use today; called the father of classification; 1758 - extended familiar scheme of dual Latin names to identify animals; 1905 - The Species Plantarum taken by international consent as starting point for modern botanical nomenclature.

May 9, 1754 - Benjamin Franklin's "Pennsylvania Gazette" published first cartoon.

April 15, 1755 - Dr. Samuel Johnson, English lexicographer, published Dictionary of the English Language.

1758 - James Franklin, Ben Franklin's nephew, published first issue of Newport Mercury (Rhode Island); August 22, 1762 - Ann Franklin became editor (after her son died); first female editor of an American newspaper.

October 29, 1764 - Thomas Green, printer, published first weekly edition of The Connecticut Courant (Hartford Courant); sold newspaper to his assistant, Ebenezer Watson; 1777 - Hannah Watson (widow) took over paper, became one of the first women publishers in America; 1837 - daily edition began; 1913 - launched Sunday paper; oldest newspaper in continuous publication in U. S.; 1979 - acquired by Times Mirror.

1768 - Former lieutenant in Royal Marines from Edinburgh, John MacMurray, bought bookselling business of William Sandby at 32 Fleet Street, dropped "Mac" in response to outbreak of Scottophobia; 1812 - moved to 50 Albemarle Street (for next 118 years); managed by seven generations of Murrays; oldest independent publisher in U.K; 2002 - acquired by  Hodder Headline publishers.

1768 - Colin Macfarquhar, a printer, and Andrew Bell, an engraver, created Encyclopedia Britannica in Edinburgh, Scotland during the Scottish Enlightenment to serve new era of scholarship; formed a "Society of Gentlemen" to publish their new reference work, hired the twenty-eight-year-old scholar, William Smellie, to edit it; 1771 - three volume set (2,670 pages) published as "Encyclopædia Britannica, or, A dictionary of arts and sciences, compiled upon a new plan"; 1827–1901 - A & C Black, Edinburgh publishing firm, managed 7th–9th editions; May 9, 1901 - acquired from Adam and Charles Black by Horace E. Hooper and Walter M. Jackson; 1920 - 1941 - ownership passed to Sears, Roebuck, then William Cox, back to Sears in 1928; 1941 - acquired by William Benton (founder of Benton & Bowles advertising agency); 1974 - acquired by Benton Foundation (nonprofit organization set up by former U.S. Senator, William Benton, CT-D, and his wife, Helen Hemingway Benton); 1985 - four parts: Micropædia, Macropædia, Propædia, two-volume index; January 1996 - acquired by billionaire Swiss financier, actor Jacqui Safra.

1772 - Morning Post first published in London; 1795 - Daniel Stuart purchased newspaper; 1937 - Sir James Berry, owner of Daily Telegraph, acquired newspaper, merged into Telegraph.

1772 - Antoine-Marcel Lemoine, composer, violinist, professor of music, founded musical publishing business in Paris; 1810 - published Messe Solennelle (composed for coronation of Napoleon I); 1816 - succeeded by Jean-Henry Lemoine (son and piano professor); published works of Chopin, Berlioz, Donizetti, Halevy, Franck, Gounod, Messiaen, Piazzolla; 1850 - Achille Lemoine (son, pianist, professor of piano), took over; 1895 - Henry-Félicien, Léon Lemoine (sons) renamed Henry Lemoine & Cie.; 1920 - Henry-Jean (son of Henry-Félicien) took over; 1987 - Pierre Lemoine head of Les Editions Henry Lemoine.

September 1, 1773 - Phillis Wheatley's "Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral," was published; first African-American poet to be published.

February 1775 - Robert Bowne (31, of Flushing, NY), two associates opened Bowne & Co. Merchants, stationary, general  merchandise store, at Number 39 Queen Street (now Pearl St.), in New York City; became oldest business operating under same name in history of New York commerce; 1818 - Robert H. Bowne and John L. Bowne (sons) took control; 1843 - headed Robert, William, John Bowne (grandchildren); 1898 - end of Bowne family management, Stanley M. Dewey took over (20 year employee); 1909 - appointed company's fifth president, company incorporated for first time; 1922 - Dewey sold his interest in company to Edmund A. Stanley, young Bowne & Co. associate (with company since 1908); moved out of stationery, into printing enterprise; 1933 - Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) formed (required, by law, new public offering issue prospectuses, instituted annual reporting requirements for publicly-held companies); 1946 - sales exceeded $1-million for first time; 1961 - sales of $3 million; 1968 - went public; acquired The La Salle Street Press, Inc., largest financial printer in Chicago; 1974 - sales of $38 million; 1984 - Bowne & Co. first company to join new SEC voluntary electronic filing program for corporations called EDGAR, lent assistance to prime contractor in development of the program; 1990 - sales of $205 million; evolved into information management company; 1996 - sales of $501 million; formed Bowne Business Services (non-financial printing businesses), Bowne Digital Services (service provider for database management, on-demand printing, and digital print technologies); 1997 - sales of $716 million, net income record-setting $54 million.

Robert Bowne Robert Bowne - Bowne & Co. (http://foundationcenter.org/grantmaker/bowne/logobig.gif)

June 23, 1775 - First American-made book, titled "Impenetrable Secret", advertised in Philadelphia, PA in  Pennsylvania Mercury; printed, sold by Story and Humphreys, advertisement announced it was "printed with types, paper and ink manufactured in this Province."

July 6, 1776 - "Pennsylvania Evening Gazette" published  Declaration of Independence; announced on its front page.

March 26, 1780 - First British Sunday newspaper appeared (British Gazette and Sunday Monitor).

January 8, 1783 - Connecticut became first state to pass copyright statute, titled "Act for the Encouragement of Literature and Genius"; enacted with help of Dr. Noah Webster.

May 30, 1783  - Benjamin Towne began publishing "The Pennsylvania Evening Post" on a daily basis (vs. three times per week); first daily newspaper in the US; January 24, 1775 - Towne founded newspaper in opposition to Tory Ledger.

1784 - First London edition of The Daily Universal Register (later renamed the Times).

February 5, 1784 - Virginia Journal and Alexandria Advertiser (Alexandria, VA) began printing; December 8, 1800 - Mathew Brown and Samuel Snowden published first issue of Alexandria Advertiser and Commercial Intelligencer; December 9, 1800 - purchased Columbia Mirror and Alexandria Gazette and original 1784 press from William Fowler; July 11, 1808 - name changed to Alexandria Daily Gazette; 1812 - name changed to Alexandria Gazette, Commercial and Political.

September 21, 1784 - "Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser" became the nation's first daily newspaper.

July 29, 1786 - John Scull, Joseph Hall published Gazette, first newspaper published west of Alleghenies; brought printing press from Philadelphia, set it up in small shop in village growing up around Fort Pitt; August 2, 1927 - Paul Block owned, published the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

January 1, 1788 - "The Times", London's oldest-running newspaper, published first edition.

1789 - United Methodist Church established publishing agency in Philadelphia; oldest, largest general agency of The United Methodist Church; 1854 - Nashville operation opened as publishing house for Methodist Episcopal Church South; 1939 - three branches of Methodism united; 1968 - Evangelical United Brethren-Methodist merged; became The United Methodist Publishing House.

January 21, 1789 - The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth printed in Boston, MA; first novel by an American writer to be published in America; first editions of the book did not carry the author's name, but a later printing carried the name of Sarah Wentworth Apthorp Morton; some scholars attribute the book's authorship to William Hill Brown; content was a thinly veiled account of the seduction and suicide of a young woman in Morton's family.

May 31, 1790 - First copyright law enacted under new U.S. Constitution: term of 14 years with privilege of renewal for term of 14 years; books, maps, charts protected; copyright registration made in the U.S. District Court where the author or proprietor resided; claims recorded by Clerks of U.S. District Courts; 1870 - copyright functions centralized in the Library of Congress under the direction of the then Librarian of Congress Ainsworth Rand Spofford; April 29, 1802 - prints added to protected works; August 18, 1856 - dramatic compositions added to protected works; March 3, 1865 - Photographs added to protected works; 1897 - Copyright Office became separate department of Library of Congress (part of the legislative branch of government), Register of Copyrights position created, Thorvald Solberg appointed; August 24, 1912 - Motion pictures, previously registered as photographs, added to classes of protected works; December 12, 1980 - copyright law amended regarding computer programs; December 1, 1990 - Protection extended to architectural works.

June 9, 1790 - First copyright entry, "The Philadelphia Spelling Book "by John Barry, registered in U.S. District Court of Pennsylvania.

1791 - Giovanni Pomba founded bookstore in Turin, Italy; 1854 - Giuseppe Pomba founded Union Turinese Typographical-Publishing (UTET); oldest Italian publishing house; 2002 - acquired by Group De Agostini.

August 19, 1791 - Benjamin Banneker, black American appointed by President George Washington to a three man team of surveyors, headed by Major Andrew Ellicott, to survey the future District of Columbia, sent copy of first Almanac to secretary of state Thomas Jefferson; first of six Farmers' Almanacs; included commentaries, literature, fillers that had political and humanitarian purpose.

December 4, 1791 - WS Bourne published first edition of The Observer – London's oldest Sunday newspaper; 1814 -  William Innell Clement purchases the Observer, adds it to the number of newspapers he already owns; 1870 - Julius Beer, a wealthy businessman, buys the Observer; 1905 - The executors of Frederick Beer's sells the Observer to Alfred Harmsworth (later Lord Northcliffe); 1911 - William Waldorf Astor purchased newspaper from Harmsworth family; 1977 - Astors sold the ailing newspaper to Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO); 1981 - sold to Lonrho plc; June 1993 - sold to Guardian Media Group.

1792 - Benjamin Warner, Jacob Johnson opened bookstall on Market St. in Philadelphia; acquired by Warner; 1816 - Warner formed partnership John Grigg, Warner & Grigg; 1825 - Hugh Elliot made partner; formed Grigg, Elliott & Co.; 1836 - Joshua Ballinger Lippincott, former employee of Clarke bookseller, acquired store at corner of Fourth and Race Streets in Philadelphia, founded J. B. Lippincott & Co.; sold bibles, prayer-books; January 1, 1847 - Henry Grambo, Edmund Claxtion, George Remsen made partners; 1850 - acquired Grigg, Elliott, formed Lippincott, Grambo & Co.; major book distribution company; 1855 - renamed J. B. Lippincott & Co.; one of largest publishers in U.S.; 1868 - published Lippincott's Magazine; 1885 - converted to stock company, renamed J. B. Lippincott Company; 1886 - Craige Lippincott (son) named president; 1911 - replaced by J. Bertram Lippincott; 1940 - Joseph Wharton Lippincott became president; Joseph Wharton Lippincott, Jr. became fourth generation to head company; expanded to Europe and Asia; 1977 - acquired by Harper & Row; May 1990 - acquired by Wolters Kluwer N.V. for $250 million; merged with Raven Publishers, became Lippincott-Raven; 1998 - merged with Williams & Wilkins, ultimately formed Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (unit of Wolters Kluwer Health).

1792 - Robert B. Thomas, first editor, published The Farmer's Almanac; used a complex series of natural cycles to devise secret weather forecasting formula (uncanny accuracy); 1848 - John H. Jenks, second editor, permanently, officially added "Old" to the title of the Almanac; 1855 - cover, "four seasons" drawing by artist Henry Nichols, became "permanent" ; 1863 - circulation of 225,000; 1939 - Robb Sagendorph, founder of Yankee magazine, bought The Old Farmer's Almanac and became editor; early 1990s - passed four million circulation mark; 13 editors since 1792.

December 9, 1793 - Noah Webster established New York City's first daily newspaper, "The American Minerva."

1796 - Amelia Simmons ("an American orphan") published "American Cookery, or, The art of dressing viands, fish, poultry, and vegetables: and the best modes of making puff-pastes, pies, tarts, puddings, custards, and preserves, and all kinds of cakes, from the imperial plumb to plain cake, adapted to this country, and all grades of life" (Albany, NY: Printed by Charles R. & George Webster); first American cookbook written and published in America; first cook book that developed recipes for foods native to America.

1798 - Richard Taylor launched Philosophical Magazine, one of  first scientific journals produced by independent company; start of many close collaborations with scholarly societies; 1852 - Dr William Francis, chemist, joined Taylor; formed Taylor & Francis; continued tradition of close links with academic community; 1936 - became private limited company with leading scientists as directors, shareholders; 1998 - went public, listed on London Stock Exchange.

1798 - Thomas Nelson sold second-hand books in town square in Edinburgh, Scotland; early 1800s - published inexpensive religious, classic works for "common man"; 1829 - first traveling sales representative called on bookshops; 1839 - management passed to sons; 1850 - Thomas Nelson, Jr., invented rotary press, revolutionized printing, publishing; 1853 - largest printing, publishing house in Scotland; 1901 - introduced American Standard Version of Bible; mid-1900s - company's focus shifted to popular, educational, coffee table books; 1960 - merged with The Thomson Organization, worldwide publishing, communications firm; 1969 - acquired by Sam Moore, founder of National Book Company in 1958, Royal Publishers, Inc. in 1961; 2006 - went private; became wholly-owned subsidiary of Faith Media, division of InterMedia Partners.

November 16, 1801 - Alexander Hamilton founded New-York Evening Post; 1881 - Henry Villard took control; 1933 - changed to tabloid format; 1939 - acquired by Dorothy Schiff; 1977 - acquired by Rupert Murdoch for $31 million.

July 7, 1802 - First comic book published, in New York, "The Wasp"; created by Robert Rusticoat.

October 3, 1805 - Members of Massachusetts Medical Society authorized first U.S. pharmacopoeia prepared by a medical society in U.S.; 1808 - published as The Pharmacopoeia of the Massachusetts Medical Society (286 p.), edited by Drs. James Jackson and John Collins Warren; 1778 - Dr. William Brown, Physician-General to the Hospitals of the U.S. wrote earliest pharmacopoeia produced in the U.S. (32 p.) for use in U.S. Army Military Hospital at Lititz, PA.

1806 - Noah Webster published "A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language", America's first dictionary; challenged other existing dictionaries on several counts: spelling (which Webster would reform), pronunciation, etymology (word histories), modernity, and definitions; April 14, 1828 - published American Dictionary of the English Language (2,500 copies) priced at $20, did not sell out after 13 years in print; 1831 - George and Charles Merriam opened G. & C. Merriam Co., printing and bookselling operation in Springfield, MA; 1843 - acquired rights to Webster's dictionary upon Webster's death.

1807 - Charles Wiley (25) opened printing shop on Reade St. in lower Manhattan; 1809 - formed printing, publishing, bookselling partnership with Cornelius Van Winkle, a noted printer; 1812 -  "C. Wiley, Printer" appeared for first time on title pages of several legal works; 1820 - focused on publishing, bookselling; 1826 - son John (18) took over at his death; 1836 - hired George Putnam as junior partner; 1875 - company adopted current name, John Wiley & Sons; January 16, 1904 - family business incorporated, with William H. Wiley as President, Charles Wiley as Vice President, William O. Wiley as Secretary.

Wiley Offices Office - circa 1880 (http://media.wiley.com/ assets/1142/17/offices.gif)

1809 - Jacob Dietrick, Staunton, VA newspaper publisher, published "Der Deutsche Adler" (The Ohio Eagle) in Lancaster, OH, especially for local German farmers; 1812 - owned by Edward Shaeffer (printed in German, English); acquired by John Herman (printed both editions through early 1820s); 1833 - Thomas White, an Eagle editor, took over, published Eagle, local Fairfield Advertiser; November 1833 - Eagle acquired by John and Charles Brough (founders of The Cincinnati Enquirer); 1842 - acquired by Edwin Wright; 1870 - acquired by former Lancaster Gazette printer Thomas Wetzler.; 1899 - Edward Wetzler (son) took over; 1935 - owned by Charles Wetzler; 1936 - merged with Lancaster Gazette (founded in April 1826 by early local pioneer, War of 1812 veteran Gen. George Sanderson and Benjamin Oswald); Charles Sawyer, owner; 1966 - acquired by Thomson Newspapers; 2000 - acquired by Gannett.

1812 - John Collins Warren, M.D., of Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS), established The New England Journal of Medicine and Surgery and the Collateral Branches of Science; 1828 - journal merged with the Medical Intelligencer (established in 1823), became weekly Boston Medical and Surgical Journal; 1914 - became official organ of the MMS, began publishing Medical Society's proceedings; 1921 - Society purchased Boston Medical and Surgical Journal for one dollar; 1928 - Boston Medical and Surgical Journal's name changed to The New England Journal of Medicine.

1813 - George E. Clymer, Philadelphia mechanic, invented Columbian Press, first printing press invented in America; iron horizontal platen hand-printing press used system of compound levers that multiplied the pull of the operator to replace the iron screw previously used for downward pressure; price of $400, twice cost of wooden press; 1818 - moved to England; 1825 - founded Clymer, Dixon (William Dixon) to manufacture presses.

September 4, 1813 - Amasa Converse and his family founded Christian Observer, first U.S. religious newspaper, America's oldest Presbyterian publishing tradition.

November 29, 1814 - The Times in London became first newspaper printed by steam; hand presses replaced by new machines invented by Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Bauer; newspapers could be produced on a scale that could meet public demand.

March 1817 - James and John Harper founded J. & J. Harper, a print shop; 1825 - largest book publisher in the United States; 1833 - name changed to Harper & Brothers; 1962 -  merged with Row, Peterson & Co., became Harper & Row Publishers, Inc.; 1987 - acquired by News Corporation; 1989 - merged with William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd., formed HarperCollins.

February 7, 1818 - First successful U.S. educational magazine "Academician," began (New York City).

1819 - William Collins (printing) and Charles Chalmers (bookselling, stationary) established printing and publishing business in Glasgow, Scotland; 1826 - Collins brought Chalmers out, with copyright of books already published; 1841 - printed of Bibles; 1848 - Sir William Collins (son) became partner, expanded firm as publishing venture, specialized in religious, educational books; 1868 - company renamed William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd.; 1900 - William Collins (III) began to publish children’s literature; 1904 - founded Collins Brothers & Co to operate in Australia, New Zealand; 1905 - William Collins & Co, New York, incorporated to facilitate transatlantic bible sales, sales of new pocket classics; 1906 - William Collins (IV) succeeded; 1945 - William (V) took over as chairman, managing director; 1983 - acquired publishing interests of Granada Group Ltd. (Hart-Davis, MacGibbon & Kee); 1989 - acquired by News Corporation, merged with Harper & Row, publishers, formed HarperCollins.

1819 - James Patrick established small weekly newspaper,  Tuscarawas Chronicle, in New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, OH; Joseph Medill, Canadian-born lawyer,  married Patrick's daughter, Katharine; left law, took up journalism;  started with Coshocton (Ohio) Whig, then Cleveland Leader, then foundering Chicago Tribune; espoused abolitionist cause, trumpeted virtues of young country lawyer named Abraham Lincoln, played major role in getting Lincoln elected to the presidency.

April 2, 1819 - First successful agricultural journal ("American Farmer") began.

January 3, 1820 - John Miller (printer), John Hutchens (bookseller) founded Manufacturers and Farmers Journal and Providence and Pawtucket Advertiser as twice-weekly publication; motto of paper was, 'Encourage National Industry'; 1823 - Miller became sole publisher; July 21, 1829 - Providence Daily Journal began daily publishing; January 26, 1863 - published evening edition, The Evening Bulletin; July 19, 1885 - Providence Sunday Journal first issued; 1885 - Providence Journal Company incorporated; 1997 - acquired by A. H. Belo Corp.; oldest continuously published daily newspaper in U.S.

May 5, 1821 - Manchester Guardian first published weekly (eleven men, all involved in the textile industry, raised £1,050 for the venture; John Edward Taylor, first editor); 1855 - Manchester Guardian becomes a daily; 1907 - CP Scott buys Manchester Guardian from Taylor family for £242,000.

May 13, 1821 - Samuel Rust, of New York City, received patent for a "Printing Press"; Washington press, first practical,  successful printing press built in America.

June 23, 1821 – J. T. Melcher established "The Nantucket Inquirer" (Nantucket, MA) . published first issue , Samuel H. Jenks, editor (first island newspaper, "The Nantucket Gazette," published in 1816, discontinued in 1817due to lack of readers); 1845 – Hon. John Morissey published "The Nantucket Weekly Mirror"; 1865 - merged with "The Inquirer", renamed "The Inquirer and Mirror"; 2009 - moved print operations off-island (after 188 years of printing on-island), began printing color in paper.

August 4, 1821 - Atkinson & Alexander published first edition of Saturday Evening Post; four page newspaper with no illustrations; 1897 - acquired for $1,000 by Cyrus H. Curtis, owner of Ladies' Home Journal; January 1898 - redesigned, reappeared as a journal with emphasis on business, public affairs, romance; 1899 - George Horace Lorimer hired as literary editor; March 1916 - Lorimer met Norman Rockwell (22), artist from New York, immediately accepted two front covers; start of 45-year relationship with magazine; November 22, 1919 - first 200 page issue; 1937 - circulation reached 3,000,000; December, 1963 - last of Rockwell's 317 covers in magazine's attempt to update its image by abandoning paintings on front cover; February 8, 1969 - ceased publication; failed to increase circulation or advertising revenue to offset printing cost.

October 20, 1822 - "The Sunday Times" first published in England.

1824 - Chelmsford (MA) Journal published; 1835 - acquired by publishers of Lowell (MA) Courier; 1867 - acquired by George A. Marden, Edward T. Rowell; 1878 - Lowell Daily Citizen (founded by 1856 merger of three newspapers) printed first Boston Telephone Directory; 1882 - Citizen Newspaper Co. formed; 1894 - Lowell Courier merged with Lowell Daily Citizen/Citizen Newspaper Co., formed Courier-Citizen Co.; published morning, afternoon papers; Edward T. Rowell elected president; 1899 - George Marden elected president after Rowell's death; 1906 - Phillip S. Marden (son) elected president; 1941 - newspaper division acquired by The Lowell Sun; 1966 - James F. Conway, Jr., elected president, CEO; 1972 - Courier-Citizen went public; 1988 - 50% interest acquired by NADCO; James F. Conway III named president (chairman of the board in 1994); 2000 - acquired Dover Publications, Inc.; recognized by Forbes Magazine as one of "The Best 200 Companies in America."

1825 - Daniel Appleton founded D. Appleton & Co.; 1933 - merges with the Century Co. (founded in 1881); 1948 - merged with the F.S. Crofts Co. (founded in 1924); 1960 - bought by the Meredith Publishing Co.

February 4, 1826 - "The Last of the Mohicans" by James Fennimore Cooper published; one of earliest distinctive American novels, second of five-novel series called "Leather-stocking Tales"; first major American novelist after publishing his second best-selling novel, "The Spy".

September 1, 1827 - Samuel F.B. Morse, backed by Arthur and Lewis Tappan (invested $30,000), brothers and silk importers, launched The Journal of Commerce in New York (original page size 35 by 24 inches); Gerard Hallock (editor of Observer), David Hale (nephew of Revolutionary War hero Nathan Hale(nephew of Revolutionary War hero Nathan Hale) invested $5,000 each, took control of paper (Hallock as editor, Hale ran business); 1848 - with six other newspapers formed Associated Press (Gerard Hallock as AP’s first chairman).

Samuel F. B. Morse - The Journal of Commerce  (http://legacy.joc.com/history/images/pic3_Morse.jpg)

Arthur Tappan - The Journal of Commerce (http://legacy.joc.com/history/images/pic4_A_Tappan.jpg)

 Lewis Tappan - The Journal of Commerce (http://legacy.joc.com/history/images/pic4_L_Tappan.jpg)

March 16, 1827 - Freedom Journal, first black-owned and operated newspaper in the United States, founded by group of free black men in New York City as a four-page, four-column standard-sized weekly.

July 11, 1828 - Robert Stephen Rintoul, with assistance of friends, founded The Spectator in London (advertised as 'The New London Weekly Paper, by the original Editor and contributors of the Atlas'); principal aim was to convey intelligence by summarizing news of week from London dailies; converted to outlook and opinion; 1858 - acquired by a Mr Scott for a lump sum plus an annuity; 1861 - acquired by Meredith Townsend; formed partnership with Richard Holt Hutton (Unitarian minister); 1922 - Sir Evelyn Wrench took over business side of newspaper (acquired controlling interest for £25,000 in 1925); Sir Angus Watson, businessman from Newcastle. held minority stake; 1954 - acquired by Ian Gilmour, became editor-cum-proprietor; 1967 - acquired by Harry Creighton; 1975 - paper and the premises (since 1929) acquired by Henry Keswick (Jardine Matheson dynasty); 2004 - acquired (with Daily and Sunday Telegraphs) for £665m by Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay (multi-millionaire twin brothers from Channel Islands, owners of Scotsman newspaper and London's Ritz hotel).

Robert Stephen Rintoul - The Spectator (http://www.iphotocentral.com/Photos/csphoto_Images/Mid/CS4228.jpg)

April 14, 1828 - Noah Webster, Yale-educated lawyer with avid interest in language and education, published American Dictionary of the English Language, with dictionary with 70,000 entries (almost exactly 63 years after Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language was published); one of the first lexicons to include distinctly American words (more than 10,000 "Americanisms"); standardized English spelling (process that had started as early as 1473, when printer William Caxton published the first book printed in English).

June 1, 1829 - John R. Walker and John Norvell published first edition of Pennsylvania Inquirer; November 1829 - acquired by Jesper Harding, Bible publisher; July 1, 1930 - renamed Pennsylvania Inquirer and Morning Journal; June 2, 1834 - name changed to Pennsylvania Inquirer and Daily Courier; January 1, 1842 - name changed to Pennsylvania Inquirer and National Gazette; 1859 - William W. Harding (son) became owner; April 2, 1860 - name changed to Philadelphia Inquirer (circulation of 7,000, price reduced to 2 cents/copy); 1889 - acquired by British-born James Elverson, Sr., Civil War telegrapher to Secretary of State Seward; press room electrically-powered; convinced that employment advertisements increased circulation; 1911- Elverson's son became publisher; 1929 - Eleanor Elverson Patenotre (daughter) became owner; March 1930 - controlling interest acquired by Curtis-Martin Newspapers (combined circulation of Curtis-Martin newspapers in Philadelphia over 823,000); defaulted on payments, reclaimed by Elverson Corporation; 1936 - acquired by Moses L. Annenberg; 1969 - acquired by Knight Newspapers, merged with Ridder Publishing Company; third oldest newspaper daily newspaper in United States.

October 4, 1830 - Isaac Adams, of Boston, MA, received a patent (un-numbered) for a "wooden-frame 'double-feeder' printing from a single forme"; first power printing press capable of fine book work

1831 - George and Charles Merriam opened G. & C. Merriam Co., printing and bookselling operation in Springfield, MA; 1843 - acquired rights to Webster's dictionary upon Webster's death; September 24, 1847 - first Merriam Webster dictionary published (priced at $6, generated $250,000 in royalties to Webster's heirs over the ensuing 25 years); 1850 - Massachusetts ordered copy for every school, New York ordered 10,000 copies to be used in schools throughout the state; 1898 - Webster's Collegiate Dictionary published (largest abridgement of Merriam-Webster's unabridged dictionary); 1899 - expiration of copyright on Merriam-Webster's 1847 edition (repeated court challenges over copyrights and trademarks); 1947 -Merriam-Webster Pocket Dictionary published; 1982 - company renamed Merriam-Webster Inc.

May 5, 1831 - Sheldon McKnight founded Democratic Free Press and Michigan Intelligencer, a 4-page weekly; January 4, 1848 - name changed to Detroit Free Press; April 1940 - bought by John S. Knight; 1974 - part of Knight Ridder

September 2, 1833 - The New York Sun, first "penny paper," was published.

February 18, 1834 - First U.S. labor newspaper, "The Man," published, New York City.

May 6, 1835 - James Gordon Bennett, Sr. published first edition of New York Herald (price 1 cent).

1836 - Joshua Ballinger (J. B.) Lippincott established publishing business in Philadelphia; 1978 - acquired by Harper & Row.

1836 - J. B. Wolters founded Schoolbook Publishing Company in Groningen, Netherlands; 1858 - P. Noordhoff established Noordhoff publishing house; 1886 - Nicolaas Samson left civil service to run publishing business; 1891 - Ebele E. Kluwer published first textbook; 1968 - Wolters merged with Noordhoff; 1970 - Samson merged with A.W. Sijthoff, formed Information & Communications Union (ICU); 1972 - Wolters-Noordhoff merged with ICJ (book and journal publisher for administrative market); 1983 - ICU renamed Wolters-Samson; 1987 - Kluwer merged with Wolters-Samson to fend off hostile takeover by Elsevier, became Wolters Kluwer.

March 31, 1836 - First 400 copies of monthly installment of The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, by 24-year-old writer Charles Dickens, published under pseudonym Boz; 40,000 copies printed by 15th episode; 1837 - published in book form.

July 30, 1836 - Island Gazette and Journal of Commerce first English newspaper published in Hawaii; sporadically published, lasted three years; 1856 - first regular English language paper established, weekly Pacific Commercial Advertiser; 1882 - Advertiser became daily; 1921 - name changed to Honolulu Advertiser.

1837 - Charles C. Little and James Brown formed publishing business, Little, Brown and Company.

1837 - Solomon Juneau, one-time fur-trader, later successful businessman, first mayor of Milwaukee, founded Milwaukee Sentinel newspaper; mid-1840s - became a daily; 1924 - acquired by Hearst Corporation; 1962 - announced the closing of the paper, following long, costly strike; acquired by Journal Company; became Monday-through-Saturday paper; 1995 -Milwaukee Journal and Sentinel merged; April 2, 1995 - Journal Sentinel first published.

January 7, 1837 - John Adams Green, Edmund Butler Osborne established weekly Quincy Patriot (hometown paper of President John Quincy Adams); July 1, 1851 - acquired by Gideon F. Thayer, George White; 1852 - George Washington Prescott (18) began as carrier; April 1852 - Thayer interest acquired by White; April 1853 - re-acquired by John Green (died 1861); 1869 - Prescott, former business manager, formed Green & Prescott, partnership with Mrs. Green); 1894 - Prescott acquired full ownership; 1899 - Prescott started daily The Quincy Daily Ledger; 1908 - Annie L. Prescott (daughter) took over; 1916 - weekly, daily merged into The Quincy Patriot Ledger; 1937 - Russell Cutler Low (brother-in-law) became president; 1979 - G.W. Prescott Publishing Co. acquired Memorial Press Group, award-winning Old Colony Memorial (Plymouth, MA); 1997 - acquired by Newspaper Media LLC; 2006 - acquired by GateHouse Media (87 dailies in 20 states, 198 paid weeklies; one of largest publishers of locally based print, online media in United States).

John Adams Green - Quincy Patriot Ledger (http://books.google.com/books?id=N3gdM3L6dIMC&pg=PA529&img=1&zoom=3&hl= en&sig=ACfU3U20uL8Ed6hvHbbYBzPesL_5nOjLkg&w=575)

February 25, 1837 - Thomas Davenport, of Brandon, VT, received patent for an "Electric Motor"; ("an Improvement in Propelling Machinery by Magnetism and Electro-Magnetism"); first U.S. electric printing press.

May 17, 1837 - Arunah  Shepherdson Abell founded Baltimore Sun; four tabloid-size pages, sold for a penny.

1838 - George Palmer Putnam (24) and John Wiley founded Wiley & Putnam; 1848 - partnership dissolved, forms G. Putnam Broadway; 1872 - name changed to G. P. Putnam's Son's.

November 3, 1838 - First issue of The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce; published twice/week under editor J.E. Brennan (reflected interest of Bombay's business community); 1846 - new owner, Dr. George Buist appointed editor; 1850 - became daily; 1859 - merged Bombay Standard and Chronicle of Western India, formed Bombay Times & Standard; 1861 - Editor Robert Knight combined The Bombay Times & Standard, Bombay Telegraph & Courier; formed The Times of India (national publication); 1890 - acquired by Editor Henry Curwen, Charles Kane; 1892 - T. J. Bennett became editor (Curwen died), formed partnership, joint stock company with F.M. Coleman, Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (BCCL); 1946 - acquired by Ram Kishan Dalmia but funded by illegal money transfers from other companies (Ram Kishan imprisoned in 1955); 1948 - acquired by Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain of the Sahu Jain Group (Bijnore, UP); Shanti Prasad Jain, son-in-law of Ram Kishan Dalmia, first chairman of group; 1996 - circulation exceeded 1 million; 2000 - circulation exceeded 2 million; 2006 - new holding company created, TBSL (controlled TimesJobs SimplyMarry (earlier called TimesMatri), MagicBricks; 2008 - acquired Virgin Radio (UK) for 53.2 million pounds; India's largest media, entertainment house, The Times Group; world's largest broadsheet English daily.

March 23, 1839 - First recorded use of "OK" [oll korrect] (Boston's Morning Post).

1840 - The Courier, first newspaper in Charleston, IL, began publishing; 1856 - Weekly Independent Gazette started in Mattoon, IL; 1865 - Mattoon Journal started in Mattoon, IL; 1905 - Weekly Independent Gazette merged with Mattoon Journal; 1966 - Betty Boyer, former Courier employee, began Daily Times; 1968 - Courier merged with Daily Times, named Times-Courier; 1971 - Journal Gazette, Times-Courier acquired by Howard Publications; April 2002 - acquired by Lee Enterprises.

January 18, 1840 - First use of line diagram to illustrate  current event in U.S. newspaper; Extra Sun published with finely drawn, violently realistic picture of flaming vessel, depicted January 15 burning in Long Island Sound of Steamboat Lexington (over 100 lives lost).

April 10, 1841 - New York "Tribune" began publishing under editor Horace Greeley.

April 20, 1841 - Edgar Allen Poe's story, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, first appeared in Graham's Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine; generally considered to be the first detective story; 1868 - English novelist Wilkie Collins published a detective novel, The Moonstone; 1887 - Sherlock Holmes first appeared in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novel A Study in Scarlet.

June 22, 1841 - Adrien Delcambre and James Haddon Young of Lisle, France,  received first U.S. patent for a "Type Setter" ("Machine fore Setting Type"); typesetting machine with piano-style keys to operate push-type levers that released type to fall by gravity.

July 17, 1841 - Wood engraver Ebenezer Landells and writer Henry Mayhew founded Punch magazine; taken over by the printing firm of Bradbury and Evans (1872 - became Bradbury and Agnew); 1969 - acquired by United Newspapers; 1992 - closed; September 1996 - Mohamed Al Fayed re-launched the magazine with a glittering party at Harrods; 2002 - magazine closed again.

October 26, 1841 - Isaac Van Anden and Henry Cruse Murphy founded Brooklyn Eagle and Kings County Democrat (morning paper, as temporary political forum for 1842 election); 1850 - name changed The Brooklyn Daily Eagle by Samuel G. Arnold, editor (succeeded Walt Whitman); 1936 - acquired by Brooklyn Times-Union; September 5, 1938 - name changed to Brooklyn Eagle; 1940 - acquired in bankruptcy sale, for approximately $400,000, by FDS Corporation (Frank Schroth and unidentified associates); published as daily newspaper for 114 consecutive years, absorbed all other Brooklyn daily papers, except Brooklyn Citizen; nation's most widely read afternoon newspaper at one point; 1955 - closed following protracted CIO American Newspaper Guild strike; paper, all of its assets of Good Will, Printing Facilities, etc., offered for sale; 1996 - revived (Monday-Friday).

Henry Cruse Murphy - Brooklyn Eagle (http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma03/pricola/bridge/images/murphy.jpg)

1842 - The Daily News began publishing in Galveston, TX; 1843 - Willard Richardson became editor, made it one of nation's first papers distributed statewide by rail; 1865 - Alfred Horatio Belo joined The Daily News (most powerful newspaper in Texas); succeeded Richardson, became majority owner of Company; 1882 - A. H. Belo Corporation incorporated; sent George Bannerman Dealey, young associate, north to select location for sister newspaper; 1885 - The Dallas Morning News began publishing under Dealey; 1920 - Dealey became president of Company; 1922 - launched WFAA-AM, one of first radio stations in U.S., first network affiliate in Texas; 1926 - company renamed A.H. Belo Corporation; 1930s - became first "super-power" radio station in Southwest; 1997 - acquired The Providence Journal Company, biggest transaction in its history (The Providence Journal; KING-TV, etc.); 2001 - name changed to Belo Corp.

Alfred Horatio Belo - Belo Corp. (http://www.forsythnchistory.com/sitebuilder/images/belo-145x166.jpg)

January 7, 1842 - Joseph W. Gray founded Plain Dealer weekly newspaper in Cleveland, OH with $1,000 investment, 300 subscribers, single, hand -powered press; January 2, 1885 - acquired by Liberty E. Holden; operated as The Plain Dealer Publishing Company, part of Forest City Publishing Company; 1913 - placed in trust; 1932 - merged, with Cleveland News, into Forest City Publishing Company; 1963 - Thomas V. H. Vail (36, Holden's great-grandson) became publisher/editor; March 1, 1967 - acquired by Advance Publications (Newhouse Newspapers) for $54.2 million; 1968 - Ohio's largest daily newspaper.

Joseph W. Gray - Cleveland Plain Dealer (http://www.plaindealer.com/images/photos/wgreya.jpg)

May 10, 1842 - Julius Springer (25) founded bookstore in Berlin, quickly followed by publishing house, Springer-Verlag; focused on political writings, youth literature, agriculture and forestry, pharmacy and engineering; 1881 - logo, Knight from chess, created; 1924 - opened Vienna office; 1964 - opened office in New York; 1999 - majority share in Springer-Verlag acquired by Bertelsmann; April 1, 2003 - BertelsmannSpringer, Kluwer Academic Publishers acquired by Cinven and Candover (British financial investors); 2004 - merged.

May 14, 1842 - Illustrated London News first published.

November 9, 1842 - George Bruce, of New York City, received first U.S. design patent, for typefaces and borders; August 29, 1842 - Act of Congress authorized this new form of patent.

1843 - James Wilson, hat maker from Scottish town of Hawick, founded The Economist  to campaign: 1) for free trade, internationalism and minimum interference by government and 2) against the protectionist Corn Laws (repealed in 1846).

James Wilson - Economist (http://ivo.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/james-wilson.png)

1843 - Daniel and Alexander Macmillan, from Scottish Isle of Arran, formed Macmillan publishing; 1988 - acquired for $2.5 billion by Robert Maxwell; 1999 - acquired by Georg von Holtzbrinck publishing group; June 2004 - acquired Scribner Book Companies for $15 million.

October 1, 1843 - "The News of the World," Britain's most popular Sunday newspaper, first published.

December 19, 1843 - Charles Dickens' classic story "A Christmas Carol" published in England.

1844 - Samuel Pearson & Son established small building firm in Huddersfield in the north of England; 1880 - Westman Dickinson Pearson, grandson of Samuel Pearson and later First Viscount Cowdray, took control of the company; 1897 - Pearson incorporated as S. Pearson & Sons, Inc.; 1920 - formed Westminster Press; 1957 - acquired Financial Times, 50% stake in The Economist; 1968 - acquired publisher Longman; 1971 - acquired Penguin Group.

April 17, 1844 - Richard M. Hoe, of New York, NY, received a patent for an "Inking-Roller"; cylinder and flatbed combination printing press.

May 25, 1844 - First telegraphed news dispatch, sent from Washington, DC to Baltimore, appeared in Baltimore Patriot.

September 17, 1844 - Thomas F. Adams of Philadelphia, PA, received a patent for a "Machine for Printing in Colors"; printing press with different colors of ink applied in one impression, called "polychrome printing"; process used several ink fountains feeding different color rollers which operated in parallel on the same axle, to produce stripes of different colors to ink corresponding lines of type.

August 28, 1845 - Rufus Porter published first issue of "The Advocate of Industry and Enterprise, and Journal of Mechanical and Other Improvements" (Scientific American, circulation less than 300); July 1846 - sold for $800 to Orson Desaix Munn (22) and Alfred Ely Beach (20); founded Munn & Company; 1848 - circulation of 10,000; 1850 - founded first branch of U.S. Patent Agency; 1852 - circulation  of 20,000; 1853 - 30,000; 1948 - acquired by Gerard Piel, Dennis Flanagan and Donald Miller; founded Scientific American, Inc.; 1986 - acquired by Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck,  German-based publishing group; oldest continuously published magazine in the U.S.

1846 - Charles Scribner, Isaac D. Baker, New York City dry goods merchant, opened publishing business, Baker & Scribner, in meeting rooms leased from The Brick Meeting House, corner of Nassau Street and Park Row in New York City; annual rent: $600; 1879 - business conducted as Charles Scribner's Sons; 1999 - joined Thomson Gale; June 2004 - Scribner Book Companies acquired by Macmillan for $15 million.

February 5, 1846 - "Oregon Spectator" first newspaper  published on West Coast.

January 9, 1847 - Sam Brannan, Elbert P. Jones, Edward C. Kemble published first edition of The California Star; 4-page weekly; San Francisco's first newspaper; June 10, 1848 - publication temporarily halted, staff had rushed off to Sierra gold fields; November 11, 1848 - acquired competitor, The Californian; January 22, 1849 - Kemble changed name to The Alta California; first daily newspaper in California; 1891 - ceased publication.

June 10, 1847 - James Kelly (leather), John E. Wheeler, Joseph K.C. Forrest published first edition of Chicago Daily Tribune (city's third newspaper) in one-room plant located at LaSalle and Lake Streets; 400 copies printed on hand press; June 18, 1855 - acquired by Joseph Medill (32), editor of Cleveland Morning Leader, Dr. Charles Ray; 1874 - Medill gained full control of newspaper; 1911 - Robert R. McCormick, Joseph Medill Patterson (Medill grandsons) assumed leadership of company; 1918 - Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate formed; 1924 -  WGN Radio (720 AM) went on air (call letters reflected Chicago Tribune’s renowned slogan, "World’s Greatest Newspaper"); 1948 - established WGN-TV in Chicago, followed by WPIX-TV in New York; 1981 - Tribune Broadcasting Company formed; acquired Chicago Cubs baseball team from Wrigley family for $20.5 million; 1982 - Tribune Entertainment Company formed; 1995 - revenues of $2.2 billion; June 2000 - completed $8.3 billion merger with Times Mirror Company (Los Angeles Times) - largest acquisition in newspaper industry history; December 20, 2007 -  Zell, Chicago real estate magnate, completed $8.2 billion takeover of company.

July 24, 1847 - Richard M. Hoe, of New York City, received a patent for a "Printing Press" (a "new and useful Improvement in the Method of Giving the Reciprocating recti-Linear Motion to the bed of the Napier Printing-Press"); rotary type printing press - created a revolution in printing by rolling a cylinder over stationary plates of inked type, used the cylinder to make an impression on paper, eliminated the need for making impressions directly from the type plates themselves, which were heavy and difficult to maneuver.

1848 - Rotary press first introduced.

May 1848 - David Hale, publisher of the Journal of Commerce, and James Gordon  Bennett, publisher of New York Herald, founded Associated Press cooperative to offset the prohibitive cost of the telegraph.

June 26, 1849 - Barlow Granger published first edition of Iowa Star; 1903 - sold to banker Gardener Cowles; 1915 - name changed to Des Moines Register; 1985 - sold to Gannet.

1850 - Samuel Merrill bought Indianapolis bookstore, entered publishing business; name changed to Merrill, Meigs  and Company; 1883 - name changed to Bowen-Merrill Company; 1899 - acquired Houghton-Mifflin law-book division, became major publisher of legal texts; 1903 - William C. Bobbs became a partner, name changed to Bobbs-Merrill Company; 1908 - entered educational publishing 1959 - acquired by Howard W. Sams Company, text book publisher.

March 16, 1850 - ''The Scarlet Letter'', by Nathaniel Hawthorne, published; story of adultery, betrayal in colonial America.

September 18, 1851 - Henry Jarvis Raymond, George Jones published  first edition of New-York Daily Times; August 18, 1896 - controlling interest acquired by Adolph Ochs (borrowed $250, acquired controlling interest in 4-page Chattanooga Times daily in 1878) for $75,000, nearly all of it borrowed; installed himself as publisher;  circulation: 9,000; October 10, 1898 - price of daily paper reduced to 1 cent; circulation tripled within year, to 76,000 from 26,000, advertising revenues soared.

October 1851 - Paul Julius Reuter, German immigrant, opened office in City of London; transmitted stock market quotations between London. Paris via new Calais-Dover cable.1865 - Reuters Telegram Company went public; 1916 - reorganized as private company, Reuters Ltd.; 1925 - majority holding acquired by Press Association, UK press agency; 1941 - restructured, owned by British National and Provincial Press; 1947 - Press Associations of Australia and New Zealand added as owners; 1970 - introduced Videomaster (screen display of stock, commodity prices); 1984 - Reuters Holdings PLC went public; 1986 - acquired Instinet, world's largest electronic agency brokerage firm; 1994 - launched Reuters Financial Television Service; 1998 - acquired Lipper Analytical Services ,leading fund performance measurement company; 1999 - formed Factiva, interactive business services joint venture with Dow Jones, for corporate, professional markets; April 17, 2008 - acquired by Thomson Corp. for $16.6 billion; renamed Thomson Reuters Corp.

October 18, 1851 - Herman Melville's Moby-Dick first published by Richard Bentley of London as The Whale; November 14,  1851 - Harper & Brothers in New York published Moby-Dick; book flopped; many years before the book was recognized as an American classic.

November 1, 1851 - Atlantic Monthly first published.

1852 - Henry Houghton founded Riverside Press, a printing company; partners with George Mifflin to form publishing business; 1880 - merges operations with publishers William Ticknor and James Fields to form Houghton, Mifflin and Company; 1908 - incorporated; 1921 -fourth-largest educational publisher in the United States.

March 20, 1852 - Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel about slavery, ''Uncle Tom's Cabin,'' published; wrote book in reaction to recently tightened fugitive slave laws; sold 300,000 copies within three months; 1862 - so widely read that when President Abraham Lincoln met Stowe, he reportedly said, "So this is the little lady who made this big war."

April 29, 1852 - First edition of Peter Roget's Thesaurus published.

July 6, 1853 - William Wells Brown published "Clotel, or, The President’s Daughter", believed first novel by black American; story about Thomas Jefferson's relationship with a slave mistress Sally Hemings.

1854 - London Times offered £1,000 for discovery of alternative raw material for paper (other than cotton and linen rags) – wood not used in paper manufacture until 1880s.

1855 - Bookkeeper Francis Scott Street, printer Francis Shubael Smith formed partnership bought fiction magazine; 1858 - acquired New York Weekly Dispatch from Amos Williamson (both were former employees); 1880s-1959 - published inexpensive novels, weekly magazines; 1883 - Ormond Smith (son) took over (after Street's death); credited with having discovered more writers who gained prominence than almost any other American publisher; September 8, 1923 - published first issue of Sport Story Magazine; 1940s - strarted publishing sports yearbooks; 1940 - first college football yearbook edition (first publications to offer a complete review of the previous season, comprehensive preview of the coming one); 1949 - stopped publishing pulps (country's oldest "pulp" magazine publishing house); 1959 - magazine lines acquired by Conde Nast Publications, Inc. (controlling interest of which acquired by S.I. Newhouse, Sr.); Street & Smith Preservation project (Syracuse University): 1864 to 1971 - http://library.syr.edu/digital/images/s/StreetAndSmith/sandsoffices/

June 29, 1855 - Colonel Arthur B. Sleigh established The Daily Telegraph and Courier;  September 17, 1855 - taken over, re-launched  by Joseph Moses Levy, printer and owner of the Sunday Times, as payment for bad debt; sold for a penny; 1928 - acquired by William and Gomer Berry; 1937 - absorbed The Morning Post; 1986 - acquired by Conrad Black.

July 4, 1855 - Walt Whitman's first edition of self-published Leaves of Grass printed; contained dozen poems. 1856 - second edition included "Sundown Poem," later called "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry," one of his most beloved pieces.

August 4, 1855 - John Bartlett (29), ran then owned Harvard University Bookstore, privately printed first edition of his compilation as "A Collection of Familiar Quotations" (258 pages contained entries from 169 authors); great success; 1863 - joined Boston publishing firm of Little, Brown, and Company after having issued three more editions; rose to senior partner of the firm.

June 1856 - William Rand opened small printing shop in Chicago's Loop, precursor of Rand McNally; 1864 - began  partnership with Andrew McNally; took over management, then ownership, of Chicago Tribune's job printing shop; formed  Rand McNally & Company; printed tickets, timetables to serve railroads of Chicago, nation's premier railroad hub; 1869 - published Western Railway Guide, first railroad guide; August 1871 - published first map in Railway Guide; 1873 - published first railway map of U. S., produced first machine-colored maps, incorporated; 1876 - introduced Rand McNally's Business Atlas, later renamed Commercial Atlas & Marketing Guide (still produced today); 1899 - William Rand left company to pursue other interests; Andrew McNally became President, his family ran business for next century; 1904 - Rand McNally' published first automobile road map, New Automobile Road Map of New York City & Vicinity ("mapping solutions" began when Andrew McNally took photos of every intersection he passed on his honeymoon trip); April 15, 1924 - released first comprehensive road atlas, "Auto Chum"; first edition of what became best-selling Rand McNally Road Atlas; 1937 - opened first Map & Travel Store) in New York City); 1974 - Andrew McNally IV named president; 1997 - acquired by New York-based AEA Investors LLC (private investment firm founded in 1968 by Rockefeller, Mellon,  Harriman families) for $500 million; 2003 - filed for bankruptcy protection as part of deal to be acquired by Leonard Green & Partners L.P (Los Angeles); December 6, 2007 - acquired by Patriarch Partners LLC, private investment firm.

 

 

 

Andrew McNally - Rand McNally (http://www.directionsmag.com/images/ articles/randmcnally/andrew_mcnally.gif)

July 2, 1856 - Henry M. Whitney, son of members of first company of missionaries to Hawaiian Islands, published first issue of weekly Pacific Commercial Advertiser; 1870 - acquired by printers James Black and William Auld; 1880 - acquired by sugar baron, Claus Spreckels (for whom Spreckelsville, Maui, is named); 1882 - began daily production; 1888 - acquired by Hawaiian Gazette Company, 1895 - acquired by Lorrin A. Thurston, former secretary of Hawaiian Gazette Company, descendant of missionaries, militant leader in Hawaiian affairs for more than half a century; 1921 - name changed to The Honolulu Advertiser; 1931 - Lorrin P. Thurston (son) succeeded as president, publisher; 1961 - Thurston Twigg-Smith (nephew) succeeded; 1967 - formed Persis Corporation (known as Asa Hawaii Corporation until 1978) as Advertiser's parent company; 1992 - acquired from Persis Corporation by Gannett Pacific Corporation (subsidiary of Gannett Company); March 2001 - joint operating agreement, Hawaii Newspaper Agency dissolved; The Honolulu Advertiser, Star-Bulletin separated their business relationship, began publishing separately; largest statewide daily, Sunday newspaper, reaches more homes, readers than any other publication in Hawaii.

Lorrin A. Thurston - The Honolulu Advertiser (http://www.pacificworlds.com/nuuanu/memories/images/thurston.gif)

October 7, 1856 - Cyrus Chambers, Jr., of Kennet Square, PA, received a patent for a "Paper Folding Machine"  ("fold paper for books and other purposes the desired number of times so that the pages will come in their regular order and proper position with respect to each other and irrespective of the edge"); installed in Bible printing house of Jasper Harding & Son, Philadelphia, PA, to fold book and newspaper sheets; made three right angle folds to produce a sixteen page folded signature; 1873 - a machine was patented which folded a 16-page section and one of 8 pages, inset the latter, pasted it in place; also devices to cut and slit paper as it went through the machine were introduced.

December 1, 1856 - Associated Practical Printers (7 printers) published first edition of Daily Morning Call in San Francisco; James J. Ayers, co-founder, first editor; May 23, 1866 - P. B. Forster and Company became publisher; 1871 - name of publisher changed to San Francisco Call Company; January 8, 1895 - Charles M. Shortridge listed as Editor and Proprietor (had also owned the San Jose Daily Mercury); August 14, 1897 - acquired by John D. Spreckels (also acquired San Diego Union and Daily Bee); 1898 - built Call/Spreckels  Building (315 feet - tallest building for many years west of Mississippi); December 14, 1913 - Morning Call acquired by San Francisco Chronicle; September 1, 1913 - ceased publication.

1857 - The Philological Society of London called for new English Dictionary; February 1, 1884 - First portion, or fascicle, of the actual Oxford English Dictionary was published; April, 1928 - last volume was published (over 400,000 words and phrases in ten volumes); 1989 - Second edition of Oxford English Dictionary published (22,000 pages bound in twenty substantial volumes).

1857 - John Frederick Feeney, John Jaffray founded the Birmingham Daily Post in Birmingham, England as a Monday to Friday Paper of four pages, priced at one penny; 1870 - John Feeney (son) started evening offshoot of the "Daily Post", the "Daily Mail"; 1894 - became operator of the "Post" and the "Mail" (retirement of Sir John Jaffray); largest selling broadsheet in the West Midlands region; first to introduce Linotype machines, and the first to have a London office linked by private wire to its headquarters; 1991 - acquired in management buy-out, Midland Independent Newspapers (MIN) formed; November 1997 - Mirror Group acquired MIN for 305 million pounds; September 1999 - Mirror Group merged with Trinity plc (founded 1985) to become biggest newspaper publisher in the UK (240 regional papers, 5 national titles, 4 sports newspapers).

January 3, 1857 - Fletcher Harper (Harper Brothers) published first issue of Harper's Weekly; editorials played  significant role in shaping, reflecting public opinion from start of the Civil War to end of the century; circulation exceeded 100,000, peaked at 300,000 on occasion, readership probably exceeded half a million people.

February 3, 1857 - James McClatchy published first issue of The Daily Bee in Sacramento, CA: "The name of The Bee has been adopted as being different from that of any other paper in the state and as also being emblematic of the industry which is to prevail in its every department"; 1883 - Valentine Stuart and Charles Kenny (sons) bought out last remaining co-owner of newspaper after their father's death; September 1, 1923 - After nearly 40 years of running the company as equals, brothers agreed to bid privately against each other for sole control of company; C.K. submitted higher bid, took over; 1979 - acquired first out-of-state newspapers; 1989 - Erwin Potts became first non-family member to head company; 1999 - revenues exceed $1 billion for the first time; 2004 - 20th consecutive year of daily circulation growth, record unmatched in U.S. newspaper industry; March 13, 2006 - McClatchy Company announced agreement to purchase Knight Ridder, United States' second largest chain of daily newspapers for $4.5 billion in cash and stock; gave McClatchy 32 daily newspapers in 29 markets, total circulation of 3.3 million.

James McClatchy - founder McClatchy Company (http://www.mcclatchy.com/static/images/history/pop1883.gif)

September 15, 1857 - Timothy Alden, of New York, NY, received a patent for a ""Type Setting and Distributing Machine"; type arranged in cells around the circumference of a horizontal wheel which picked up and dropped desired type in proper order in a line from several receivers as it rotated.

November 1857 - Moses Dresser Phillips published first issue of The Atlantic, new journal of American politics, art and literature; featured poems by Emerson, Longfellow, John Greenleaf Whittier and James Russell Lowell (magazine's first editor).

April 23, 1859 - William Byers beat rival publisher (Cherry Creek Pioneer) by 20 minutes, distributed first newspaper (The Rocky Mountain News) ever published in frontier boomtown of Denver, Colorado; 1926 - acquired by E. W. Scripps; 1942 - Jack Foster (Editor) adopted tabloid style; 2001 - entered joint operating agreement with The Denver Post; allowed papers to share all business services (advertising, printing, preserve two editorial voices in community); February 27, 2009 - ceased publication (declining classified and advertising revenue, rising distribution costs); oldest continuously operated business in Colorado.

William Byers - Rocky Mountain News (http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/history_char_byers.jpg)

November 24, 1859 - John Murray Publishing published British naturalist Charles Darwin's ''On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection'' (or The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life) in England; laid groundwork for modern botany, cellular biology, and genetics; immediately sold out  initial print run; 1872 - book had run through six editions. 

June 7, 1860 - First U.S. "dime novel" published: "Malaseka, The Indian Wife of the White Hunter," by Mrs. Ann Stevens.

1861 - First paper named Stars and Stripes produced by Union soldiers during Civil War from facilities of captured newspaper plant in Bloomfield, MO; one-page paper appeared only four times; February 8, 1918 - revived in Paris, largely the creation of Second Lieutenant Guy T. Viskniskki, an AEF press officer and former censor at the American Field Test Headquarters in Neufchateau, France; produced weekly by an all-military staff to serve the doughboys of the American Expeditionary Force under General of the Armies John J. "Black Jack" Pershing; June 13, 1919 -  publication ceased;  April 18, 1942 - second renaissance as small group of servicemen founded a four-page weekly paper in a London print shop ([peak circulation of 526,000); May 8, 1945 - Pacific edition launched; remains in publication without interruption.

1861 - A. Jerome (Ai) Barney, Jerome A. Barney (son) founded Marin County Journal (California). county's first newspaper; October 5, 1872 - acquired by Simon Fitch Barstow; 1900 - Harry Granice (The Sonoma Index-Tribune) established San Rafael Independent; November 1, 1926 - Independent acquired by Harry Lutgens (Sonoma Valley Forum, Sebastopol Times, press secretary to Governor Friend W. Richardson); October 1927 - went daily; 1937 - acquired by California Newspapers. Inc. (Jack Craemer, Roy A. Brown, William Hart); 1948 - merged with Marin Journal, formed Marin Independent Journal; December 7, 1979 - acquired by Gannett; 2000 - acquired by MediaNews group (William Dean Singleton).

August 31, 1861 - Full pages of New York Tribune printed for  first time in U.S. using curved stereotype plates. Such plates were first cast by Charles Craske in 1854 in New York City for a Hoe rotary press.

February 3, 1862 - Thomas Edison (15 years old) became the first publisher of a newspaper produced and sold on a moving train, Grand Trunk Herald; set up a small press in the baggage car of the Grand Trunk Railroad train from Port Huron to Detroit, MI; single sheet, measuring 7-in. x 8-in., included local news and advertisements for his father's store; at its peak, he sold about 200 copies a day to train riders.

November 26, 1862 -  Oxford mathematician Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (30) sent handwritten manuscript called Alice's Adventures Under Ground to 10-year-old Alice Liddell; made up the story of a girl who falls down a rabbit hole while on a picnic with Alice and her two sisters (children of one of his colleagues); 1865 - Dodgson published the book at his own expense, under the name Lewis Carroll; 1871 - book's sequel, Through the Looking Glass, was published

January 15, 1863 - Woodpulp paper was first used in the U.S. for a printed newspaper by the Boston Morning Herald of Boston, MA (four-page eight column newspaper that sold for 3 cents per copy).

April 14, 1863 - William Bullock, of Pittsburgh, PA, received a patent for a "Printing Press" ("for printing from movable type of stereotype printing plates...that class of power printing process in which the paper is furnished to the machine in a continuous web or roll"; continuous-roll printing press; 1865 - machine built, used by the New York Sun; first press to use special curved stereo-type plates; both sides of the paper were printed, cut into sheets.

December 10, 1863 - James R. Watson published first issue of Seattle's first newspaper, The Seattle Gazette; fourth town in Washington Territory to have its own newspaper (Olympia, Steilacoom, Walla Walla); 1867 - acquired by Sam Maxwell, renamed The Weekly Intelligencer; 1881 - merged with Seattle Post; 1921 - acquired by Hearst Corporation.

1864 - Goodman and Church, Chicago publisher, offered partnership to Richard R. Donnelley, from Hamilton, ON; 1870 - name changed to Church Goodman & Donnelly Printers; 1871 - renamed Lakeside Publishing and Printing Company (destroyed in Chicago Fire of 1871); 1873 - re-organized, with business manager Alex T. Lloyd; company named Donnelley & Lloyd; started publishing directories; 1877 - company refinanced as Donnelley, Gasselte & Loyd (Donnelley as minority partner); 1880 - established The Chicago Directory Company; 1881 - bought out partners; 1882 - reorganized printing company as R. R. Donnelley & Sons; May 15, 1886 - with Reuben H. Donnelley (son) in charge, with Chicago Telephone Company as partner, published first Chicago Telephone Directory, based on City of Chicago subscriber list (published three times a year); birth of telephone directory Industry, classified telephone directory advertising industry (Yellow Pages); 1890 - incorporated as R.R. Donnelley & Sons; 1899 - Thomas Elliott Donnelley (son) became President; post WW II - Elliott, Gaylor Donnelley (grandsons), Charles Haffner, Jr. (son-in-law) assumed control.

Richard R. Donnelley - R. R. Donnelley (http://books.google.com/books?id=2PJICBnrpDgC&pg=PA169&img=1&zoom=3&hl=en&sig=ACfU3U32LAiJoXmE-4dXS5iyOpj59Yd1IQ&w=575)

October 1864 - Dr. Louis Charles Roundanez founded The New Orleans Tribune; first Black daily newspaper in the United States.

January 16, 1865 - Charles and Michael de Young (19 and 17) founded Daily Dramatic Chronicle in San Francisco with a borrowed $20 gold piece; circulation: 2,000; San Francisco population: 60,000; September 1, 1868 - changed name to Morning Chronicle; July 27, 2000 - Hearst Corporation acquired The Chronicle from The Chronicle Publishing Company.

Charles and Michael de Young - San Francisco Chronicle (http://www.sfmuseum.org/ photos14/deyoungbros.jpg)

July 6, 1865 - Abolitionists founded The Nation, weekly periodical devoted to politics, culture in New York City on "Newspaper Row" at 130 Nassau Street in Manhattan; Joseph H. Richards, publisher (selected Abraham Lincoln of Illinois to speak at Cooper Union in 1860, lecture that made Lincoln nationally known): Edwin Lawrence Godkin, editor; June 1881 - acquired by Henry Villard (New York Evening Post); June 1937 - acquired by Freda Kirchwey (editor of Nation since 1933), husband for $20,000; 1943 - in danger of closing; Kirchwey appealed for $25,000 to keep in business; readers raised $36,000, established Nation Associates to publish journal, arrange political conferences; 1955 - retired as editor, replaced by Carey McWilliams; 2009 - published by Nation Company, L.P.; oldest continuously published weekly magazine in US.

Joseph H. Richards - 'The Nation' (http://www.picturehistory.com/images/products/2/3/7/prod_23757.jpg)

1866 -  Henry Holt, Frederick Leypoldt founded publishing firm of Leypoldt and Holt in New York; 1873 - renamed Henry Holt and Co.; November 1985 - acquired by Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck. 

November 2, 1867 - HARPER'S BAZAR, American weekly women's fashion magazine, began publication in large newspaper format design of Harper's Weekly; intended for women of middle and upper socio-economic classes of  second half of 19th century; provided fashions from Paris and the German fashion newspaper, Bazar; focus was on "....the useful with the beautiful, and aiming to include every thing that will be interesting to the family circle.... Being intended largely for ladies, it will devote a considerable space to the matters which fall particularly under their jurisdiction, such as dress and household affairs"; 1901 - became a monthly; 1929 - title changed to Harper's Bazaar.

1868 - Edwin Ginn founded Ginn & Co. in Boston, MA; July 1910 - established the International School of Peace; December 1910 - became World Peace Foundation to promote better international relations and world order by preparing and distributing specialized literature, mostly to college and university libraries, and by holding conferences; 1985 - acquired by Simon & Schuster.

Edwin Ginn - Ginn & Co. (http://www.swarthmore.edu/library/peace/Exhibits/ aps.and.trueblood/photos.aps/Ginn.Edwin.jpg)

1868  - Henry Watterson merged Louisville Journal (est. 1830), Louisville Courier (est. 1843), Democrat (est. 1844); November 8, 1868  - first delivery of Louisville Courier-Journal; 1918 - Judge Robert Worth Bingham bought two-thirds interest in the newspapers, 1920 - acquired remaining stock.

1868 - Matthew Hodder and Thomas Wilberforce Stoughton formed Hodder & Stoughton; 1840s - Matthew Hodder (14) employed with Messrs Jackson and Walford, official publisher for Congregational Union; 1861 - firm renamed Jackson, Walford and Hodder; Jackson and Walford retired.

1868 - James B. Martindale, lawyer and businessman, incorporated Martindale Law and Collection Association (Indianapolis, IN), published The United States Law Directory; 1870 - John H. Hubbell founded J. H. Hubbell & Company, published Hubbell's Legal Directory; 1874 - first edition of Martindale's United States Law Directory "to furnish to lawyers, bankers, wholesale merchants, manufacturers, real estate agents, and all others…the address of one reliable law firm, one reliable bank, and one reliable real estate office in every city in the United States..."; 1931 - two, single-volume publications merged into Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory; first edition published by J.J. Little & Ives Company, New York, as two-volume set; 1987 - first eight-volume edition; January 30, 1990 - acquired by Reed Publishing; 25 volumes and contains listings for over 900,000 attorneys and firms in the United States, Canada and throughout the world.

October 10, 1868 - Colonel William Jeff Gatewood, lawyer and publisher of the San Andreas Register, partner Edward W. Bushyhead, San Andreas miner and printer (retired June 1873), J. N. Briseno, printer, published first edition of San Diego Union (4 pages on hand press) at 2626 San Diego Avenue, Old Town; 1886 - acquired by San Diego Union Co.; 1890 - acquired by John D. and Adolph B. Spreckels; December 2, 1895 - T.D. Beasley, F.E.A. Kimball published first issue of The Evening Tribune as daily paper; 1901 - acquired by John D. Spreckels; 1928 - acquired from Spreckels estate by Ira Clifton Copley (The Copley Press Inc. of Illinois); February 2, 1992 - two newspapers merged, formed San Diego Union-Tribune; oldest business in San Diego County, second-oldest newspaper in Southern California.

Edward W. Bushyhead - San Diego Union (http://www.sandiegohistory.org/books/smythe/images/p483.jpg)

November 4, 1869 - First issue of scientific journal Nature published. Astrophysicist Norman Lockyer (first editor), Thomas Henry Huxley encouraged Alexander Macmillan to publish "a general scientific journal"; House of Macmillan launched Nature,  weekly illustrated journal of science.

1871 - George Allen founded George Allen & Sons; August  1914 - George Allen & Unwin Ltd. formally registered.

July 1, 1871 - 10 veteran printers with $900 in capital published first afternoon edition of The Daily Dispatch in Columbus, OH (four pages, 3 cents); December 17, 1899 - published first Sunday edition; 1905 - The Columbus Evening Dispatch acquired by brothers Harry Preston Wolfe and Robert Frederick Wolfe (owned Columbus shoe company); 1975 - renamed The Columbus Dispatch; January 1, 1986 - published first morning edition.

1872 - Richard Rogers (R.R.) Bowker (24) collaborated with Frederick Leypoldt in publishing Publishers Weekly®; American book-trade journal; January 1866 - Leypoldt established publishing firm of Leypoldt and Holt with Henry Holt; 1868 - published monthly "Literary Bulletin"; 1870 - renamed "Trade Circular"; January 1872 - absorbed George W. Childs's "Publishers' Circular," issued weekly; 1873 - renamed "Publishers' Weekly."

March 4, 1872 - First edition of The Boston Globe (4 cents) established by Eben D. Jordan (founder of Jordan Marsh department stores in 1851) and five Boston businessmen; August 1973 - General Charles H. Taylor (27) took over as manager of The Boston Daily Globe ($100,000 deficit, losing $1,200/week); 1877 - reorganized, added The Sunday Globe; 1878 - added The Evening Globe; reduced price to 2 cents; converted to 'family' paper (vs. man's paper); 1895 - gained full control (through Jordan estate); 1958 - moved to Dorchester; 1973 - went public under name Affiliated Publications; 1993 - acquired by The New York Times Company for $1.1 billion.

1873 - Edward H. Butler founded Buffalo News.

January 24, 1873 - first issue of "The Magenta", bi-weekly newspaper; June 2, 1873 - five regular editors, business editor elected; May 21, 1875 - name changed to "The Crimson"; 1911 - established editorial board; 1966 - The Harvard Crimson, Inc. incorporated (revoked, revived in 1986); nation's oldest continuously published daily college newspaper (disputed by other college papers).

June 24, 1873 - Samuel Clemens (aka Mark Twain), of Hartford, CT, received a patent for "Scrap-Books"; self-pasting Scrapbook; coat only sufficient area of  pages of scrapbook with mucilage or adhesive to hold piece that is to be pasted.

August 14, 1873 - First issue of "Field and Stream" magazine published.

February 1, 1873 - Jesse Yarnell, T. J. Caystile and Samuel J. Mathes published Los Angeles Weekly Mirror advertising sheet; printed by Mirror Printing Office and Book Bindery; December 4, 1881 - Nathan Cole Jr. & Thomas Gardiner launched Los Angeles Daily Times, went bankrupt; January 1, 1882 - Mathes assumed editorial control;  August 1, 1882 - former Union army lieutenant colonel Harrison Gray Otis assumed Times editorship and part control ( bought a quarter interest in Los Angels Daily Times for $6,000); October 1884 - acquired holdings of Yarnell, A.W. Francisco; Colonel Henry H. Boyce acquired Mathes's interest; gained control of Mirror and Mirror's printing company; incorporated Times-Mirror Company; 1886 - Otis bought Boyce's half-interest in paper, named himself president, general manager, editor-in-chief; 1891 - Weekly Mirror incorporated with Saturday Times, became Los Angeles Saturday Times & Weekly Mirror; 1965 - first newspaper to publish over 4 million classified advertisements in one year, first US newspaper to publish over 100 million lines of advertising in year; 1970 - bought controlling interest in Newsday; 1979 - acquired Hartford (Connecticut) Courant; 1980 - acquired Denver Post for $95 million; 1986 - acquired Baltimore Sun, Evening Sun, WMAR-TV for $600 million;  June 2000 - acquired by Tribune Company (Chicago Tribune) in $8.3 billion takeover.

1874 - Morimichi Motono, Nisshusha newspaper company, launched Yomiuri Shimbun as small daily newspaper (had founded letterpress printing business, Nisshusha, in Yokohama, with Takashi Koyasu and Masayoshi Shibata, in 1870, moved it to Tokyo in 1873); came to be known as literary arts publication; 1923 - damaged in earthquake; 1924 - Shoriki Matsutaro took over management of company; introduced sensational news coverage, full-page radio program guide, established Japan's first professional baseball team (now known as Yomiuri Giants); shifted to broad news coverage aimed at readers in Tokyo; 1941 - largest circulation of any daily newspaper in Tokyo area; 1942 - under wartime conditions, merged with Hochi Shimbun; became known as Yomiuri-Hochi; January 2002 - largest newspaper circulation in the world (combined morning, evening circulation of 14,323,781).

Morimichi Motono - Yomiuri Shimbun (http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/260_260/419-34/0099_r.jpg)

February 21, 1874 - George Stanford, Benet A. Dewes founded Oakland Daily Tribune as 6" by 10", four-page daily; July 24, 1876 -acquired by William E. Dargie; created The Tribune Publishing Company, widened paper's news scope, used newspaper wire services to provide stories from around world; August 28, 1891 - name Oakland Tribune officially adopted; November 14, 1915 - first issue under new publisher, Joseph R. Knowland, former five-term Congressman; January 4, 1928 - founded The Tribune Publishing Corporation; 1977 - acquired by Karl Eller's Combined Communications Corporation; 1979 - acquired by Gannett in merger with Combined; 1983 - acquired for $17 million by Robert C. Maynard, editor; first major metropolitan newspaper owned by an African American; October 15, 1992 - acquired for $10 million by Alameda Newspaper Group, publisher of several competing suburban community newspapers.

April 1, 1875 - Sir Francis Galton published first newspaper weather map in The Times, London; first to identify the anticyclone (as opposed to the cyclone), introduced use of charts showing areas of similar air pressure.

1876 - William Cathcart, ageing Scot who had spent 50 years in "the Argentine" founded The Buenos Ayres Herald (original spelling); single sheet with advertising on front, mostly shipping coverage on back (odd general news, community item thrown in); 1877 - sold to D.W. Lowe of the United States; immediately discarded weekly publication in favor of daily news; 1925 - acquired by Junius Julius (J.J.) and Claude Ronald Rugeroni (came as Englishmen rather than Italians); 1959 - The Standard folded, left Buenos Aires Herald as Argentina's only English-language daily; 1968 - Evening Post Publishing Company (Charleston, SC) acquired controlling block of shares (largely corresponding to J.J. Rugeroni shares); 1998 - Evening Post Publishing Company acquired Rugeroni's shares in paper, became sole owner of Herald.

February 1876 - -U.S. Army Major Henry Martyn Robert, engineering officer in regular Army, published "Robert's Rules of Order" ("Pocket Manual of Rules of Order for Deliberative Assemblies") to bring rules of American Congress to members of ordinary societies; compendium of parliamentary law for parliamentarians, novice club presidents; name synonymous with orderly rule of reason in deliberative societies.

April 5, 1876 - Charles Fellows founded Flint (MI) Journal; March 3, 1883 - George McConnelly started publishing daily; 1911 - acquired by Booth Newspapers Inc.; 1961 - circulation surpassed 100,000 mark; 1976 - acquired by Newhouse family.

December 6, 1877 - Stilson Hutchins first published Washington Post (circulation of 10,000, four pages, 3 cents a copy); 1880 - published first Sunday edition; 1889 - acquired by Frank Hatton, Republican Cabinet member, and Beriah Wilkins, former Democratic congressman; 1905 - acquired by John McLean, owner of Cincinnati Enquirer; 1916 - Edward (Ned) McLean (son) became sole owner/publisher; switched paper's allegiance to Republican party, circulation dropped, advertising decreased, went into receivership; June 1, 1933 - acquired at auction by financier Eugene Meyer for $825,000; 1946 - Phil Graham (son-in-law) became publisher; August 4, 1947 - Washington Post Company incorporated; 1959 - became president of company; 1961 - acquired Newsweek magazine; 1963 - Katherine Graham became president after husband's suicide; 1966 - acquired stake in New York Herald-Tribune's Paris edition from Whitney Communications; 1967 - with NY Times and Whitney launched International Herald Tribune (subsequently jointly owned with NY Times); June 15, 1971 - went public; June 18, 1971 - printed first story on Pentagon Papers; June 16, 1972 - began reporting on break-in at  Democratic National Committee headquarters at Watergate; 1973 - Katherine Graham elected chairman of board, CEO of company;  1979 - Donald Graham (son) took over; 1984 - acquired Kaplan Inc., provider of educational, career services for individuals, schools, businesses for $45 million; 1991 - Donald named chief executive officer; with NY Times acquired Whitney stake in International Herald Tribune; 1993 - Donald became chairman of board; 1999 - acquired Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel; 2003 - sold 50% stake in International Herald Tribune to NY Times for $65 million; Washington Post newspaper publishing business made wholly-owned subsidiary; February 8, 2008 - Katharine Weymouth (41), great grand-daughter, named chief executive of Washington Post Media   (new division to oversee The Washington Post newspaper,  online component), publisher of Washington Post; 5th member of Meyer family to hold position since paper acquired in 1933.

Stilson Hutchins - founder Washington Post (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Stilson_Hutchins%2C_ Washington_Post_founder.jpg)

June 1, 1933 - Washington Post sold at auction (http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1440000/images/_1443672_auction.jpg)

1878 - Joseph Pulitzer bought The Evening Dispatch of St. Louis at auction for $2,500; May 10, 1883 - takes possession of New York World from Jay Gould.

1878 - Daniel Coit Gilman, first president of Johns Hopkins University, inaugurated Johns Hopkins University's Publication Agency; published American Journal of Mathematics; 1879 - published American Chemical Journal; 1881 - published first book (Sidney Lanier: A Memorial Tribute) to honor the poet who was one of the University's first writers in residence; 1891 - name changed to Johns Hopkins Press; 1972 - name changed to Johns Hopkins University Press; America's oldest university press.

Daniel Coit Gilman - Johns Hopkins University Press (http://webapps.jhu.edu/jhuniverse/information_about_hopkins/about_jhu/ chronology/images/gilman.gif)

January 28, 1878 - Yale Daily News published, first college daily newspaper.

February 21, 1878 - District Telephone Co., of New Haven, CT issued first telephone directory.

August 10, 1878 - John H. and Daniel J. Harrington founded The Lowell Sun as weekly newspaper (4 pages); 1892 - went daily; 1941 - acquired Courier-Citizen (formed April 28,1856 by Leonard Brown, George F. Morey), last competitor daily; 1949 - starting Lowell Sunday Sun; 1952 - acquired Lowell Sunday Telegram, only Sunday competition; August 1, 1997 - acquired from great-grandson by MediaNews Group.

November 2, 1878 - Edward Willis Scripps (24) started Cleveland Penny Press, with $10,000 borrowed from family members; January 1, 1883 - acquired control of Cincinnati Penny Post from his brother James; September 2, 1890 -  changed name of Penny Post to The Cincinnati Post; 1890 - created Scripps-McRae League to run newspapers; June 3, 1892 - acquired his first paper on Pacific Coast, The San Diego Sun; March 1895 - started Los Angeles Record; July 21, 1906 - merged with Scripps-McRae Press Association, Scripps News Associations into United Press (effective June 21, 1907); February 1908 -  Jim Scripps (son) took over; 1911 - started United Press (later known as United Press International, or UPI); 1920 - Robert P. Scripps, Roy W. Howard responsible for editorial, business direction, respectively; 1922 - organized United Feature Service; November 3, 1922 - changed name from Scripps-McRae to Scripps Howard; June 2, 1982 - United Press International acquired by Media News Corp.

1879 - Cyrus H. K Curtis founded The Tribune and Farmer magazine.

April 17, 1879 - Benjamin Frank piublished first edition of The Sonoma Index newspaper in Sonoma, CA; 1879-1884 - changed hands 13 times, changed name once (to Sonoma Tribune); 1884 - acquired by Harry Granice (great-grandfather of current publishers); renamed The Sonoma Index-Tribune; 1915 - Celeste, Ramona (daughters) took over business; 1946 - Robert Lynch (Ramona's son) took over; 2003 - Bill and Jim Lynch (sons) took over; still family owned, operated.

1880 - Science Magazine founded with $10,000 of seed money from American inventor Thomas Edison.

1880 - Jacobus George Robbers, four other booksellers, founded NV Uitgeversmaatschappij Elsevier in Rotterdam, Netherlands (name taken from publishing house of Elsevier family, established in 1580); 1894 - Albert E. Reed bought Upper Tovil paper mill at Maidstone, Kent, UK, founded Reed company; 1903 - incorporated as Albert E. Reed & Company Ltd.; 1970 - name changed to Reed International Limited; 1982 - name changed to Reed International PLC; 1992 - Reed International merged with Elsevier NV; January 1, 1993 - name changed to Reed Elsevier PLC.

March 4, 1880 - New York Daily Graphic published first half-tone engraving, by S. H. Horgan.

February 19, 1880 - Gail Borden Johnson founded Houston Post; 1881 - combined paper with the Houston Telegraph; October 1884 - ceased publication; April 5, 1885 - re-established with merger of the Houston Morning Chronicle,  Houston Evening Journal; 1939 - William P. Hobby, president of the paper since 1924, acquired controlling interest (became flagship of Hobby family’s H&C Communications business); early 1990s - ultimately sold to MediaNews Group; 1991 - Post had a daily circulation of 335,000; April 18, 1995 - Houston Post ceases publication after 116 years.

October 29, 1881 - The Judge (US magazine) first published.

December 4, 1881 - Los Angels Daily Times published first four-page issue.

February 1, 1882 - J.W. Robertson & Company printed, distributed first copies of Honolulu Evening Bulletin (one page, four columns wide); oldest daily newspaper in Hawaii, one of longest-lived west of Mississippi (Henry M. Whitney, editor and book merchant, recorded arrivals and departures of ships and mails, passenger lists and other items of local interest in a hand-written bulletin posted in his stationery shop); April 24, 1882 - enlarged to four six-column pages, renamed Evening Bulletin; July 1, 1912 - merged with Hawaiian Star (founded March 28, 1893), renamed Honolulu Star-Bulletin; 1961 - acquired by Chinn Ho, Alexander S. and J. Ballard Atherton, William H. Hill, John T. Waterhouse; June 1, 1962 - Star-Bulletin and Honolulu Advertiser executives formed Hawaii Newspaper Agency to handle production for both newspapers; August 1971 - acquired by Gannett; 1993 - acquired by Liberty Newspapers, controlled by Florida investor Rupert E. Phillips; March 2001 - joint operating agreement, Hawaii Newspaper Agency dissolved; The Honolulu Advertiser, Star-Bulletin separated their business relationship, began publishing separately; March 15, 2001 - acquired by Black Press Ltd. (Victoria, BC, founded 1975) for $1.

November, 1882 - Former Providence Journal reporter Charles H. Dow (31), Edward Davis Jones (26) and former Drexel, Morgan employee, Charles Milford Bergstresser founded Dow, Jones & Company (as it was called in the beginning) in a small basement office at 15 Wall Street in New York; produced daily hand-written news bulletins called "flimsies" delivered by messenger to subscribers in the Wall Street area; 1884 - Dow Jones Averages the creation of Charles Dow, appeared for the first time in the "Customers' Afternoon Letter"; contained 11 stocks: nine railroads and two industrials; 1896 - Dow Jones Industrial Average launched.

November 16, 1882 - Daily Journal of Milwaukee began publishing; December 12, 1882 - Lucius W. Nieman (24) acquired 22-day old paper; 1891 - became first newspaper to use "run-of-paper" color when it printed red, blue stripes across Page One for governor's inauguration; 1937: created employee-ownership plan; employees bought 30,000 shares (25% interest in company); Agnes Wahl Nieman bequeathed small block of stock ($1 million) to Harvard University in memory of her husband with mandate: earnings from gift were to be used for a single purpose: "To promote and elevate the standards of journalism in the United States and educate persons deemed specially qualified for journalism" (1938 - Nieman Fellowship Program created, oldest and best-known mid-career program for journalists in the world); 1962 - acquired Milwaukee Sentinel from Hearst; 1995 - Milwaukee Journal and Sentinel merged; April 2, 1995 - Journal Sentinel first published.

Lucius Nieman - Milwaukee Journal (http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/assets/Image/Content/about_us/lucius_nieman.jpg)

September 4, 1882 - New York Times first newspaper plant to make use of newly available electrical power provided by  Edison Illuminating Company; 27 carbon-filament lamps lamps installed in editorial room, 25 lamps in counting room (replaced gas lighting).

March 4, 1883 - John Gordon Cashmans began  "Vicksburg Evening Post" in Mississippi.

December 1883 - Cyrus H. Curtis  (Curtis Publishing) published first issue of Ladies Home Journal as women's supplement to the Tribune and Farmer (lacked material for farming magazine); 1986 - acquired by Meredith Corporation.

1884 - Harry Marks established The Financial and Mining News in London; July 1884 - name shortened to Financial News

1884 - James H. McGraw, teacher in upstate New York, began working in publishing; 1888 - purchased American Journal of Railway Appliances; John A. Hill worked as editor at Locomotive Engineer; 1899 - McGraw incorporated  publications under "The McGraw Publishing Company"; 1902 - John Hill incorporated publications under "The Hill Publishing Company"; 1909 - book departments of two publishing companies merged; formed McGraw-Hill Book Company; John Hill took office of President (died in 1916); James McGraw became company's Vice-President.

1884 - Frank V. Strauss, Ohio advertising man, began Frank V. Strauss & Co. as advertising business in New York; started "The New York Dramatic Chronicle" as one-page flyer to combine advertising with theater programs; September 1885 - earliest Strauss program listing found for production at Madison Square Theater; 1888 - opened press on Walker Street; 1911 - renamed Strauss Magazine Theatre Program, multi-page program in magazine format; 1903 - provided programs for 250 theaters; 1934 - name changed to "Playbill"; 1974 - acquired by Arthur T. Birsh; December 19, 1978 - American Theater Press, Inc. registered "Playbill" trademark first used July 6, 1934 (entertainment magazines, fashion magazines, theater guides and luncheon programs).

February 1, 1884 - First volume (A-Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary published; April 1928 - 125th, final fascicle published; 400,000 words and phrases in 10 volumes, published under title A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles; verb "set" is OED's longest entry (approximately 60,000 words, over 430 uses); 1933 - supplement, containing new entries and revisions, published; original dictionary reprinted in 12 volumes, officially renamed the Oxford English Dictionary.

Sir James A. H. Murray - Primary Editor, Oxford English Dictionary (http://denholmvillage.com/smmurray.jpg)

August 26, 1884 - Ottmar Mergenthaler, German-born American of Baltimore, MD, received patent for a "Matrix Making Machine" (Linotype typesetting machine); originally called "Blower" machine,  later renamed "Linotype" (short for "Line of type"); replaced time-consuming process of setting type by hand; May 12, 1885 - received a patent for a "Machine for Producing Printing-Bars" ("machine in which a series of loose independent matrices or dies each containing one or more characters, and a series of blank dies for spacing purposes, are combined with finger-keys and intermediate connecting and driving mechanism in such manner that when power is applied to the machine and the preferred finger-keys actuated the matrices will be assembled or composed in line"); linotype machine set entire lines of lead type as "slugs" for printing; made obsolete huge masses of hand-set metal type; greatest advance in printing since the development of moveable type 400 years earlier.

Ottmar Mergenthaler - Linotype (http://www.zionbaltimore.org/mergenthaler_ottmar.jpg)

February 18, 1885 - ''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' by Mark Twain published.

May 2, 1885 - Clark W. Bryan founded Good Housekeeping Magazine in Holyoke, MA; 1900 - Good Housekeeping Institute established; 1909 - Good Housekeeping Seal (of approval) created; 1911 - 300,000 people read the magazine; Hearst Publishing Company bought magazine; 1966 - 5,500,000 readers.

1886 - Charles Hope Kerr founded Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company in Chicago; early twentieth century - became world's leading English-language radical publisher; 1908 - became lively mass circulation magazine, featured radical theory, culture, reportage; nation's oldest labor press.

February 23, 1886 - London Times published world's first classified ad.

March 1886 - Schlicht & Field, publishers and printers, Rochester, NY, launched The Cosmopolitan as family magazine, Paul Schlicht founding editor; March 1888 - no longer in business; 1889 - acquired from Joseph N. Hallock by John Brisben Walker; became leading market for fiction; 1892 - circulation of 75,000; 1905 - acquired by William Randolph Hearst for $400,000; 1930s - circulation of 1,700,000, advertising income of $5,000,000.

March 17, 1886 - Alfred Henry Spink, Canadian sportswriter, published first issue of The Sporting News; single copy cost 0.$.05, year's subscription cost $2.50; oldest sports publication in U. S.

May 15, 1886 - Reuben Hamilton Donnelley (21), son of Richard Robert Donnelley, founded R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. (printing company) in 1864, assistant director of The Chicago Directory Company, with Chicago Telephone Company as partner, published first Chicago Telephone Directory, based on City of Chicago subscriber list (published three times a year); birth of telephone directory Industry, classified telephone directory advertising industry (Yellow Pages); 1887 - named President of company; 1906 - began soliciting business outside Chicago; 1916 - Chicago Directory Company dissolved; 1917 - The Reuben H. Donnelley Corporation incorporated; 1929 - largest independent agent for Bell System directories; August 31, 1961 - acquired by Dun & Bradstreet Corp.; August 1954 - published inaugural issue of Sports Illustrated; July 1, 1998 - spun off as separate, publicly-traded company; 2003 - acquired Sprint Directory Publishing business; nation's largest stand-alone publisher of Yellow Pages directories; 2005 - published directories in 19 states; 2006 - acquired Dex Media; became third largest print, online Yellow Pages publisher in U.S.; May 28, 2009 - filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

July 2, 1886 - New York Daily Tribune put first Linotype machine in U.S. into commercial use; set its editorial page; increased speed of newspaper composition by 500 percent; 1892 - 1,000 Linotype machines had been made; 1904 - 10,000 Linotype casting machines in service worldwide.

March 4, 1887 - William Randolph Hearst (23) took over San Francisco Daily Examiner from his father, George (founded December 12, 1865 as Evening Examiner by Caption William S.  Moss, acquired in October 1880); 1889 - "Monarch of the Dailies on masthead; May 21, 1890 - land purchased at Third and Market Streets for $650,000 to build Examiner Building; 1895 - bought New York Morning Journal; 1903 - started his first magazine, Motor; 1905 - bought Cosmopolitan; 1911 - acquired Good Housekeeping;  1915 - formed King Features Syndicate to consolidate comics syndication business; 1929 - started Hearst Metrotone News (newsreel company); 1948 - acquired WBAL-TV (Baltimore), one of country's first TV stations; 1965 - Examiner and San Francisco Chronicle printed, distributed under joint operating agreement (JOA); 1997 - formed Hearst-Argyle Television, nation's second largest non-network-owned television station group; August 6, 1999 - acquired San Francisco Chronicle; February 19, 2004 - Examiner acquired by The San Francisco Newspaper Company, LLC (owned by Philip Anschutz of Denver); 2007 - 20,0000 employees, six operating groups; world's largest publisher of monthly magazines.

June 7, 1887 - Tolbert Lanston, Washington DC, received three patents for "Producing Justified Lines of Type"; monotype type-casting machine, system composing single metal types mechanically; received a patent for a "Form of Type"; received a patent for a "Type Forming and Composing Machine"

October 4, 1887 - The first issue of the "International Herald Tribune" was published as the "Paris Herald Tribune."

1888 - James H. McGraw bought "American Journal of Railway Appliances"; 1899 - established McGraw Publishing Company; 1902 - John Hill established The Hill Publishing Company; 1909 - merger of McGraw and Hill book publishing arms; 1917 - merger of McGraw and Hill journal publishing arms with incorporation of McGraw-Hill.

1888 - Alfred Harmsworth Lord Northcliffe founded print dynasty as free-lance contributor to popular periodicals; 1894 - bought London Evening News; May 4, 1896 - first issue of Daily Mail (page newspaper cost only halfpenny); 1899 - circulation exceeded million.

January 9, 1888 - Horatio Bottomley, owner of local newspapers, Douglas G. MacRae, printer, launched London Financial Guide, 4-page newspaper;  February 13, 1888 - name changed to the Financial Times; promoted as as "the friend of The Honest Financier and the Respectable Broker"; Bottomley left paper, grown by MacRae; 1893 - used salmon-pink newsprint to distinguish itself from its rival, the Financial News (established in 1884 by Harry Marks); 1919 - acquired by William and Gomer Berry; 1945 - merged with Financial and Mining News; 1957 - acquired by Pearson (including Economist).

Horatio Bottomley - FT (http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/j/Horatio%20Bottomley.jpg)

June 3, 1888 - San Francisco Daily Examiner published Ernest Lawrence Thayer's poem ''Casey at the Bat.''

October 1888 - National Geographic Society (established January 13, 1858) published first issue of National Geographic magazine, sent to 200 charter members; 1899 - circulation of 1,400; February 1903 - Gilbert H. Grosvenor (joined 1899) became editor; January 1905 - filled 11 pages of magazine with photos of Lhasa in Tibet; expected to be fired, instead congratulated by Society member; 1920 - circulation of 713,000; 2009 - read in every country of world, published in 31 local-language editions.

Gilbert H. Grosvenor - National Geographic (http://www.cosmos-club.org/web/journals/1998/grosvenor1.jpg)

1889 - Erastus H. (E. H.) Scott and A.J. Albert formed Albert and Scott, published Bellum Helvecticum, a high school Latin text; 1894 - Hugh Austin (H. A.) Foresman joined Scott, formed Scott, Foresman and Company; Albert sold his interest in the business; 1909 - entered elementary market with the Elson Grammar School Readers; 1911 - first publisher to use four-color printing, revolutionized textbooks; 1930 - published first Dick, Jane and Spot stories; 1985 - acquired by Time, Inc.; 1989 - acquired by Harper & Row.

Zerna Sharp Erastus H. Scott - Scott, Foresman (http://www.tagnwag.com/dick_jane/imgz/ehscott03.jpg)

Hugh A. Foresman Hugh A. Foresman - Scott, Foresman (http://www.tagnwag.com/dick_jane/imgz/fores-man04a.jpg)

January 18, 1889 - Students at Cambridge University founded 'The Granta', periodical of student politics, student badinage, student literary enterprise (named after river that runs through town); RC Lehmann, first editor; published works of A. A. Milne, Michael Frayn, Stevie Smith, Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath; 1979 - rescued by small group of postgraduates, relaunched as Granta: The Magazine of New Writing, with both writers, their audience drawn from world beyond Cambridge.

July 8, 1889 - Dow Jones & Company's "Customers' Afternoon Letter" became Wall Street Journal; four pages,  two cents, advertising was 20 cents a line; Company had 50 employees.

October 2, 1889 -  W.L. Jones, former resident who had worked for Puget Sound Argus, put out first edition (5000 copies) of The Morning Leader in Port Townsend, WA; 1920s - acquired by Ray O. Scott; 1946 - acquired by Richard McCurdy; 1967 - acquired by Frank and Pat Garred; 1989 - Scott and Jennifer Wilson made partners.

1890 - A.W. Lee and local investors took over The Courier, one of three daily papers in Ottumwa, IA (daily circulation of 575 grew to 3,709 by 1900); 1899 - he and a group of associates acquired control in The Davenport Times, then weakest of about 10 papers in what would become known as the Quad-Cities; 1903 - acquired Muscatine (IA) Journal (where his father had been head bookkeeper) from family of his brother-in-law; 1959 - company expanded beyond Midwestern roots with purchase of group of Montana newspapers; 1973 - Quad-City Times became first newspaper in world produced totally by computer; 1997 - expanded into Pacific Northwest; June 3, 2005 - acquired Pulitzer Inc. (14 daily newspapers, including St. Louis Post-Dispatch) in transaction valued at $1.46 billion; fourth largest newspaper company in country in terms of dailies owned, seventh largest in terms of total daily circulation; more than 10,700 employees in 23 states, newspaper circulation of 1.7 million daily and 1.9 million on Sundays, millions more through other publications and online sites.

A. W. Lee - founder, Lee Enterprises (http://www.lee.net/aboutlee/ history/aw_lee.jpg)

1890 - Cyrus H. K Curtis founded Curtis Publishing Co.; publisher of Ladies Home Journal; 1897 - acquired Saturday Evening Post from Andrew Smythe for $1,000 (first published August 4, 1821).

May 17, 1890 - Alfred Northcliffe published Comic Cuts, first weekly comic paper, in London.

September 16, 1890 - Ottmar Mergenthaler, of Baltimore, MD, received two patents for: 1) "Machine for Forming Type Bars" and 2) "Machine for Producing  Linotypes, Type Matrices, etc."; changed newspaper business.

1892 - Herman Ridder bought Staats-Zeitung, newspaper launched on December 24, 1834 for German residents of New York City; 1926 - acquired Journal of Commerce; 1942 - Ridder Publications incorporated in Delaware;1969 - went public; November 1974 - merged with Knight Newspapers, Inc.; December 3, 2007 - acquired by McClatchy Company for $4.5 billion.

1892 - Chandler Belden Beach, former sales agent in Chicago for Encyclopædia Britannica, published Youth's Cyclopedia (2 volumes); 1893 - published Student's Cyclopaedia (2 volumes); 1894 - Frank Elbert Compton became general manager ; 1905 - took over; 1907 - name changed to F. E. Compton & Co.; 1922 - produced Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia )8 volumes); 1961 - acquired by Encyclopedia Britannica Inc.

1892 - Louis Fairchild founded Fairchild Publications, Inc. in Chicago; dedicated to being first to break, report news in worlds of retail and style; July 13, 1910 - first issue of Women's Wear Daily; 1968 - acquired by Capital Cities Communications; 1999 - acquired by Advance Publications.

April 5, 1892 - Walter H. Coe, of Providence, RI, received a patent for a "Method of Packing Decorative Films" ("arranged in small books, the sheets of the films alternating with the protecting-leaves of the book"); method allowed correctly precut widths to be matched to application with correct lengths without need for overlapping pieces.

August 13, 1892 - Former slave John H. Murphy, Sr. began publishing U.S. black newspaper, "Afro-American" in Baltimore, MD; merged his church publication with two others; 1922 - newspaper grew from a one-page weekly church publication into most widely circulated black paper along the coastal Atlantic, used to challenge Jim Crow practices in Maryland; more than 100,000 regular readers; Afro-American Newspapers is leading news provider for African-Americans in the Baltimore / Washington, DC Metropolitan area, longest running African-American, family-owned newspaper in the nation; fourth generation members of the Murphy family continue to manage the paper.

October 31, 1892 - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle, published; author had studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, met Dr. Joseph Bell, a teacher with extraordinary deductive power (partly inspired Doyle's character Sherlock Holmes years later); 1887 - first Sherlock Holmes story, "A Study in Scarlet," was published in Beeton's Christmas Annual; 1891 - a series of Holmes stories appeared in The Strand magazine; Conan Doyle gave up his medical practice and devoted himself to writing.

November 3, 1892 - 21 printers, four teenage apprentices, locked out during labour dispute at afternoon Toronto News, created The Toronto Evening Star; price of 1 cent/copy; 1899 - acquired by Sir Wilfrid Laurier for $32,000 (circulation of 7,000, 52 employees); December13, 1899 - Joseph E. Atkinson, former Ottawa correspondent for Toronto Globe, managing editor of the Montreal Herald, appointed managing editor, paid $5,000 a year ($3,000 in cash, rest in shares); January 24, 1900 - name changed to The Toronto Daily Star; 1903 - first newspaper in history of Canadian journalism to use wireless to cover news; 1909 - moved into first place among Toronto daily newspapers with circulation of 65,000; 1913 - Atkinson controlling shareholder; 1929 - 650 employees, circulation of 175,000, largest circulation newspaper in Canada; 1942 - Atkinson Charitable Foundation established; 1948 - shares (at death) bequeathed to charitable foundation; Joseph Story Atkinson (son) elected chairman of board, president of foundation; Harry C. Hindmarsh (son-in-law) elected president of The Star; March 25, 1949 - Ontario government introduced Charitable Gifts Act, limited charities to no more than 10% interest in businesses; May 27, 1958 - acquired by five trustees of Atkinson Charitable Foundation for $25,555,000 (highest price paid to that date for newspaper property anywhere); October 1975 - acquired controlling interest in Harlequin Enterprises; January 21, 1976 - board of directors approved corporate reorganization; Toronto Star Ltd. became holding company, The Toronto Star newspaper became wholly-owned subsidiary; 1977 - holding company named Torstar Corporation; May, 1981 - acquired remaining 30% of Harlequin Enterprises; August 1985 - signed share exchange agreement with Southam Press; Torstar acquired 23% interest in Southam, Southam acquired about 30% of Torstar's non-voting shares.

Joseph E. Atkinson - Toronto Star (http://www.visiontv.ca/images/Docs/JosephEAtkinson200.jpg)

1894 - Albert Reed established UK newsprint mill; 1903 - Albert Reed & Co became public company; 1931 - Elsevier began international scientific publishing ventures; 1962 - US Elsevier Publishing Company founded; UK Elsevier Publishing Company founded; 1970 - Reed renamed Reed International Limited; acquired IPC-Mirror Group newspaper and significant magazine, periodical, book publishing and printing interests; 1971 - Elsevier Publishing Company NV, North Holland Publishing Company, Excerpta Media merged, formed Associated Scientific Publishers; 1974 - Reed's publishing activities separated into Mirror Group Newspapers and IPC; 1977 - Reed acquired full control of Cahners Publishing; 1979 - Elsevier Publishing Company renamed Elsevier Scientific Publishers (after merger with Nederlandse Dagbladunie); 1985 -Reed acquired R R Bowker and Online Computer Systems; 1990 - acquired Martindale Hubbell and Verlag A Franke; 1993 - Elsevier and Reed International merged; 2001 - acquired Harcourt General.

November 1, 1894 - William H. Donaldson, salesman for his father's lithography company, James H. Hennegan, worked for family printing firm, published first issue of Billboard Advertising magazine as monthly publication for billposting business ("devoted to the interests of advertisers, poster printers, bill posters, advertising agents and secretaries of fairs") in Cincinnati, OH; eight pages, cover price of 10 cents; November 1895 - 16 pages, one-year subscription of $1; June 1896 - Fair Department introduced to report on carnival, fair attractions that often were advertised on billboards; February 1897 - name changed to The Billboard (until 1961); November 1898 - Donaldson quit after dispute with Hennegan over magazine's editorial direction; bought out Hennegan's share of the operation (for $500, according to family lore), assumed all of debts;

November 1894 - World's first color comic strips, drawn by Richard Felton Outcault, appeared in The New York World's Sunday edition.

November 17, 1894 - Frank Brunell founded Daily Racing Form, "America's Turf Authority Since 1894," in Chicago; first appeared as four-page broadsheet; country's only daily national newspaper dedicated to coverage of single major sport; publishes up to 2,000 unique pages of statistical and editorial copy every day, in as many as 25 daily editions, 364 days a year (with the exception of Christmas Day); 1922 - acquired by Triangle Publications, Inc. (Walter Annenberg); 1988 - acquired by News America, a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.; June 1991 - acquired by K-III Communications Corporation for reported $180 million; May 2004 - acquired by The Wicks Group of Companies, L.L.C.

January 12, 1895 - Printing and Binding Act of 1895 prohibited copyrighting of any Government publication.

April 7, 1896 - Tolbert Lanston, of Washington, DC, received a patent for a "Machine for making Justified Lines of Type"; typesetting; improvement upon earlier patent.

May 4, 1896 - Alfred and Harold Harmsworth published first edition of London Daily Mail (penny).

August 18, 1896 - Adolph S. Ochs (38) of Chattanooga, TN, bought financially ailing New York Times.

November 1, 1896 - Picture showing naked breasts of a woman appeared in National Geographic magazine for first time.

1897 - Frank Nelson Doubleday founded Doubleday & McClure Company; 1900 - Walter Hines Page replaced McClure; name changed to Doubleday, Page & Company; 1927 - merged with George H Doran Company; name changed to Doubleday, Doran; 1946 - name changed to Doubleday & Company.

1897 - B H Blackwell Booksellers published first book, Mensae Secundae: Verses written in Balliol by H.C. Beeching; 1922 - Basil Blackwell & Mott established separate publishing house; 1956 - Basil Blackwell knighted for services to bookselling and publishing; first knighthood bestowed on a bookseller; 1991 - Basil Blackwell Inc. changed name to Blackwell Publishers; July 2001 - Blackwell Publishing Ltd. founded by merging Blackwell Publishers and Blackwell Science; largest, independent society publisher.

February 10, 1897 - "All the news that's fit to print" appeared on the front page of "The New York Times" beginning this day.

April 22, 1897 - New York City Jewish newspaper "Forward" began publishing (still active) as a Yiddish-language daily newspaper; defender of trade unionism and moderate, democratic socialism; Abraham Cahan - founding editor; 1930s - nationwide circulation exceeded 270,000.

May 26, 1897 - Horror writer Bram Stoker's classic vampire tale, Dracula, was first offered for sale in London; story of a Transylvanian vampire and his English victims.

September 2, 1897 - First issue of of McCall's magazine was published.

September 21, 1897 - The "New York Sun" ran famous editorial that declared, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus."

October 24, 1897 - First comic strip appeared in Sunday color supplement of "New York Journal," called the "Yellow Kid."

December 12, 1897 - ''The Katzenjammer Kids,'' pioneering comic strip by Rudolph Dirks, made its debut in the in Sunday supplement of New York Journal.

1898 - Harvey Mark Thomas established Thomas Publishing; January 28, 1898 - incorporated; published American Grocery Trades Reference Book, first directory of food industry; 1905 - introduced Thomas' Register of American Manufacturers and First Hands in All Lines; 1915 - established independent sales contractor system; May 1933 - introduced Industry Equipment News; May 10, 1938 - registered "Thomas' Wholesale Grocery and Kindred Trades Register" trademark first used in 1903 (annual publication); 1969 - established Thomas Marketing Information Center to market industrial information, databases; May 26, 1970 - registered "Thomas Register" trademark first used in 1905 (annual directory); 1976 - Thomas Regional Directory Company established as division; 1979 - acquired American Register of Exporters and Importers (established 1948) from S. John Cousins; 1980 - renamed American Export Register; 1986 - launched Managing Automation magazine; 1992 - published software guides, directory of software manufacturers; 1998 - all major directories available as databases online.

Harvey Mark Thomas -  Thomas Register (http://www.thomaspublishing.com/img/img_history.jpg)

May 1898 - Southern Pacific Railroad, largest landowner in California, launched first-ever Western magazine, Sunset Magazine (named in honor of Sunset Limited railroad line) to "chronicle the world of the West over which the dawn of future commercial and industrial importance is just beginning"; first issue contained just 16 pages, ran stories on wonders of Yosemite, beautiful, garden-filled streets of Los Angeles; made good things about Western living seem accessible, possible for masses; 1928 - acquired by Lane Publishing Co.; 1990- acquired by Time Warner.

1900 - Caleb Hammond launched Hammond World Atlas Corporation.

1900 - Walter Smith Maney founded Maney  Publishing as  specialist typesetting and printing company in Leeds, UK; printed catalogues, society magazines; 1945 - evolved into publisher of academic books and journals (Publications of the English Goethe Society - oldest client); one of few remaining independent publishers of quality literary, scientific material.

1900 - Moses Annenberg became subscription solicitor for Chicago Evening American newspaper, recently purchased by William Randolph Hearst; 1904 - appointed circulation manager of new morning newspaper, Examiner; 1918 - moved to New York, became circulation manager for all Hearst's New York papers, magazines; 1922 - acquired Daily [horse] Racing Form (founded 1894), centerpiece of Cecelia Investment Company, holding company; 1924 - named president, publisher of newest Hearst paper, New York Mirror; 1926 - resigned Hearst position, concentrated on horse-race business; 1927 - became involved in racing wire services; 1930 - virtual monopoly in wire-service business, transmitted information via AT&T wires from twenty-nine tracks to fifteen thousand betting establishments around country; July 31, 1936 - acquired Philadelphia Inquirer; 1940 -convicted of tax evasion; served 36 months in federal prison, paid $9,500,000 in back taxes, interest, penalties;  Walter Annenberg (son), took over, reorganized business, renamed company Triangle Publications, Inc.; 1944 - launched Seventeen Magazine; 1953 - formed TV Guide; 1988 - acquired by News Corporation (Rupert Murdoch) for $3.2 billion.

February 16, 1900 - First Chinese daily newspaper in U.S. published (Chung Sai Yat Po-SF).

May 22, 1900 - Regional Associated Press associations merged, modern AP (founded May 1848) incorporated as  not-for-profit cooperative in New York City, Melville E. Stone as first general manager.

June 1901 - Wilson Eyre, Jr., two other Philadelphia architects founded House and Garden magazine; 1911 - acquired by Conde Nast; July 1993 - closed; September 1996 - republished; December 2007 - closed (single-copy sales of 50,909 in 2006, down from 84,558 in 2002)

June 1901 - Giovanni De Agostini founded Istituto Geografico De Agostini S.p.A. in Rome; publishing debut with publication Atlante scolastico moderno (Modern School Atlas); 1919 - taken over by Marco Adolfo Boroli, Cesare Angelo Rossi for ITL 180,000 lire; formed new jointly-owned company; strengthened cartography activities with support of Luigi Visintin, head of the scientific unit.; 1946 - complete control acquired by Boroli family; Achille, Adolfo Boroli grew company; 1997 - Marco Drago assumed management; 2002 - acquired Unione Tipografico-Editrice Torinese (UTET); January 2005 - reorganized to integrate books and cartography products.

1902 - Edwin Thomas Meredith founded Meredith Corporation with fistful of $20 gold pieces that bought controlling interest in his grandfather's newspaper, Farmer's Tribune (sold for a profit); October 1902 - sold first issue of Successful Farming magazine to 500 subscribers; 1914 - circulation over the half-million.

Edwin Thomas (E. T.) Meredith - Meredith Corporation (http://cmsimg. desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=D2&Date= 99999999&Category=FAMOUSIOWANS&ArtNo=501160331&Ref=AR&maxw=175&border=1)

1902 - James Clarence Hyde founded ARTnews; oldest and most widely circulated art magazine in the world; readership of 200,000 in 123 countries collectors, dealers, historians, artists, museum directors, curators, connoisseurs, enthusiasts).

January 17, 1902 - (London) Times Literary Supplement appeared for first time.

March, 1902 - Clarence Barron purchased Dow Jones & Company for a reported $130,000; 1921 - founded Barron's financial weekly; Clarence Barron was first editor.

May 28, 1902 - Macmillan Press published Owen Wister's The Virginian, story of a cowhand who is simply called "the Virginian,"; first "serious" Western, one of the most influential in the genre; almost single-handedly, turned American cowboy into legendary hero; established many of basic elements of cowboy myth; became sensation almost overnight, sold more than 1.5 million copies by 1938, inspired four movies and a Broadway play.

1903 - Charles Landon Knight purchased Akron Beacon Journal; 1933 - John S. Knight inherited  Beacon Journal from his father, founded Knight Newspapers; 1974 - merged with Ridder Publications; formed Knight-Ridder Inc.; December 3, 2007 - acquired by McClatchy Company for $4.5 billion.

March 29, 1903 - Regular news service began between New York and London on Marconi's wireless; March 30, 1903 - The Times in London became first newspaper to establish ongoing arrangement with the Marconi Telegraph Company for the regular transmission of news between the United States and the UK. Shortly thereafter, the New York Times requested that it be part of the arrangement.

August 17, 1903 - First Pulitzer Prize awarded, as Joseph Pulitzer made million-dollar donation to Columbia University.

November 2, 1903 - Alfred Harmsworth published London's "Daily Mirror" newspaper as a a 'paper for gentlewomen'; within a year, Hamilton Fyfe took over as editor, put more emphasis on photo-journalism; 1915 - Sunday Pictorial launched as major photo-journal (1963 - renamed the Sunday Mirror; 1953 - sold seven million copies on Coronation Day; 1964 - circulation of five million, highest in Europe; 1968 -  International Printing Corporation (IPC) acquired ailing tabloid Daily Mirror; 1970 Reed acquired IPC-Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN); 1984 -MGN sold to Pergamon Holdings Limited, wholly owned Robert Maxwell private company; September 1999 - acquired by Trinity Mirror Group for 1.24 billion pounds.

November 6, 1903 - first issue of South China Morning Post.

1904 - William Martin Murphy founded Independent Newspapers in Dublin, Ireland; initially a morning paper; 1973 - Sir Anthony O'Reilly bought into the company as principal shareholder from Murphy family (still controlling shareholders); 2006 - Independent News & Media PLC spans four continents, 21 individual countries; market leading newspaper publisher in Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa; market-leading regional newspaper publisher in Australia, India; owns largest newspaper group in Northern Ireland, publishes quality, award winning, Independent titles from London; publishes over 175 newspaper and magazine titles with weekly circulation of over 31 million copies, operates over 70 on-line editorial and classified sites; largest radio (with 128 stations and on audience exceeding 5 million people) and outdoor advertising operator in Australasia; manages gross assets of €4.0 billion, turnover of over €1.8 billion, employs over 10,400 people worldwide.

William Martin Murphy William Martin Murphy - Independent News & Media PLC (http://www.indymedia.ie/cache/imagecache/local/attachments/aug2006/ 460_0___30_0_0_0_0_0_1015.jpg)

May 5, 1905 - Robert S. Abbott published first issue of newspaper "Chicago Defender" (voice of the African-American Community in Chicago and across the United States).

October 1905 - 43-year-old Lt.-Col. John Bayne Maclean, a trade magazine publisher, purchased an advertising agency's in-house business journal and its base of 5,000 subscribers; launched The Business Magazine, pocket-sized digest of articles gathered from Canadian, U.S. and British periodicals (sold 6,000 copies); December 1905 - title changed to The Busy Man's Magazine, March 1911 -  name changed to Maclean's; 1919 - print run of 70,000.

November 1905 - Whitney Darrow founded Princeton University Press above Marsh's drugstore on Nassau Street in Princeton, NJ with an initial investment of $1,000 from Charles Scribner, a Princeton graduate; has published close to 8,000 scholarly books.

December 16, 1905 - Sime Silverman, former vaudeville critic for New York Morning Telegraph, published first issue of Variety Magazine; 1987 - acquired by Cahners Publishing Co., division of Reed International, for about $60 million.

February 15, 1906 - London bookbinder turned publisher Joseph Malaby Dent (1888 - founded J.M. Dent and Company publishing company) founded Everyman's Library; promised to publish new and beautiful editions of the world’s classics at one shilling a volume to make available literature that would appeal "to every kind of reader"; published fifty titles, Boswell's Life of Johnson first title published; 1956 - thousandth volume (Dent's original goal) published, Aristotle's Metaphysics; sold more than fifty million books; 1975 - 994 titles published in 1,239 volumes; 1970s - ceasing the publication of new titles; September 1991 - relaunched by Knopf (US), Random House (UK); includes more than 500 titles, retains original mission.

January 1907 - Yachting magazine founded; Lawrence Perry, first editor; covered waterfront; inaugural issue of 62 pages.

July 15, 1907 - United Press Associations, three regional news services combined by newspaper publisher E.W. Scripps, began service; founded on principle that there should be no restrictions on who could buy news from a news service; formula made UP a direct threat to the monopolistic and exclusionary alliances of the major U.S. and European wire services at the time; 1958 - UP merged with the International News Service (founded in 1909 by William Randolph Hearst), became known as UPI.

1908 - George Parmly Day founded Yale University Press in cubbyhole-size office in Manhattan to acquire, publish important works of scholarship; 1909 - issued first book, "The Beginnings of Gospel Story", by Benjamin W. Bacon; 1918 to 1929 - presented all of Shakespeare’s plays small, low-priced hardcover editions; 1919 - launched Yale Series of Younger Poets (annual contest, award, publication of first book of poetry by poet under forty); 1956 - published, posthumously, Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey into Night (fastest-selling title in YUP’s history, among Press’s most perennially successful books); 1959 - Chester Kerr named director; took on decades-long multivolume projects based on enormous scholarly efforts; 1961 - formally became department of Yale (though financially and operationally autonomous); 1960s and 1970s - number of titles published annually tripled (30 to 90); 1981 - John G. Ryden named director (more than 4,000 books); diversified to include in books with broader appeal (important books that were also commercially viable, could subsidize more highly specialized monographs); branched into publishing textbooks, developed strength in art history; 2001 - partnered with Harvard University Press, MIT Press, created TriLiteral LLC, limited liability partnership to manage distribution of all three presses’ publications; January 2003 - John Donatich named director; established partnerships with leading museums to publish, distribute major exhibition catalogues, other works; largest books-only, U.S.-based university press (more than 8,000 books, upwards of 300 new books per year).

1908 - Gerald Mills and Charles Boon launched Mills & Boon publishing company as general fiction publisher with modest £1,000; first book - romance book - Arrows From The Dark, by Sophie Cole (1,394 women had bought book by 1914); published books about everything from travel to craft; 1909 - 123 contracts signed; introduced 'June 15' series (new title published each year on that date by major new author); 1912 - 1,000 new manuscripts received (75 per cent from women, 95 per cent from unknown authors, published no more then six); post WW I - discovered growing appetite for escapism through romance, concentrated on hardback romances; 1930s - golden age for company, set new sales records; 6,000 - 8,000 copies of each story printed; 1939 - reputation set as ‘library house’, supplied wholesome romantic fiction to circulating libraries; 1957 - Harlequin Books published first Mills & Boon title; 1958 - Harlequin published 16 titles (all Doctor-Nurse romances); 1959 - 34 of 54 books Harlequin published were Mills & Boon titles; 1966 - paperbacks represented 50% of Mills & Boon's sales; 1968 - 130 hardback, 72 paperback romances a year; book length restricted to 188 to 192 pages, glamorous heroines became central element of covers; 1971 - merged with Harlequin; October 1975 - controlling interest in Harlequin Enterprises acquired by Torstar Corporation; mid 1980s - Harlequin Mills & Boon sold about 250 million books worldwide; 2000 - Mills & Boon maintained title of world's leading publisher of romance fiction; published 50 new titles (manuscripts from 200 UK authors, 1,300 worldwide); book sold every 5 seconds within UK.

December 1908 - Mary Baker Eddy founded Christian Science Monitor.

1909 - Conde Montrose Nast, successful advertising executive for Collier's, acquired Vogue (founded1892, circulation of 14,000, advertising revenues of $100,000); 1913 - acquired House and Garden; 1914 - introduced Vanity Fair; introduced concept of "class publications", targeted groups of readers by income level or common interest vs. focusing on circulation numbers; July 1932 - became one of first magazines to publish cover with color photograph; 1959 - controlling interest acquired by S.I. Newhouse; part of holding company Advance Publications; 1974 - first cover featuring African-American model.

1909 - Angelo Rizzoli founded A. Rizzoli & Compagnia printing and publishing house in Milan. Italy; 1927 - entered publishing; acquired four Italian magazines: Novella, Il Secolo Illustrato, La Donna and Commedia; 1929 - entered book publishing; began publication of Italy's most monumental editorial project, Treccani Encyclopaedia; 1949 - launched Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli (BUR); 1951 - founded Istituto Grafico Rizzoli for teaching graphic arts; 1974 - acquired Corriere della Sera; October 1984 - controlling interest acquired by Generale Mobiliare Interessenze Azionarie (Gemina) investment group; 1987 - acquired Sansoni publishing house; 1990 - acquired Fabbri Bompiani Sonzogno Etas publishing group; 1997 -- spun off as centrepiece of Holding di Partecipazioni Industriali (Hdp), Agnelli interests have controlling stake; 2003 - RCS MediaGroup established through restructuring process of Rizzoli - Corriere della Sera (RCS) Group and parent HdP.

Angelo Rizzoli (left) - Rizzoli Publications (http://www.fotopalmas.com/Nenni_Pietro/RM23483.jpg)

1910 - Joyce C. Hall (18) began selling picture postcards in Kansas City, MO; Rollie Hall (brother) joined, business named Hall Brothers; January 11, 1915 - fire destroyed their office, inventory; $17,000 in debt; shifted to high-quality valentines, Christmas cards mailed in envelopes (public's desire for more privacy); begin producing greeting cards; 1917 - "invented" modern gift wrap (fancy decorated French envelope linings - sold out so quickly brothers decided to begin printing their own gift wrap); 1928 - used Hallmark name on back of every card to market brand; 1932 - signed licensing agreement Walt Disney; January 5, 1937 - Joyce C. Hall, of Kansas City, MO, received a patent for a "Rack" ("device of the character whereby cards or the like arranged in vertical rows in the rack may be similarly viewed from the same elevation regardless of vertical position of the cards in the rack"); "Eye-Vision" display made cards easier to shop for; August 27, 1940 - Hallmark Cards Incorporated registered "Hallmark" trademark first used January 25, 1925 (greeting cards); 1954 - company renamed Hallmark Cards, Inc.; 1966 - J. C. Hall (son) became president and CEO; 1982 - Don Hall (grandson) became Chairman.

1911 - Samuel Irving Newhouse (17, born Solomon Neuhaus) assigned task to turn around money losing Bayonne Times by Judge Hyman Lazarus; 1912- turnaround complete; 1922 - acquired Staten Island Advance, began buying newspapers; made it profitable, acquired small New York, New Jersey newspapers; 1950 - Portland Oregonian; later added St. Louis Globe-Democrat, New Orleans Times Picayune, Cleveland Plain Dealer; 1959 - acquired Conde Nast, went into magazines, radio, television stations, cable television channels; 1979 - third largest U.S. media chain.

January 25, 1911 - London Daily Herald launched as The World (first newspaper to sell two million copies a day); April 15, 1912 - paper renamed;  1964 - renamed The Sun; eventually sold to News Corp.

May 7, 1912 - Columbia University approved plans for awarding Pulitzer Prize in several categories (seat of the administration of prizes as specified in Joseph Pulitzer's 1904 will as an incentive to journalism excellence); September 30, 1912 - Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism opened.

1913 - NYU Law Professor Charles W. Gerstenberg and student Richard P. Ettinger formed Prentice-Hall (their mothers' maiden names) to publish Gerstenberg'a book, "Materials of Corporation Finance"; 1915 - published first book on taxation in loose-leaf format to respond to colleagues' needs for completely up-to-date information on rapidly changing laws; 1950 - formed its first Educational Book Division; 1984 - acquired by Simon & Schuster.

Photo of Richard Prentice Ettinger

 

 

 

Richard P. Ettinger - Co-Founder - Prentice- Hall (http://www.horatioalger.org/ members/jpegs/ett61.jpg)

January 13, 1913 - Harvard Corporation established Harvard University Press; C.C. Lane first Director (university's publishing agent); January 1, 1920 - Harold Murdock, a Boston banker, succeeded Lane; 1949 - bequest from Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Jr. established Belknap Press imprint (modeled on Clarendon Press imprint at Oxford University Press).

July 19, 1913 - Billboard published earliest known "Last Week's 10 Best Sellers among Popular Songs" Malinda's Wedding Day is #1.

December 21, 1913 - First crossword puzzle, compiled by Arthur Wynne, published in New York World.

1914 - George H. Scott, Carl S. Fetzer founded Scott & Fetzer Machine Company in a barn; produced tools, dies; manufactured flare pistols during WW I; 1925 - produced for Vacuette Electric removable handle and nozzle attachment (Jim Kirby vacuum system); 1976 - reorganized (31 to 20 divisions), brand name goods for consumer markets, marketers rather than manufacturers, home improvement market; 1978 - acquired World Book (market leader in direct sales) from Field Enterprises for $50 million; 1984 - World Book had more than 30,000 sales representatives; 1986 - acquired by Berkshire Hathaway for about $320 million (sales of about $700 million).

November 7, 1914 - Heiress Dorothy Payne Whitney, her husband, banker and diplomat Williard Straight, launched first issue of The New Republic magazine, after recruiting Herbert Croly (author of influential 1909 book 'The Promise of American Life'), Walter Lippmann, to provide weekly intelligent, opinionated examination of politics, foreign affairs, culture; first issue sold 875 copies; 1915 - circulation reached 15,000; wartime high sales of 43,000 (operated at loss); 1920 - Lippmann left; 1930 - Croly replaced as editor; 2006 - subscription rate between 45,000 and 60,000.

1915 - Alfred A. Knopf (23) founded publishing business, with nearly $5,000 investment, in one-room office on West 42nd St. in New York; adopted symbol of borzoi as alliterative trademark; first book published - FOUR PLAYS (Emile Augier); 1916 - published 29 books; 1918 - officially incorporated; 1954 - acquired Vintage Books, paperback imprint; April 1960 - acquired by Random House.

May 12, 1915 - Afrikaans nationalists (included Pieter Malan, attorney, Fred Dormehl, former insurance man, Willie Hofmeyr, attorney) incorporated De Nationale Pers ("the National Press") in Cape Town, South Africa; July 26, 1915 -published first edition of Dutch daily De Burger (Dutch - "The Citizen"), with financial support from Jannie and Christiaan Marais, local philanthropists (second major Afrikans-language newspaper, Het Volsblad introduced in March 1915 as weekly); Dr. D.F. Malan (later Prime Minister of South Africa)elected first editor (first Afrikaans-language articles published later in 1916); 1916 - introduced Huisgenoot, monthly magazine; 1918 - De Burger Boekhandel, De Burger Leeskring founded; 1921 - Dutch De Burger translated into Afrikaans (Die Burger); mouthpiece of National Party of South Africa; 1925 - Die Volksblad became daily; 1937 - introduced daily Oosterlig; 1950 - founded Nasionale Boekhandel; 1950s - Die Burger editor Piet Cilli© clashed with Prime Minister HF Verwoerd; 1959 - acquired Tafelberg Uitgewers, entered general publishing market; 1963 - founded Nasou, educational publisher; 1965 - published first edition of Fairlady, English women's magazine; 1975 - established Nasionale Nuusdistrubeerders, distribution network for publications; 1985 - Naspers, other South African media companies formed M-Net, electronic pay-media business (went public in 1990); 1990 - Die Burger editor, Ebbe Dommisse, informed National Party -no longer served as political mouthpiece; October 1993 - M-Net divided into two companies: M-Net (subscriber management, signal distribution, cellular telephone businesses), MultiChoice; September 12, 1994 - Naspers went public; 1995 - introduced digital satellite transmissions in Africa, Europe, Asia; 1996 - MultiChoice renamed MIH Holdings Limited; 1998 - group name changed to Naspers; introduced internet business; 2000 - reorganized into holding company with five subsidiaries: MIH Holdings, M-Web, Media24, Nasboek, Educor; 2002 - MIH Holdings, MIHL became wholly-owned subsidiaries; 2006 - Henry Jeffreys became first Black editor of Die Burger; Naspers acquired stake 30% in Abril, leading Brazilian media company; acquired 20.2% interest in Titan, leading Chinese sports publishing company.

1916 - Charles and Albert Boni (Washington Square Bookshop) , advertising men Maxwell Sackheim and Harry Scherman founded Little Leather Library Corporation of New York; one of first attempts to mass-market inexpensive books in United States; series of miniature editions of classics for which publisher did not pay any copyright royalties); offered set of 30 imitation leather-bound books at price of $2.98 by mail (headline of an ad said "SEND NO MONEY!"); 1920 - marketed over twenty-five million volumes, many of them by mail; 1922 - Robert Haas joined original Little Leather Library Corporation; 1926 - Sackheim, Scherman, Haas formed Book-of-the-Month Club to sell books on a subscription basis; April 16, 1926 - The Book-of-the-Month Club in New York City chose as its first selection, "Lolly Willowes" or "The Loving Huntsman" by Sylvia Townsend.

February 1916 -- Gustavus D. Crain, Jr. (31) started Crain Communications with staff of three people, two publications; published Class (renamed BtoB), Hospital Management (for hospital administrators); January 1930 - launched Advertising Age, international newspaper of marketing; June 1971 - acquired Automotive News; 1971 - Pensions & Investment Age launched.

1917 - Hanson-Roach-Fowler Company (J. H. Hanson and John Bellows, former publishers of The New Practical Reference Library) published he World Book Encyclopedia  - Organized Knowledge in Story and Pictures (8 volumes, 6,300 pages); Editor in Chief Michael Vincent O'Shea; 1919 - acquired by accountant, W.F. Quarrie & Company; 1929 - first major revision (13 volumes); 1945 - acquired by Field Enterprises, Inc. ; 1947 - second major revision (19 volumes); 1960 - third major revision (20 volumes); 1978 - acquired by Scott Fetzer for $50 million; 1986 - Scott Fetzer acquired by Berkshire Hathaway for about $320 million; 1988 - fourth major revision (new typeface, page design, some 10,000 new editorial features); world’s largest-selling print encyclopedia; 1990 - produced version of encyclopedia on CD-ROM.

June 4, 1917 - First Pulitzer Prizes awarded for: 1) biography - to Laura E. Richards and Maude Howe Elliott ("Julia Ward Howe"); 2) reporting - to Herbert Bayard Swope of New York World; 3) history - to His Excellency J.J. Jusserand, Ambassador of France to the United States for "With Americans of Past and Present Days."

September 1917 - Bertie Charles Forbes (37), reporter for the New York American, Leslie's Weekly, issued 52 page magazine to tell stories of those who ran successful companies, to capture human side of business and finance, magazine about doers, doings; 15 cents per issue, annual subscription of $3; 1964 - Malcolm W. Forbes (son) assumed control.

June 26, 1919 - Joseph Medill Patterson published first edition of New York Daily News, "New York's Picture Newspaper"; 1925 - circulation of 1,000,000.

July 1919 - Alfred Harcourt, Donald Brace founded Harcourt Brace.

1920 - M.R. "Robbie" Robinson founded Scholastic Publishing Company in Pittsburgh, PA; October 22, 1920 - Western Pennsylvania Scholastic debuted; company's first publication covered high school sports; 1922 - launched The Scholastic, national magazine with literature, social commentary for high school English and history classes; 1923 - Scholastic Writing Awards program for high school students launched (past winners include: Richard Avedon, Frances Farmer, Bernard Malamud, Joyce Carol Oates, Sylvia Plath, Robert Redford); 1948 - launched T.A.B., Teen Age Book Club™ in response to new availability of paperbacks; 1974 - "Dick" Robinson, son, became President of Scholastic Inc.; 1997 - Arthur Levine, Scholastic editor, discovered Harry Potter at Bologna Book Fair (international book fair in Bologna, Italy) at Bloomsbury exhibit (UK publisher) ; September 1998 - after $105,000 bid for U. S. rights, published Joanne K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone", first book in seven-volume series; world's largest publisher, distributor of children's books.

Dick Robinson - son of founder of Scholastic (http://www.aepweb.org/images/Photos/HOFRobinson.jpg)

March 26, 1920 - Scribner published "This Side of Paradise" by 23-year-old F. Scott Fitzgerald (named for his ancestor Francis Scott Key); youngest author ever published by Scribner.

1921 - George T. Delacorte founded Dell Publishing.

February 5, 1922 - DeWitt and Lila Wallace published first issue of Reader's Digest; initial run of 1,500 copies; 1929 - circulation @ 200,000 and growing; 1933 - began publishing original articles; 1934 - began to condense books; end of the 20th century - more than 17 million readers in dozens of countries and some 20 languages (largest circulation of any publication in the world).

March 28, 1922 - Bradley A. Fiske, of Washington, DC, received patent for a "Reading Machine"; microfilm reading device.

July 1922 - Meredith Corporation published "Fruit, Garden and Home" magazine; first issue cost a dime on newsstand, one-year subscription cost 35 cents; 1924 - renamed "Better Homes and Gardens"; 1986 - acquired Ladies' Home Journal magazine.

September 1922 - Council on Foreign Relations, non-profit, nonpartisan membership organization dedicated to improving understanding of U.S. foreign policy, international affairs through free exchange of ideas, published first issue of quarterly magazine, Foreign Affairs, America's most influential publication on international affairs, foreign policy; original editors: Professor Archibald Cary Coolidge of Harvard (part-time); Hamilton Fish Armstrong; responsible for distinctive format of magazine, choice of special light blue paper cover, logo of man on horse (designed by his sister), lettering (another sister); hands-on operation, no outside referees; 1927 -circulation rose from initial 1500 to respectable level of 11,000 copies.

October 1, 1922 - Harvard Business School first published Harvard Business Review as editorial project of faculty and students.

1923 - William Warder Norton, his wife, Mary D. Herter Norton, began publishing lectures delivered at People's Institute, adult education division of New York City's Cooper Union; expanded program beyond Institute, acquired manuscripts by celebrated academics from America and abroad.

 

 

 

William Warder Norton - W. W. Norton (http://www.wwnorton.com/ area4/images/mrnorton2.gif)

March 3, 1923 -  Henry Robinson Luce, Briton Hadden published first issue of Time The Weekly Newsmagazine; first cover featured Joseph G. Cannon, retired Speaker of United States House of Representatives; September 18, 1928 - Time Inc. registered "TIME" trademark (The Weekly Newsmagazine).

November 19, 1923 - Hearst Corp. published New York paper, American; hired Louella Parsons as movie editor (had worked for five years as gossip columnist for The New York Morning Post); engaged in famous decades-long rivalry with fellow gossip columnist Hedda Hopper.

1924 - Richard Simon and M. Lincoln (Max) Schuster formed  publishing partnership, Simon & Schuster; April 18, 1924 -  publish first crossword puzzle book, first printing of 3,600 copies, retail price of $1.35 each (including an attached pencil); a phenomenal success; 1925 - first publisher to offer booksellers the privilege of returning unsold copies for credit--a practice that revolutionizes the book business; 1939 - launched Pocket Books, pocket-sized paperback reprints of classics and bestsellers for $.25; 1944 - Simon & Schuster and Pocket Books sold to Marshall Field for an estimated $3 million); 1957 - Schuster and Leon Shimkin (equal partner) buy back Simon & Schuster, Shimkin and James M. Jacobson acquire Pocket Books; 1966 - Shimkin acquired Max Schuster's shares, merged Simon & Schuster and Pocket Books, renamed company Simon & Schuster, Inc.; 1993 to 1997 - Revenues rise from $200 million to more than $2 billion; 1994 - Simon & Schuster acquires Macmillan Publishing Company; 1998 - Simon & Schuster educational businesses (Education, International, Professional,  Reference Groups) acquired by Pearson plc; 2002 - Simon & Schuster integrated with Paramount motion picture, television studios as part of Viacom Entertainment Group.

M. Lincoln (Max) Schuster and Richard L. (Dick) Simon (http://www.simonsays.com/images/feature/1625/simonschuster.jpe)

April 15, 1924 - Rand McNally released first comprehensive road atlas, "Auto Chum"; first edition of what will become best-selling Rand McNally Road Atlas.

August 5, 1924 - Comic strip ''Little Orphan Annie'', by Harold Gray, made its debut in special pink edition of New York Daily News.

1925 - Bennett Cerf and Donald S. Klopfer, close friend, bought Modern Library imprint, reprints of classic works of literature, from publisher Horace Liveright (Boni and Liveright); 1927 - renamed Random House; 1928 - imprint debut with bound edition of Candide by Voltaire; April 1960 - acquired Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.; 1961 - acquired Pantheon Books;  1965 - acquired by Radio Corporation of America; 1973 - acquired Ballantine Books, mass market paperback publishing program; 1980 - acquired by Advance Publications, Inc.; became part of Newhouse family's media empire; 1982 - acquired Fawcett Books, paperback publisher; 1984 - acquired Times Books from The New York Times Company; 1986 - acquired Fodor's Travel Guides; 1987 - acquired British publishing group (Chatto, Virago, Bodley Head & Jonathan Cape, Ltd.); 1988 - acquired Crown Publishing Group; 1998 - acquired by Bertelsmann AG, German conglomerate.

Bennett Cerf on What's My Line?, 1962 Bennett Cerf - co-founder Random House (http://c250.columbia.edu/images/c250_celebrates/remarkable_columbians/ 240x240_bio_cerf.jpg)

February 21, 1925 - Harold Ross partnered with entrepreneur Raoul H. Fleischman, heir to Fleishmann & Co (New York City), Original Manufacturers, Introducers & Distributors of Compressed Yeast, to establish F-R Publishing Company; Fleischman was publisher; Ross (editor) and his wife, Jane Grant, New York Times reporter, published first issue of The New Yorker magazine; Rea Irvin drew first cover, a dandy peering at a butterfly through a monocle (named Eustace Tilley," character created for Corey Ford), also designed typeface magazine uses for its nameplate, headlines, masthead above The Talk of the Town section.

April 10, 1925 - ''The Great Gatsby,'' by F. Scott Fitzgerald, was published.

October 20, 1925 - Clifton Chisholm of Cleveland, OH, received a patent for an "Embossing Machine" ("method of and apparatus for printing embossed printing strips"); assigned to the American Multi-Graph Company.

1926 - William Morrow founded William Morrow and Company; 1931 - control acquired by Francis Thayer Hobson, vice president of Morrow; 1981 - acquired by Hearst Corporation; 1999 - acquired, along with Avon Books, by News Corporation (imprints of subsidiary HarperCollins).

January 1926 - Eyre and Spottiswoode published first issue of The Banker; founding editor Brendan Bracken (chairman of Financial Times from 1945-1958).

October 14, 1926 - Children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A.A. Milne, first published.

1927 - William B. Ziff , Sr., Bernard G. Davis founded Popular Aviation Company in Chicago; later changed to Ziff-Davis, Inc.; 1953 -William B. Ziff, Jr (24).took over father died); 1956 - bought out Davis; developed special interest magazines;   1969 - formed Ziff Communications Company,  Ziff-Davis became division; 1984 - consumer magazines generated estimated annual revenues of $140 million; 1982 - acquired PC Magazine; November 20, 1984 - sold consumer group to CBS Inc. for $362.5 million; November 21, 1984 - sold business group to  Rupert Murdoch for $350 million; 1994 - 95% interest in Ziff-Davis Publishing acquired by Forstmann Little & Co. for $1.4 billion.

William B. Ziff, Jr. - Ziff Communications (http://news.rutgers.edu/medrel/news-releases/2008/04/hall-of-distinguishe-20080422/Ziff%20William.JPG/image_thumb)

1929 - Stuart Chase, F.J. Schlink established monthly magazine named Consumer's Research; published comparative test results on brand-name products, publicized deceptive advertising claims; September 1935 - 40 employees struck, demanded reinstatement of fired workers, minimum wage of $16 a week; February 1936 - Arthur Kallet, engineer, director of Consumers' Research, Colston Warne, Amherst College economics professor, founded Consumers Union; State of New York granted charter; May 1936 - published first issue of Consumers Union Reports (articles on Grade A, Grade B milk, breakfast cereals, soap, stockings) with three-tiered Ratings scheme (Best Buy, Also Acceptable, Not Acceptable); circulation of 4000; 1942 - magazine name changed to Consumer Reports (serves all consumers, not just union members); 1946 - circulation of 100,000; 1950 - circulation nearly 400,000; 1954 - tests first color TV sets (Westinghouse models cost $1,295); 1992 - 5 million paid circulation; 2002 - one-million paid subscribers; May 2002 - over 800,000 online subscriptions.

Arthur Kallet - Consumer Reports (http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/resources/images/aboutus/history/ printable/cr16anv09.jpg)

Colston Warne - Consumer Reports (http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/resources/images/aboutus/history/ printable/colston.jpg)

January 17, 1929 - U.S. cartoonist Elzie Crisler Segar created "Popeye"; added character to existing comic strip: 'The Thimble Theatre', published in the New York Journal; featured rail-thin Olive Oyl, her brother Castor, their friend Ham Gravy; Ham and Castor decided to hire a crew to sail in search of the legendary Whiffle Hen; walked up to a grizzled one-eyed sailor on a dock, Castor asked him, "Are you a sailor?" "`Ja think I'm a cowboy?" came the reply, introducing Popeye to readers; became so popular that strip renamed: "Thimble Theater, Starring Popeye."

January 1929 - John R. Fletcher published ‘The Official Aviation Guide Of The Airways’ in U.S.; listed 35 airlines offering total of 300 flights; 1949 - name shortened to Official Airline Guide; August 14, 1951 - American Aviation Publications, Inc. registered 'Official Airline Guide' trademark first used August 30, 1948 (periodical published once a month); 1962 - acquired by Dun & Bradstreet; December1988 - acquired from Dun & Bradstreet by Maxwell Communications Corporation for about $750 million; September 1993 - acquired assets of Official Airline Guides from Maxwell Communications Corporation for $417 million; August 1996 - OAG brand re-launched; March 1998 - OAG Worldwide restructured as stand-alone business focused on airline information; July 2001 - OAG acquired by private investors; December 2006 - acquired by Commonwealth Business Media (CBM), wholly-owned subsidiary of United Business Media plc.

September 7, 1929 - McGraw-Hill Publishing produced first issue of The Business Week magazine.

1930 - Advertising Age first published.

1930 - Jerome Irving (J. I.) Rodale moved electrical business from New York City to Emmaus, PA; established publishing business; 1942 - Organic Farming and Gardening began publication; 1950 - Prevention began publication; 1999 - Rodale Inc. replaced Rodale Press Inc. as corporate name; 2003 - The South Beach Diet became Rodale Inc.'s first New York Times No. 1 Bestseller, 5 million copies in print by year's end.

J.I. Rodale

 

 

 

 

J.I Rodale - Rodale Inc. (http://www.seedsofchange.com/ images/cutting_edge/ji_rodale.jpg)

1930 - Leslie Boosey and Ralph Hawkes merged Boosey & Company and Hawkes & Son, two well-established English family businesses; became both leading music publisher, major musical instrument manufacturer; 2003 - instrument division was sold.

January 13, 1930 - Mickey Mouse cartoon first appeared in newspapers throughout U.S.

February 1930 - First issue of Fortune magazine:184 pages for $1, annual subscription = $10. Stories: meat-packing and glass industries; Biltmore Hotel and Arthur Curtis James, one of the richest men in the world; study of entertainment giant RCA, how to live in Manhattan on $25,000 a year.

1931 - Brothers Pat and Bernie Zondervan founded Zondervan as bookselling company in Grandville, MI; 1933 - published first book, Women of the Old Testament; 1941 - entered music business by adding print, audio music to product list; 1988 - became division of HarperCollinsPublishers.

 

 

Pat and Bernie Zondervan (http://www.zondervan.com/Zondervan/ Assets/Images/cms/Other/bernieandpj.jpg)

October 4, 1931 - First Dick Tracy comic strip, by Chester Gould, appeared in Detroit Mirror (New York Daily News Syndicate).

September 9, 1932 - Harry Evans, founder and first editor, published first issue of Family Circle magazine; backed by Charles E. Merrill, founder Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith and founder of the grocery chain that became Safeway Stores; first issue distributed free in three chain stores; first magazine to be distributed exclusively through grocery stores; December 1933 - given away in stores in 31 states and Hawaii (circulation of 80,000); 1939 - circulation close to 1.5 million; 1946 - ceased to be free; April 30, 1971 - acquired by New York Times Company; 2006 - circulation of 5,770,000.

December 1, 1932 - Ukrainian-born U.S. journalist Gershon Agron (originally Agronsky) begins daily publication of English-language Palestine Post; represented Yishuv's cause, both to British authorities and English-speaking world, offered news from abroad to population of the Yishuv; 1950 - name changed to Jerusalem Post; 1949 to 1951 - Agron presided over Israel's official (government) Information Service; 1955 - Agron elected mayor of Jerusalem (in office until 1959).

Gershon Agron Gershon Agron - founder Jerusalem Post (http://www.jewishagency.org/NR/rdonlyres/B6EF1C24-2356-4766-8FFF-137F8B4A1A5D/8548/GershonAgron.jpg)

1933 - Eugene Meyer bought bankrupt Washington Post at auction from Edward McLean.

1933 - Virginia Kirkus, former head of children's book department of Harper & Bros., launched book review service, innovation in field of publishing and selling books.

February 17, 1933 - Thomas J.C. Martyn, former foreign news editor at Time magazine, published first issue of News-Week; 1937 - merged with Raymond Moley's Today magazine; Malcolm Muir, former president of McGraw-Hill Publishing, took over as president, editor-in-chief; changed name to Newsweek; 1961 - acquired by Washington Post Company; Muir named honorary chairman of the board.

March 31, 1933 - First newspaper in U.S. printed on pine-pulp paper was at Soberton, GA; March 31, 1937 - Dallas News is first U.S. newspaper printed in color on pine-pulp paper.

May 17, 1933 - David Lawrence produced first issue of weekly newspaper called United States News; 16-page paper devoted primarily to federal government activities in Washington; cost 5 cents; January 5, 1940 - changed format from newspaper to magazine; billed itself as "the Weekly Newsmagazine of National Affairs"; first issue contained 52 pages; May 23, 1946 - introduced World Report, new weekly magazine devoted entirely to international news; January 16, 1948 - United States News and World Report merged, became new magazine titled U.S.News & World Report, combined national, international news coverage; newsstand price 15 cents an issue; 1958 -circulation passed 1 million mark ; 1973 - circulation passed 2 million mark; November 28, 1983 - began annual rankings of American colleges, universities; October 12, 1984 - acquired by publisher, real estate developer Mortimer B. Zuckerman (had been employee-owned from 1962–1984).

David Lawrence - U.S. News & World Report (http://www.usnews.com/dbimages/master/4893/FE_PR_080526david_12101.jpg)

October 1933 - Arnold Gingrich and David Smart (Chicago publisher) founded Esquire (magazine); first issue stories by Hemingway, John Dos Passos, Dashiell Hammett, Bobby Jones on golf, Gene Tunney on boxing.
December 6, 1933 -  Federal judge ruled that Ulysses by James Joyce was not obscene (book had been banned immediately in both the United States and England when it came out in 1922); 1930 - U.S. Post Office stopped book's  serialization in an American review for the same reason; 1922 - Sylvia Beach, owner of the bookstore Shakespeare and Co. in Paris, published James's novel herself.

1934 - Roy Thomson bought first newspaper, The Timmons Press (Ontario); 1976 - owned more than 200 newspapers in Canada and the United States; April 17, 2008 - acquired by Thomson Corp. for $16.6 billion; renamed Thomson Reuters Corp. 

July 1934 - Albert J. Lipschultz, insurance salesman, established Albert J. Lipschultz & Associates in Chicago, published first issue of Down Beat (eight pages, i10 cents an issue, no record reviews, no editorials, no music analysis, no criticism); November 28, 1934 - acquired by Glenn Burrs for $1,500; January 1935 - published first record reviews; Carl Lynn Cons, associate editor and business manager, became co-owner; 1936 - ran first readers poll; 1936-1952 - black artists appeared on covers nearly 60 times; September 1939 - monthly circulation about 80,000; October 1939 - went semi-monthly; May 1950 - John Maher (John Maher Printing Company) took over magazine; April 1952 - edited outside Chicago for first time; October 1952 - Norman Weiser appointed president, publisher; July 1954 - price increased to 35 cents; January 1971 - Jack Maher (son) took over; July 1979 - went to monthly schedule (first time since 1939); 1983 - John "Butch" Maher (grandson) joined company; 1991 - Kevin Maher (brother) took over.

August 7, 1934 - U.S. Court of Appeals ruled against  government's attempt to ban James Joyce novel ''Ulysses.''

August 13, 1934 - Comic strip ''Li'l Abner'' by Al Capp made its debut; sold to United Features Syndicate; carried by only eight newspapers; 1937 - circulation exceeding 60,000,000; 1928 - Capp youngest syndicated cartoonist in America; 1977 - strip discontinued.

1935 - Allen Lane founded Penguin; July 30, 1935 - The first Penguin paperback book was published; August 1935 - first paperbacks sold at sixpence per book (3 million sold within twelve months), included works by Ernest Hemingway, André Maurois, Agatha Christie.

January 1, 1935 - Wirephoto(tm) by AP News(R) invented; enabled transmission of photographs by wire to member newspapers.

January 4, 1935 - Billboard magazine published its first pop-music chart based on national sales figures; "Stop! Look! Listen!" by jazz violinist Joe Venuti topped the first chart.

September 1935 - Robb Sagendorph published first issue of Yankee magazine; 613 subscribers -- of which 600 turned out to be bogus names provided by a slippery subscription service (5,000 by November).

January 1, 1936 - The Herald Tribune of New York began microfilming its current issues, first U.S. newspaper to make a current record of its publication; 1935 - New York Times had microfilmed its back-issues for the years 1914-27.

March 14, 1936 - Federal Register, first magazine of U.S. government, published first issue.

June 1936 - Anne O'Hare McCormick joined editorial staff of The Times, first woman to serve as regular contributor to its editorial page.

November 23, 1936 - Henry R. Luce published first issue of  Life magazine; Margaret Bourke-White photo of Fort Peck Dam on cover; 1972 - ceased as weekly publication; 1978 - revived as monthly; 2000 - suspended publication; 2004 - revived as newspaper supplement; April 20, 2007 - ceased publication.

1936 - Dale Carnegie published "How to Win Friends and Influence People", career self-help manual to get ahead in business: "the ability to express ideas, to assume leadership, and to arouse enthusiasm among people"; instant hit, has sold over fifteen million copies

March 25, 1937 - First perfumed ad appeared in Washington, DC "Daily News."

May 3, 1937 - Margaret Mitchell's novel, Gone With the Wind, won Pulitzer Prize; one of best-selling novels of all time; sold one million copies within six months, more than 12 million copies during next three decades.

October 17, 1937 - Huey, Dewey and Louie, Donald Duck's three almost identical nephews, first appeared in a newspaper comic strip.

February 14, 1938 - Hedda Hopper's first gossip column appeared in the Los Angeles Times.

March 1938 - After being unable to sell their Superman story for newspaper syndication (rejected by United Features Syndicate, Esquire Features, Bell Syndicate), Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster (creators of Superman in 1934) sold first Superman story for $10 per page and all rights to their character Superman to DC Comics for $130; June 1938 - Superman comic strip premiered in Action Comics #1 (first run of 200,000 copies priced at 10 cents; selling 500,000 copies monthly by issue #7); January 1939 - McClure Syndicate began distributing a Superman newspaper comic strip, which lasts until 1966; February 12, 1940 - radio series officially debuted.

1939 - Dorothy Schiff, George Backer acquired control of New York Post from J. David Stern; 1942 - became New York's first female newspaper publisher; April 1942 - paper shifted to tabloid, with a new emphasis on pictures; 1976 - acquired by Rupert Murdoch for reported $31 million.

January 28, 1939 - Elinor Josephine "Cissy" Patterson acquired Washington Herald, Washington Times from Hearst; merged them as Washington Times-Herald; first women to head a major daily newspaper.

March 7, 1939 - Glamour magazine began publishing.

April 14, 1939 -  ''The Grapes of Wrath'' by John Steinbeck published.

May 1939 - Bob Kane created superhero Batman; first appeared in Detective Comics #27, comic book division of National Publications (later DC Comics); 1940 - Robin introduced in Detective Comics #38.

June 30, 1940 - Dale Messick's "Brenda Starr," appeared in  Sunday comics of Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate; first woman syndicated comic strip artist in the United States.

July 20, 1940 - Billboard magazine published its first "Music Popularity Chart" ("Top Ten Singles" record chart); first No. 1 hit was "I'll Never Smile Again" by the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (Frank Sinatra sang vocals); published top sellers list once a week.

April 5, 1940 - Harry Guggenheim acquired assets of S. I. Newhouse's defunct Nassau Daily Journal (Long Island, NY) for about $50,000 (had commissioned study to determine whether second newspaper could compete on Long Island; September 3, 1940 - Alicia Patterson (Guggenheim's wife, daughter of NY Daily news Publisher, Joseph Medill Patterson) started publishing Newsday in makeshift plant in former auto dealership; 1953 - main competition, Nassau Review-Star ceased publication.

January 8, 1941 - William Randolph Hearst, owner of the Hearst newspaper chain, forbid any of his newspapers from accepting ads for Orson Welles's Citizen Kane movie; film generally interpreted as psychological study of Hearst, portrayed as fictional Charles Foster Kane. March 1941 - Welles threatened to sue Hearst for trying to suppress film, RKO if it failed to release film.; May 1, 1941 - film premiered at RKO Palace in New York; became one of most highly regarded films of all time.

May 31, 1941 - Chicago businessman Marshall Field III published first issue of "Parade", subtitled "The Weekly Picture Newspaper", went on sale; print run of 125,000 copies, sold on newsstands for a nickel; 1942 - PARADE carried by 16 newspapers; 1946 - hired Arthur H. (Red) Motley as president and publisher (held position for nearly 30 years); most widely read magazine in America with a circulation of 34 million.

1942 - Melbourne Wesley Cummings, Lew Addison Cummings (no relation) incorporated Addison-Wesley Press (used their middle names to identify new company); 1946 - Mel bought Lew's shares; 1988 - merged with Pearson plc; 1995 - Addison-Wesley merged with Longman to form Addison Wesley Longman.

1942 - German emigres Helen and Kurt Wolff, of Kurt Wolff Verlag, founded Pantheon Books in New York.

November 1, 1942 - John H. Johnson took out $500 loan on his mother's furniture, founded Johnson Publishing Company, Inc., published first issue of NEGRO DIGEST; world's largest African-American-owned and-operated publishing company.

1944 - Walter Annenberg published Seventeen magazine; 1991 - acquired by Primedia company; 2003 - acquired by The Hearst Corporation for $182.4 million.

December 19, 1944 - Hubert Beuve-Méry published first edition of Le Monde at request of General Charles de Gaulle after German army driven from Paris during World War II; took over offices, plant. gothic masthead, staff members who had not collaborated with Germans of Le Temps; considered French newspaper of record.

Hubert Beuve-Méry - founder, Le Monde (http://www.freemedia.at/Heroes_IPIReport2.00/Heroes JPEG/BeuvemeryH.JPG)

1945 - Financial Times and Financial News merged, formed today's modern FT.

March 24, 1945 - Billboard published its first pop-music chart for albums (publishing charts for single records since 1940); first No. 1 album was Nat King Cole's King Cole Trio.

November 1945 - John H. Johnson published first issue of Ebony magazine; No. 1 African-American magazine in the world.

November 1, 1945 - The official North Korean newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, was first published under the name Chongro.

1946 - Roger W. Straus, John Farrar founded Farrar, Straus; 1955- hired Robert Giroux, renamed Farrar, Straus & Giroux; November 1994 - acquired by Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck.

Roger W. Straus - Farrar, Straus & Giroux (http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/images/I62001-2004May27)

Robert Giroux - Farrar, Straus & Giroux (http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct_archive/win99/images/giroux.gif)

1947 - Chicago Sun-Times created by merger of Times and Sun (formed 1941).

January 1948 - Robert Petersen (21) started Hot Rod magazine (with $400 that a friend's wife had borrowed from her boss) to promote a custom-designed car show at Los Angeles Armory; sold magazine for 25 cents a copy on sidewalk in front of Armory; 1949 - launched Motor Trend magazine; June 11, 1994 - opened 300,000-square-foot Petersen Automotive Museum ($30 million endowment); 1996 - sold majority interest to in publishing business (three dozen titles, $275 million in annual revenue) to investor group for $450 million.

May 9, 1948 - Les Viahon and three ex-GI friends published first stapled issue of  "Television Forecast" from basement classroom of Abbot Hall on Northwestern University Campus in Chicago; mailed free to television set owners as "programming service"; August 8, 1948 - charged $3.00 per year, first issue distribution was 16,000 booklets; June 14-20, 1948 - Lee Wagner, former lawyer and circulation director for several movie magazines, published first issue of TeleVision Guide in New York; expanded it into regional editions for New England, Baltimore-Washington area; November 7, 1948 - Irvin and Arthur Borowsky, commercial printers, published first edition of 8-page TV program guide, "The Local Televiser", that could be used as promotional piece to increase television sales; name later changed to "TV Digest". 1952 - three publications  acquired by Triangle Publications for $1.5 million (TV Digest for $600 thousand); Wagner remained as editor until 1955; served as consultant to company until 1963; April 3, 1953 - first national issue of TV Guide; 1988 - acquired (with rest of Triangle Publications assets) by News Corporation for $3.2 billion.

TV Guide - first national  issue (http://www.tvhistory.tv/1953_April_3_TV_GUIDE-LUCY.JPG)

1949 - Harry N. Abrams organized art book publishing business with $100,000, one employee (Milton Fox); fall 1950 - published first books; first real problem - how to run business without cash, with books that were not selling fast.

1949 - Walter and Eva Neurath founded Thames & Hudson (rivers flowing through London, New York) publishers to reveal the world of art to general public, to create 'museum without walls’, to make accessible to broad, non-specialist reading public, at prices it could afford, research, findings of top scholars and academics.

1949 - Jack Palmer, head of Canadian operations for Curtis Circulating (distributor for Saturday Evening Post, Ladies' Home Journal), Doug Weld of Bryant Press, Advocate Printers founded Harlequin Books in Winnipeg, Manitoba, as paperback reprinting company; Palmer handled marketing, Richard Bonnycastle oversaw production, Mary Bonnycastle (wife) first editor; first book - The Manatee (by U.S. author Nancy Bruff, sold for 50 cents); acquired rights from other publishers, published a few original books; mid-1950s - Palmer's 25% interest allocated to Richard Bonnycastle at death; Weld  transferred his interest in unprofitable business (returns, taxes) to Bonnycastle; 1953 - began to publish medical romances; 1957 - acquired North American distribution rights to category romance novels published by Mills and Boon in Commonwealth Nations; 1964 - exclusively published Mills and Boon novels; 1967 - over 78% of sales in Canada, sell-through rate of approximately 85%; 1969 - went public; moved to Toronto, ON; 1970 - contracted with Pocket Books, Simon and Schuster to distribute Mills and Boon novels in United States (terminated in 2976); October 1, 1971 - acquired Mills and Boon; October 1975 - 70% of sales came from United States; 70% interest acquired by Torstar Corporation (owned Canada's largest daily newspaper, Toronto Star); 1980 - Simon and Schuster formed Silhouette Books; Harlequin launched line of America-focused romances (longer, featured American settings, American characters); Dell launched Candlelight Ecstasy (first line to waive requirement that heroines be virginal) - $30 million in sales by 1983; May, 1981 - remaining 30% interest acquired by Torstar Corporation; 1984 - market saturated, Harlequin return rate swelled to 60% (from 25% in 1978); acquired Silhouette; 1992 - 85% share of North American category romance market; 1998 - Germany represented 40% of Harlequin's total European business. global leader in series romance, one of world's leading publishers of women's fiction; 2005 -  sold 131 million books (half overseas,  96% outside Canada).

1949 -Ausstellungs- und Messe GmbH des Börsenvereins des Deutschen Buchhandels (AuM subsidiary of German Publishers & Booksellers Association) organized first Frankfurt Book Fair; became biggest, most important fair worldwide for international book, media industry.

May 18, 1949 - Antiquarian Booksellers Assoc. of America incorporated.

June 1, 1949 - Microfilm copies of "Newsweek" magazine first offered to subscribers.

March 16, 1950 - First annual National Book Awards.

June 6, 1950 - Cartoon "Pepper ...and Salt" made debut in Wall Street Journal; proposed by Charles Preston, Columbia University graduate, rejected by editor William Henry Grimes, accepted by Barney Kilgore, managing editor.

September 11, 1950 - U.S.-made typesetter, no longer based on making metal type (Intertype Fotosetter Photographic Line Composing Machine manufactured by the Intertype Corp. of Brooklyn, NY), first put on public display; first installation had been made at plant of Stecher-Traung Lithograph Corporation in 1949.

October 2, 1950 - Comic strip ''Peanuts'' by Charles M. Schulz first published nine newspapers.

March 12, 1951 - ''Dennis the Menace'', by cartoonist Hank Ketcham (about his 4-year-old son), made syndicated debut in 16 newspapers.

April 23, 1951 - Associated Press started using new "teletypesetting" service in Charlotte, NC; used perforated, paper tape to transmit news articles; a punch at receiving end produced copy of perforated tape, then used by typesetting machine; opening of the first teletypesetter circuit".

1952 - Macmillan (London) formed St. Martin's Press as distributor of Macmillan books; grew rapidly as publisher in its own right; one of seven largest publishers in America; 2000 - St. Martin's Press Scholarly and Reference (US) merged world-wide publishing operations with Macmillan Press (UK), formed Palgrave (relationship dates to Francis Turner Palgrave in 1861); January 2002- reacquired rights to Macmillan name internationally; renamed Palgrave Macmillan.

October-November 1952 - Publisher Bill Gaines, editor Harvey Kurtzman introduced Mad, the comic book; December 1954 - face of Alfred E. Neuman, fictional mascot of EC Publications, debuted on cover of Ballantine's The Mad Reader, collection of reprints from early issues; July 1955 - converted to a magazine with issue 24; December 1956 - Neuman became cornerstone character; September 1956 - Al Feldstein took over as editor (Don Martin debuted); early 1960s - acquired by Kinney National Company (subsequently acquired by Warner Bros.).;1974 - circulation grew from 325,000 to high of 2.1 million; 2001 - first accepted advertising.

October 1, 1953 - Hugh Hefner incorporated HMH Publishing Co., Inc.; December 1, 1953 -  first issue of Playboy magazine, featured Marilyn Monroe as the centerfold; financed with $600 borrowed plus about $8000 from private placement of stock in new company among almost 40 acquaintances;  October 1953: Rabbit Head logo designed by Arthur Paul.

1954 - Rupert Murdoch (22) inherited, rescued afternoon newspaper Adelaide News; had learned secrets of building circulation from UK press baron Lord Beaverbrook; 1956 - acquired, built Perth Sunday Times; 1960 - bought network of 24 suburban newspapers in New South Wales, Sydney Daily Mirror (for $4 million, became largest selling newspaper in Australia ), Truth in Melbourne and Brisbane; 1962 - bought major shareholding in Nine Network TV stations; July 14, 1964 - launched national newspaper, The Australian; January 1969 - acquired News of the World (biggest selling English newspaper in world) and The Sun; 1973 - entered US market, acquired San Antonio Express and News from Harte-Hanks; 1976 - acquired New York Post from Dorothy Schiff for $30 million (sold in 1988); acquired Village Voice, New York Magazine for $26 million; 1980 - established News Corporation as global holding company; 1981 - acquired The Times, The Sunday Times from Thomson Group; 1983 - acquired Chicago Sun-Times for US$90 million (sold in 1986 for $145 million); 1985 - acquired 20th Century Fox; 1986 - introduced electronic production processes to newspapers in Australia, Britain, United States (reduced number or employees, stifled print unions); 1987 - acquired South China Morning Post, Harper & Row publishers; 1988 - acquired Triangle Publications (TV Guide) from Walter Annenberg for US$3 billion; 1989 - launched Sky Television; 1993 - acquired Star Television (satellite service covered southern Asia from Middle East to Japan); October 7, 1996 - launched Fox News Channel; 2005 acquired Myspace.com (lifestyle and social-networking site) for $580 million; December 13, 2007 - completed $5.16 billion acquisition of Dow Jones & Company.

1954 - Houstonian Frankie Randolph (heir to Carter lumber estate, Adlai Stevenson Democrat) bought State Observer (Texas) to cover issues ignored by state’s daily newspapers (race, class, lives of working people); brought in Marshall lawyer Franklin Jones (owned East Texas Democrat); hired Ronnie Dugger as editor of new Texas Observer; 1994 - Dugger transferred ownership to Texas Democracy Foundation, nonprofit organization to publish, promote the Observer.

February 26, 1954 - First typesetting machine (photo engraving) used, Quincy MA.

March 20, 1954 - First newspaper vending machine used (Columbia Pennsylvania).

August 16, 1954 - Time Inc. published first issue of Sports Illustrated.

December 1954 - James Parton, Oliver Jensen, Joseph J. Thorndike (all formerly of Life magazine) founded American Heritage magazine; circulation-driven, accepted no advertisements (incompatibility between history and advertising); annual subscription $10 (payable in installments, if need be); published in cloth-bound, hardback volumes, full-color paintings on front; mid-1960s - 400 employees; 1986 - acquired by Forbes; June/July - 2007 - publication suspended.

1955 - Sid Yudain, former press secretary for Congressman Al Morano (CT), founded Roll Call to deliver superior coverage of the people, politics and process of Congress (Capitol Hill's newspaper); 1988 - acquired by The Economist Group.

July 1955 - Fortune Magazine published first "Fortune 500".

August 27, 1955 - Norris and Ross McWhirter bound first edition of Guinness Book of Superlatives (sponsored by Sir Hugh Beaver, managing director, Arthur Guinness, Son & Cop., Ltd. to settle arguments throughout 84,000 pubs in Britain and Ireland); 1956 - David A. Boehm obtained publishing rights, Americanized the information, established "The Guinness Book of World Records"; 1989 - sold back to the Guinness Brewery for $8 million.

October 26, 1955 - The "Village Voice" first published.

November 19, 1955 - William F. Buckley, Jr. published first issue of National Review, neoconservative bi-weekly magazine with views, analysis on world's current events.

1956 - Lawrence Hill, Arthur Wang, colleagues at A. A. Wyn, small New York book publisher (Wang as editor, Hill as sales manager), formed Hull & Wang, publishing partnership; took chance on early work of Elie Wiesel, Roland Barthes; December 1971 - acquired by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

1956 - Kathryn G. Messner, who ran Julian Messner, an independent publishing house in New York, published "Peyton Place" by Grace Metalious, a New Hampshire housewife; originally titled "The Tree and the Blossom"; chronicled the dark sexual underside of a picture-postcard New England town; sold more than 10 million copies, spawned several movies and a television series; title became a catchphrase for suburban dysfunction.

May 24, 1958 - United Press International formed through  merger of United Press, International News Service.

August 1958 - Cliff Hillegass launched CliffsNotes in Lincoln, NE, with line of 16 Shakespeare titles; prompted by Jack Cole, owner of Canada's Coles Notes; 18.5 thousand units sold; 1965 - 2 million units sold; December 1998 - acquired by Hungry Minds, Inc. (formerly IDG Books, Inc.); September 2001 - Hungry Minds, Inc. acquired by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Cliff Hillegass - founder CliffsNotes (http://img.timeinc.net/time/daily/2001/0105/cliff0507.jpg)

August 4, 1958 - Billboard magazine introduced "Hot 100" chart, list of 100 best-selling pop singles in the country;  replaced multiple charts previously published, including Best Sellers in Stores and Most Played in Juke Boxes; first song to top Hot 100 list was "Poor Little Fool" by Ricky Nelson.

1959 - Simon M. Bessie, Alfred A. Knopf, Jr., Hiram Hayden (editor At Bobbs-Merrill) founded Atheneum, with $1 million from four investors, on East 38th Street in Manhattan; three No. 1 best-sellers on first three lists published; 1978 - merged with Charles Scribner's Sons.

November 2, 1960 - Penguin Books acquitted of obscenity charge in landmark obscenity case over publishing full text  version of Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence (deals with the affair between the wife of a wealthy, paralyzed landowner and his estate's gamekeeper); 1928 -book published in a limited English-language edition in Florence; 1932 - expurgated version published in England; 1959 - full text published in New York.

February 1, 1963 - Jason and Barbara Epstein, Elizabeth Hardwick and Robert Lowell, published first edition of New York Review of Books (during New York publishing strike).

1964 - London Daily Herald renamed, re-launched as The Sun.

January 24, 1964 - Time Inc. published first "Sports Illustrated" swimsuit issue.

November 1, 1967 - Jann Wenner, of Straight Arrow Publishers (San Francisco), published first issue of "Rolling Stone" magazine.

February 8, 1969 - Last issue of "Saturday Evening Post" published; started in 1821.

April 7, 1969 - The Supreme Court unanimously struck down laws prohibiting private possession of obscene material.

1970 - James Ashley ('Jan') Nasmyth launched weekly Europ-Oil Prices "to allow a new light to shine over the industry" in London, UK; 1979 - issued daily oil market report, known initially as Argus Telex; first company to publish daily report on emerging spot oil markets; 1984 - split into Argus Crude, Argus European Products; Weekly Europ-Oil Prices changed name to Weekly Petroleum Argus; 1993 - launched Argus International LPG report to fill gap in daily market information for liquefied petroleum gas; 1995 - launched Argus European Natural Gas report, first initiative outside oil market; 1999 - began daily Argus European Electricity report to meet demand for high-quality information on Europe's deregulating power markets; 2005 - launched Argus Global LNG monthly to focus on international market for liquefied natural gas; privately held UK-registered company owned by employees, family of founder; largest independent energy news, price reporting agency.

January 1972 - Gloria Steinem founded Ms. Magazine; July 1, 1972 - began publishing monthly.

February 11, 1972 - McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., Life magazine canceled plans to publish what turned out to be fake autobiography of reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes.

1974 - 15th edition of Encyclopedia Britannica published (first published in 1771); cost more than $32 million, 30 volumes, 43 million words (14th edition published in 1929 - 6 volumes, 6 million words).

1974 - Knight Newspapers merged with Ridder Publications; formed Knight Ridder.

February 27, 1974 - "People" magazine went on sale with March 4, 1974 first issue date.

August 1, 1975 - E.L. Doctorow received publishing record $1.85 million for paperback rights to Ragtime.

September 1, 1976 - First issue of Wall Street Journal Europe hit stands.

March 4, 1978 - Chicago Daily News, founded in 1875  by Melville E. Stone, published last issue.

February/March 1982 - David Bunnell, editorial director of microcomputer books at Osborne division of McGraw Hill publishing, and Cheryl Woodard, director of marketing and sales, first published PC, magazine for IBM PC users ((backed by software executive Tony Gold, founder of Lifeboat Associates), as  monthly from Bunnell's house (outgrown after first issue); 96 pages long plus cover, 36 ad pages; sold more ad pages in first three issues than budgeted for entire year; fourth issue - print run over 150,000; November 1982 - acquired by Ziff-Davis became biweekly publication; January 1986 - "Magazine" added to the logo; December 6, 1988 - Ziff  Communications Company registered "PC Magazine" trademark first used January 5, 1987 (magazines relating to personal computers); 1991 - circulation of more than 800,000, more than $160 million in advertising revenue, tenth-largest U.S. magazine.

PC Magazine - first issue January 1982 (http://common.ziffdavisinternet.com/util_get_image/14/0,1425,sz=1&i=146188,00.jpg)

September 15, 1982 - Al Neuharth, former chairman and chief executive officer of Gannett Co., founded USA Today with goal of providing colorful alternative to relatively , wordy, gray metropolitan papers; widest circulation of any newspaper in United States (average 2.25 million copies every weekday), second world-wide among English-language broadsheets behind the 2.7 million daily paid copies of The Times of India.

Allen H. Neuharth Al Neuharth - founder USA Today (http://www.freedomforum.org/graphics/photos/neuharth.al.5-4-04.jpg)

1983 - Editor Robert C. Maynard bought the Oakland Tribune from the Gannett Company in a $22 million management-led leveraged buyout, first in U.S. newspaper history; became first major metropolitan newspaper owned by African American.

January 1983 - David Bunnell and Cheryl Woodard, founders in 1982 of PC, magazine for IBM PC users (left over ownership dispute with Ziff-Davis), published first issue (324-pages) of PC World (announced at COMDEX trade show in November 1982), backed with $2 million in funding from International Data Group; all but 4 of original 52 PC Magazine staffers joined new magazine; covered technology, how people used PCs for everything from financial management to games, campaigned for less repressive software copy protection, launched companion publication, Macworld, to bring same coverage to Apple machines; 1991 - created PC World Test Center to produce monthly rankings of most important products; 2006 - readership of over 4.8 million.

PC World - January 1983 (http://www.vintage-computer.com/images/pcworldv1n1.jpg)

March 21, 1983 - Only known typo on Time Magazine cover (control=contol), all recalled.

February 7, 1985 - "Sports Illustrated" released annual swimsuit edition.

March 8, 1985 - Advance Publications acquired 60-year-old New Yorker magazine from Fleischmann family for $168 million.

January 11, 1986 - James Clavell broke records by commanding highest price to date for book rights. William Morrow & Co., Avon Books bid $5 million for hardback,  paperback rights to Clavell's novel Whirlwind.

March 5, 1986 - "Today" tabloid launched (Britain's first national color newspaper).

1989 - Second edition of Oxford English Dictionary published.

January 31, 1990 - "National", first ever all-sports daily, began publishing; Frank Deford (formerly of Sports Illustrated) editor; June 13, 1991 - ceased publication.

1991 - IDG Books published DOS for Dummies by Dan Gookin (editor for ComputorEdge Magazine, local San Diego computer periodical from 1987 to 1989); first in 'For Dummies' series (concept created by Michael "Mac" McCarthy [got idea during discussion with his uncle who suggested "just enough information" book "for us Dummies"]); book became popular due to lack of beginner-friendly materials on using DOS; series focused on software, technology topics; later expanded to general-interest titles; 2000 - IDG Books name changed to Hungry Minds; 2001 - acquired by John Wiley & Sons.

July 27, 1991 - TV Guide published 2000th edition.

July 2, 1992 - Theoretical physicist, Stephen Hawkings, broke British publishing records with his book, A Brief History of Time; on the nonfiction bestseller list for three and a half years, sold more than 3 million copies in 22 languages; explained the latest theories on the origins of the universe in language accessible to educated lay people.

August 17, 1993 - Random House gave Colin Powell largest autobiography advance to date ($6 million); immediate bestseller, fastest-selling book in Random House history;  boosted its initial print run from 500,000 to 1.25 million.

March 7, 1994 - The Supreme Court ruled that parodies that poke fun at an original work can be considered "fair use" that doesn't require permission from the copyright holder.

August 1, 1994 - Alfred A. Knopf reported to pay Pope John Paul II record-breaking $8.75 million advance for new book, "Crossing the Threshold of Hope", collection of essays addressing moral and theological questions; became bestseller; previous record set when Random House paid Army General Colin Powell some $6 million for autobiography, "My American Journey"; became one of fastest selling books in America in 1995.

February 19, 1997 - The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press accepted offer from six unions to end nineteen-month strike, announced plan to return former strikers to work; formally ended tense, turbulent strike that had begun on July 13, 1995, when failed contract talks prompted roughly 2,000 union newspaper workers to hit the picket line.

May 14, 1998 - The Associated Press commemorated its 150th anniversary.

June 11, 1998 - News Corp., parent company of TV Guide, signed $2 billion deal to merge magazine with Tele-Communications, Inc. (TCI), owner of Prevue Channel, program guide for cable television; intended to become cross-platform force in rapidly converging communications industry.

October 12, 1998 - U.S. Congress passed Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

January 3, 2000 - Last daily 'Peanuts' comic strip published in 2,600 newspapers as Charles Schulz retired; October 1950 - strip first appeared.

June 23, 2004 - Market share of UK national newspapers

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1 - Associated Newspapers - Mail (4.3m)
2 - Express Newspapers (2.6m)
3 - Financial Times (102,795)
4 - Guardian newspapers (676,027)
5 - Independent Newspapers (331,946)
6 - News International - Times/Sun (8m)
7 - Scotsman Publications (136,431)
8 - Scottish Daily Record & Sunday Mail (1.04m)
9 - Sport Newspapers (153,418)
10 - Telegraph Group (823,626)
11 - Trinity Mirror (4.2m)
*(Source: ABC average total circulation, May 30, 2004; http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3828791.stm)

July 16, 2005 - Sixth title in Harry Potter series, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", set new world record for first printing; 10.8 million copies hit stores.

March 7, 2006 - Alan Greenspan, former chairman of Federal Reserve Board, sold his memoirs to Penguin Press (an imprint of Pearson PLC) for a reported $8.5 million, second-largest advance amount ever for a nonfiction writer; 2001 - former President Bill Clinton received an estimated advance of $10 million from Alfred A. Knopf for his 2004 memoir "My Life"; Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton received an estimated $8 million advance from Simon & Shuster for her 2003 memoir "Living History); Pope John Paul II received an estimated advance between $6 - $7 million in 1994 for his book "Crossing the Threshold of Hope".

March 12, 2006 - Knight Ridder (San Jose CA), second largest newspaper company in the U.S., $3 billion in sales, 16.4% operating profit margin and publisher of 32 daily newspapers, agreed to be acquired for about $4.5 billion by the McClatchy Company (Sacramento, CA), $1.2 billion in revenue, 22.8 % operating profit margin and publisher of 12 dailies; 2000 - in contrast Times Mirror Co. acquired the Tribune company for $8 billion.

May 2006 - 1,000th issue of Rolling Stone magazine.

August 4, 2006 - Forbes Media LLC (Forbes magazine, Forbes.com) sold more than 40% of the company to Elevation Partners, a $1.9 billion private equity group, for $200-300 million; first time Forbes family raised significant amount of capital from an outside source.

November 16, 2006 - Reader's Digest Association Inc. announced it agreed to be purchased by Ripplewood Holdings LLC and other investors including for about $2.4 billion.

November 17, 2006 - John Wiley agreed to pay £572m to acquire Oxford, UK-based Blackwell Publishing; created publisher of 1,250 scholarly journals and an extensive range of academic books; Blackwell publishes about 825 journals, nearly evenly distributed between scientific, technical, medical sectors and the social sciences and humanities; publishes about 600 books a year, has backlist of 6,000 titles.

December 22, 2006 - Riverdeep Holdings, Limited acquired Houghton Mifflin for approximately about $3.5 billion from affiliates of private investment firms Thomas H. Lee Partners, Bain Capital Partners, The Blackstone Group, and management; name changed to Houghton Mifflin Riverdeep Group PLC; 2001- Vivendi Universal, a French media firm, acquired HM for $1.66 billion; 2002 - acquired by Thomas H. Lee, Bain Capital, Blackstone for approximately $1.7 billion.

May 15, 2007 - Thomson Corporation acquired Reuters Group (16,000 employees in 94 countries) for about $17.2 billion; renamed Thomson-Reuters; 34% share of market for financial data.

July 21, 2007 - Bloomsbury PLC, British publisher of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter fantasy series, announced that seventh,  final volume sold a record 2.65 million copies in United Kingdom in first 24 hours (2005 - previous high was "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," sold 2 million in first day of release); Barnes & Noble, Inc. reported all-time sales, 1.8 million copies purchased in first two days (560,000 in first hour, ate of more than 150 copies per second); Random House Audio's Listening Library sold 225,000 copies in first two days;  Scholastic Inc. said 8.3 million hardcovers sold in United States during first 24 hours; easily broke old high of 6.9 million for "Half-Blood Prince."

December 13, 2007 - Rupert Murdoch (News Corp.) completed  $5.16 billion acquisition of Dow Jones & Company; ended 105-year control by Bancroft family.

January 2, 2008 - Market value of independent, publicly traded American newspaper companies has fallen $23 billion, 42%, since end 2004.

March 28, 2008 - Newspaper print ad revenues dropped 9.4% in 2007 to $42 billion, worst one-year drop in more than 50 years (source: Newspaper Association of America records since 1950); online ad revenue grew 18.8% in 2007 to $3.2 billion (down from 31% growth in each of past two year); total revenue in 2007 dropped 7.9% to $45.3 billion; classified ad revenue dropped 16.5% to $14.1 billion.

November 21, 2009 - Magazine income (ad page revenue + subscribers/newsstand sales) over last decade; battle for most guaranteed readers.

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(Adam and Charles Black), The Company (1957). Adam & Charles Black, 1807-1957; Some Chapters in the History of a Publishing House. (London, UK: Adam and Charles Black, 115 p.). Adam and Charles Black (Firm); Publishers and publishing--Great Britain.

(Addison-Wesley), The Company (1993). Addison-Wesley: The First Fifty Years, 1942-1992. (Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., 106 p.). Addison-Wesley Publishing Company; Publishers and publishing--Massachusetts--History--20th century.

(Advance Publications, Inc.), John A. Lent (1966). Newhouse, Newspapers, Nuisances; Highlights in the Growth of a Communications Empire. (New York, NY: Exposition Press, 243 p.). Newhouse, Samuel I.; American newspapers--History.

S. I. (Samuel Irving) Newhouse (http://images.forbes.com/media/lists/54/2005/7EWB.jpg)

(Advance Publications, Inc.), Caroline Seebohm (1982). The Man Who Was Vogue: The Life and Times of Condé Nast. (New York, NY: Viking, 390 p.). Nast, Condé, 1873-1942; Publishers and publishing -- United States -- Biography.

(Advance Publications, Inc.), Richard H. Meeker (1983). Newspaperman: S.I. Newhouse and the Business of News. (New Haven, CT: Ticknor & Fields, 294 p.). Newhouse, Samuel I.; Publishers and publishing--United States--Biography; Newspaper publishing--United States--History--20th century; American newspapers--History--20th century.

(Advance Publications, Inc.), Thomas Maier (1994). Newhouse: All the Glitter, Power, and Glory of America's Richest Media Empire and the Secretive Man Behind It. (New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 446 p.). Newhouse, Samuel I.; Publishers and publishing--United States--Biography; Newspaper publishing--United States--History--20th century; American newspapers--History--20th century.

(Advance Publications, Inc.), Carol Felsenthal (1998). Citizen Newhouse: Portrait of a Media Merchant. (New York, NY: Seven Stories Press, 512 p.). Newhouse, Samuel I.; Publishers and publishing--United States--Biography; Newspaper publishing--United States--History--20th century; American newspapers--History--20th century.

(Advance Publications Inc.), Norberto Angeletti, Alberto Oliva (2006). In Vogue: The Illustrated History of the World’s Most Famous Fashion Magazine. (New York, NY: Rizzoli, 409 p.). Vogue (New York); Fashion--Periodicals--History--Pictorial works; Fashion--History--Pictorial works. History, development, influence of most glamorous fashion magazine of twentieth century - from beginning as  social gazette to exploration of modern fashion photography, new visuals to status as top style magazine.

(Afton Historical Society Press), Patricia Condon Johnston (2000). Pie in the Sky: A Memoir about Writing and Publishing. (Afton, MN: Afton Historical Society Press, 249 p.). Founding Publisher (Afton Historical Society Press). Johnston, Patricia Condon; Afton Historical Society Press--History; Publishers and publishing--Minnesota--Biography; Historians--Minnesota--Biography.

(Alberta Newspaper Group), H. George Meyer (2004). A Prairie Publisher: My 56 Years of Printing and Publishing in Alberta. (High River, AB: DMConcepts, 143 p.). Meyer, H. George, 1929- ; Newspaper publishing--Alberta--History--20th century; Publishers and publishing--Alberta--Biography.

(Allen & Unwin), Sir Stanley Unwin (1960). The Truth about a Publisher; an Autobiographical Record. (New York, NY: Macmillan, 455 p.). Founder of George Allen and Unwin. Unwin, Stanley, Sir 1884- ; Publishers and publishing--England--Autobiography.

Stanley Unwin Stanley Unwin (http://www.bigbadugly.com/StanleyUnwinIndex_files/image023.jpg)

(Allen & Unwin), David Unwin (1982). Fifty Years with Father: A Relationship. (Boston,MA: Allen & Unwin, 150 p.). Unwin, Stanley, Sir, 1884-1968; Unwin, David, 1918- ; Publishers and publishing--England--Biography; Authors, English--20th century--Biography; Fathers and sons.

(Angus & Robertson Publishers), Anthony Barker (1993). George Robertson: A Publishing Life in Letters. (St. Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press, 225 p.). Robertson, George, 1860-1933; Angus & Robertson Publishers--History; Publishers and publishing--Australia; Booksellers and bookselling--Australia.

(D. Appleton and Company), Grant Martin Overton (1925). Portrait of a Publisher and The First Hundred Years of the House of Appleton, 1825-1925. (London, UK: D. Appleton and Company, 95 p.). Appleton, William Worthen, 1845-1924; D. Appleton and Company. 

Daniel Appleton - (http://www.picturehistory.com/ images/products/0/3/9/prod_3940.jpg)

(Appleton-Century-Crofts), Gerard R. Wolfe (1981). The House of Appleton: The History of a Publishing House and Its Relationship to the Cultural, Social, and Political Events That Helped Shape the Destiny of New York City. (Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 450 p.). Appleton-Century-Crofts, inc.--History; Publishers and publishing--New York (State)--New York--History.

(Argus Company) Eric Rosenthal (1956). Today's News Today. The Story Of The Argus Company. (Johannesburg, SA: Argus Printing & Publishing, 310 p.). Cape Argus; Newspaper publishers--South Africa--Biography. 

(Argus - Melbourne Vic.), Edited by Jim Usher (1999). The Argus: Life & Death of a Newspaper. (St. Andrews, Vic.: Australian Scholarly Publishing, 146 p.). Argus (Melbourne, Vic.); Newspapers --Victoria --Melbourne --History; Newspaper employees --Victoria --Melbourne --Biography. A collection of memories from Argus journalists, photographers, press artists, printers and office staff who worked on the paper between 1923 and 1957.

(Argus - Melbourne Vic.), Edited by Muriel Porter (2003). The Argus: The Life and Death of a Great Melbourne Newspaper, 1846-1957: Papers from a Conference at RMIT University, 2001. (Melbourne, Vic.: RMIT University, 204 p.). Argus (Melbourne, Vic.); Newspapers --Victoria --Melbourne --History; Newspaper employees --Victoria --Melbourne --Biography.

(Arkansas Gazette), Ed. Roy Reed (2009). Looking Back at the Arkansas Gazette: An Oral History. (Fayetteville, AK: University of Arkansas Press, 316 p.). Former Reporter (Arkansas Gazette, 8 years), Former National and Foreign Correspondent (New York Times), Professor of Journalism (University of Arkansas). Arkansas Gazette; Little Rock, AR--history; Arkansas--publishing history. Chronicled much of Arkansas's history from 1819 to 1991; Gazette's story, history of Arkansas in 20th century, of newspaper journalism in its heyday; 1986 - acquired by Gannett Co.; October18, 1991 - closed.

(Edward Arnold), Bryan Bennett, Anthony Hamilton (1990). Edward Arnold: 100 Years of Publishing. (London, UK: Edward Arnold, 122 p.). Arnold, Edward, 1857-1942; Edward Arnold (Publishers)--History; Publishers and publishing--England--London--History--19th century; Publishers and publishing--England--London--History--20th century.

(Associated Press),  Oliver Gramling (1969). AP; The Story of News. (Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press, 506 p. [orig. pub. 1940]). Associated Press; Journalism--United States; Press--United States.

Stanley Unwin Gerard Hallock - first president of AP in 1848 (http://picture.comegoogle.com/old%20pictures/mathew-brady-studio/pictures/Hallock-Gerard-001.jpg)

(Atlantic Monthly), M. A. De Wolfe Howe (1972). The Atlantic Monthly and Its Makers. (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 106 p. [orig. pub. 1919]). The Atlantic Monthly.

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(Atlantic Monthly), Ellery Sedgewick (1994). History of the Atlantic Monthly, 1857-1909: Yankee Humanism at High Tide and Ebb Amherst, MA, University of Massachusetts Press). 376 p. The Atlantic Monthly.

(Au sans Pareil), Pascal Fouche (1983). Au Sans Pareil. (Paris, FR: Bibliothe`que de litte´rature franc¸aise contemporaine de l’Universite´ Paris 7, 445 p.). Au sans pareil (Firm); Publishers and publishing--France--Paris--History--20th century; Literature publishing--France--Paris--History--20th century; Paris (France)--Imprints--Catalogs.

(Augustana Book Concern), Birger Swenson (1979). My Story: Immigrant, Executive, Traveler. (Rock Island, IL: Augustana Historical Society, 250 p.). Swenson, Birger, 1895- ; Religious literature--Publishing--Illinois; Publishers and publishing--Illinois--Biography; Lutherans--Illinois--Biography; Swedes--Illinois--Biography.

(G. D. Baedeker), Dorothea Bessen, Klaus Wisotzky (2000). Buchkultur Inmitten der Industrie: 225 Jahre G.D. Baedeker in Essen. (Essen, Germany: Klartext Verlag, 238 p.). G. D. Baedeker (Firm)--History; Publishers and publishing--Germany--Essen--History; Travel--Guidebooks--Publishing--Germany--Essen--History.

(Samuel Bagster & Sons), Samuel Bagster (1972). Samuel Bagster of London, 1772-185: An Autobiography. (London, UK: Bagster, 199 p.). Bagster, Samuel, 1772-1851.; Bible--Publication and distribution--England--London; Publishers and publishing--Great Britain--Biography.

(Baltimore Sun), Gerald W. Johnson ... [et al.] (1937). The Sunpapers of Baltimore: 1837-1937. (New York, NY: Knopf, 430 p.). Sun (Baltimore, Md.: 1837).  

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(Baltimore Sun), Harold A. Williams (1987). u> The Baltimore Sun, 1837-1987. (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 418 p.). Sun (Baltimore, Md.: 1837).

(Bantam), Clarence Petersen (1975). The Bantam Story: Thirty Years of Paperback Publishing. (New York, NY: Bantam Books, 167 p.). Bantam Books (Firm).

(John Bartholomew and Son), Leslie Gardiner (1976). Bartholomew, 150 Years. (Edinburgh, Scotland: J. Bartholomew, 112 p.). John Bartholomew and Son. Publisher of cartographic products.

(Batsford), Hector Bolitho (1943). A Batsford Century (The Record of One Hundred Years of Publishing and Bookselling 1843-1943). (London, UK: B. T. Barsford Ltd., 147 p.). Publishers and publishing--Great Britain. [from old catalog].

(Belfast Telegraph), Malcolm Brodie ; foreword by Lord Thomson of Fleet (1995). The Tele: A History of the Belfast Telegraph. (Belfast, N. Ireland: Blackstaff, 300 p.). Belfast Telegraph -- History; Newspapers -- Northern Ireland -- History; Newspapers History; Belfast (Northern Ireland).

(A. H. Belo), Judith Garrett Segura (2008). Belo from Newspapers to New Media. (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 316 p.). Former Archivist for the Belo Corp. Belo (Firm) --History; Mass media --United States --History; Mass media --United States --Biography. Biography, history of corporate strategies; Galveston's days as largest, most vibrant town in Republic of Texas; turning points in company's history; technological advances; Dallas Times Herald Company, rise and fall of Belo's chief rival.

(Best Sellers), Frank Luther Mott (1960). Golden Multitudes; The Story of Best Sellers in the United States. (New York, NY: Bowker, 357 p. [orig. pub. 1947]). Best sellers--Bibliography; Books and reading.

(Best Sellers), Alice Payne Hackett and James Henry Burke (1977). 80 Years of Best Sellers, 1895-1975. (New York, NY: R. R. Bowker Co., 265 p.). Best sellers--United States--Bibliography; Books and reading--United States--History.

(Best Sellers), Michael Korda (2001). Making the List: A Cultural History of the American Bestseller, 1900-1999. (New York, NY: Barnes & Noble, 228 p.). Editor-in-Chief, Simon & Schuster. Best sellers--United States--Bibliography; Books and reading--United States--History--20th century; Popular literature--United States--History and criticism. 

(Beverage World), Editor Samuel R. Kaplan (1982). Beverage World: 100 Year History, 1882-1982, and Future Probe. (Great Neck, NY: Keller Publishing, 609 p.). Beverage World (East Stroudsburg, Pa.)--History; Beverage industry--United States--Periodicals--History.

(Birmingham Post), Harold Richard Grant Whates (1957). The Birmingham Post, 1857-1957. A Centenary Retrospect. (Birmingham, UK: Birmingham Post & Mail, 254 p.). Birmingham Post & Mail; Newspapers -- Grat Britain.

(Birmingham Post), Andrew McCulloch (2004). The Feeneys of the Birmingham Post. (Birmingham, UK: University of Birmingham, University Press, 180 p.). Feeney family; Birmingham Post & Mail Ltd.; Birmingham (England)--Biography.

(B. H. Blackwell Ltd.), A.L.P. Norrington (1983). Blackwell’s, 1879-1979: The History of a Family Firm. (Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 191 p.). Blackwell family; B.H. Blackwell Ltd.--History; Booksellers and bookselling--England--Oxford--History; Publishers and publishing--England--Oxford--History; Oxford (England)--History.

(William Blackwood and Sons Limited - founded 1804), Frank D. Tredrey (1954). The House of Blackwood. (Edinburgh, Scotland: W. Blackwood, 282 p.). Blackwood (William) and Sons Limited; Edinburgh (Scotland)--Imprints.

(William Blackwood and Sons), David Finkelstein (2002). The House of Blackwood: Author-Publisher Relations in the Victorian Era. (University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 199 p.). Head of the Department of Media and Communication (Queen Margaret University College in Edinburgh). William Blackwood and Sons--History; Publishers and publishing--Great Britain--History--19th century; Authors and publishers--Great Britain--History--19th century; Great Britain--Intellectual life--19th century.  

(Block Communications), Frank Brady (2001). The Publisher: Paul Block: A Life of Friendship, Power, and Politics. (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 552 p.). Professor of Communications (St. John's University), Adjunct Professor in Journalism (for the past 20 years) at Barnard College of Columbia University. Block, Paul, 1875-1941; Publishers and publishing--United States--Biography; Newspaper publishing--United States--History--20th century; Press and politics--United States--History--20th century. 

(Blue Mountain Arts), Susan Polis Schutz (2004). Blue Mountain: The Story of Blue Mountain Arts Publishers, Bluemountain.com, and Two Accidental Entrepreneurs Living Their Dreams (Who Went from Living Out of Their Pickup Truck To Being the Most Successful Husband-Wife Team in Publishing with over 1.5 Billion of Their Greeting Cards Sent). (Boulder, CO: Blue Mountain Press, 357 p.). Schutz, Susan Polis; Schutz, Stephen; Blue Mountain Arts (Firm)--History; Publishers and publishing--Colorado--Boulder; Literature publishing--Colorado--Boulder; Electronic publishing--Colorado--Boulder; Greeting cards industry--Colorado--Boulder.

(Bobbs-Merrill Company), Edited by Richard J. Schrader (2004). The Hoosier House: Bobbs-Merrill and Its Predecessors, 1850-1985: A Documentary Volume. (Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson/Gale, 549 p.). Bobbs-Merrill Company--History; Publishers and publishing--Indiana--Indianapolis--History--19th century; Publishers and publishing--Indiana--Indianapolis--History--20th century.

(Bodley Head), James G. Nelson (1971). The Early Nineties; A View from the Bodley Head. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 387 p.). Bodley Head (Firm); Publishers and publishing--England--London--History--19th century; London (England)--Imprints. John Lane began went on to form The Bodley Head.

(Boni & Liveright), Walker Gilmer (1970). Horace Liveright, Publisher of the Twenties. (New York, NY: D. Lewis, 287 p.). Liveright, Horace Brisbin, 1886-1933; Publishers and publishing--History--20th century; Publishers and publishing--Biography.

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(Boni & Liveright), Tom Dardis (1995). Firebrand: The Life of Horace Liveright. (New York, NY: Random House, 394 p.). Liveright, Horace Brisbin, 1886-1933; Boni & Liveright--History; Publishers and publishing--United States--Biography; Literature publishing--United States--History--20th century. Founder of Modern Library; grandfather of modern paperback industry.

(Book-of-the-Month Club - founded 1926 by Harry Scherman), Charles Lee (1973). The Hidden Public; The Story of the Book-of-the-Month Club. (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 236 p. [orig. pub. 1958]). Book-of-the-Month Club.

(Book-of-the-Month Club), Edited by Al Silverman (1986). The Book of the Month: Sixty Years of Books in American Life. (Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 335 P.). CEO of Book-of-the-Month Club. Book-of-the-Month Club Books --United States --Reviews; American literature --20th century --History and criticism; Books and reading --United States --History --20th century. Published in celebration of BOMC's 60th anniversary.

(Book-of-the-Month Club), Janice A. Radway (1997). A Feeling for Books: The Book-of-the-Month Club, Literary Taste, and Middle-Class Desire. (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 424 p.). Book-of-the-Month Club--History; Books and reading--United States--History--19th century; Books and reading--United States--History--20th century; Popular culture--United States--History--19th century; Popular culture--United States--History--20th century.

(Boosey & Hawkes), William Boosey (1931). Fifty Years of Music. (London, UK: E. Benn, 202 p.). Chappell and Company; Boosey and Company, ltd; Musicians--Correspondence; Music--England--London.

(Boosey & Hawkes), Ernst Roth (1969). The Business of Music; Reflections of a Music Publisher. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 269 p.). Chairman, Boosey & Hawkes. Roth, Ernst, 1896-1971; Music publishers--England--Biography; Music trade--England.

(Boosey & Hawkes), Helen Wallace (2007). Boosey & Hawkes: The Publishing Story. (London, UK: Boosey and Hawkes, 256 p.). Music publishers--England; Music trade--England. Evolution of world's leading classical publisher (of most of 20th century’s leading composers), how it works with composers to shape music history; artistic foresight balanced with commercial reality.

(Bordas), Pierre Bordas (1997). L’Edition Est une Aventure : [Memoires]. (Paris, FR: Editions de Fallois, 382 p.). Bordas, Pierre, 1913- ; Bordas (Firm)--History; Publishers and publishing--France--Biography.

(Boston Evening Transcript), Joseph Edgar Chamberlin (1930). The Boston Transcript, A History of Its First Hundred Years. (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 241 p.). Boston Evening Transcript.

(Boston Globe), James Morgan (1923). Charles H. Taylor, Builder of the Boston Globe. (Boston, MA, 213 p,). Taylor, Charles Henry, 1846-1921; Globe, Boston. Published on the fiftieth anniversary of his editorship, 1873-1923.

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(Boston Globe), Louis M. Lyons (1971). Newspaper Story; One Hundred Years of the Boston Globe. (Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 482 p.). Boston globe.

(Bowne & Co.), Edmund A. Stanley, Jr. (1975). Of Men and Dreams: The Story of the People of Bowne & Co. and the Fulfillment of Their Dreams in the Company’s 200 Years from 1775 to 1975. (New York, NY: Bowne & Co., 83 p.). Former President of Company. Bowne & Co. (New York, N.Y. :1775- ).

(Brandon Books), Steve MacDonogh (1999). Open Book: One Publisher’s War. (Dingle, Co. Kerry, Ireland: Brtandon, 255 p.). Editorial Director of Brandon. MacDonogh, Steve; Publishers and publishing--Ireland--History'; Authors and publishers--Ireland--History; Authorship--Marketing--History--20th century; Freedom of the press--History--20th century; Censorship--History--20th century.

(British Medical Journal), Peter Bartrip (1990). Mirror of Medicine: The BMJ 1840-1990. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 338 p.). Oxford medical publications; Subject British Medical Association -- History; British medical journal -- History; Medicine -- Great Britain -- History.

(Broadside Press), Julius E. Thompson (1999). Dudley Randall, Broadside Press, and the Black Arts Movement in Detroit, 1960-1995. (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 344 p.). Randall, Dudley, 1914- ; Broadside Press; American literature--African American authors--Publishing--Michigan--Detroit; Literature publishing--Michigan--Detroit--History--20th century; Publishers and publishing--United States--Biography; Publishers and publishing--Michigan--Detroit; African American arts--Michigan--Detroit; Poets, American--20th century--Biography; African American poets--Biography.

(Broadside Press), Melba Joyce Boyd (2003). Wrestling with the Muse: Dudley Randall and the Broadside Press. (New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 385 p.). Professor of Africana Studies (Wayne State University), Adjunct Professor at the Center for Afro-American and African Studies (University of Michigan). Randall, Dudley, 1914- ; Broadside Press; American literature--African American authors--Publishing--Michigan--Detroit; Literature publishing--Michigan--Detroit--History--20th century; Publishers and publishing--United States--Biography; African American arts--Michigan--Detroit; Poets, American--20th century--Biography; African American poets--Biography. 

(Wm. C. Brown Companies), Walter F. Peterson (1994). A History of the Wm. C. Brown Companies. (Dubuque, IA: Wm. C. Brown Communications, 288 p.). Wm. C. Brown Communications, Inc.--History; Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company--History; Publishers and publishing--United States--History--20th century; Textbooks--Publishing--United States--History--20th century.

(Buffalo News), Murray B. Light; foreword by Warren E. Buffett (2004). From Butler to Buffett: The Story Behind the Buffalo News. (Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 422 p.). Former Senior Vice President (Buffalo News). Buffalo News (Buffalo, N.Y.: Daily).

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(James Burn and Company), Lionel Seabrook Darley (1959). Bookbinding Then and Now; A Survey of the First Hundred and Seventy-Eight Years of James Burn & Company. (London, UK: Faber and Faber, 126 p.). Burn (James) and Company, ltd.; Bookbinding--History.

(Calmann-Levy), Jean-Yves Mollier (1984). Michel & Calmann Levy, ou, La Naissance de l’Edition Moderne, 1836-1891. (Paris: Calmann-Levy, 549 p.). Levy, Michel, 1821-1875.; Levy, Calmann, 1819-1891; Calmann-Levy (Firm)--History; Publishers and publishing--France--Paris--History--19th century; Publishers and publishing--France--Biography; Literature publishing--France--History--19th century; Authors and publishers--France--History--19th century; France--Intellectual life--19th century.

(Cambridge University Press), Michael H. Black (1984). Cambridge University Press, 1584-1984. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 343 p.). Cambridge University Press--History; Scholarly publishing--England--Cambridge--History; University presses--England--Cambridge--History; Printing--England--Cambridge--History; Cambridge (England)--Imprints.

(Cambridge University Press), David McKitterick (1992-2004). A History of Cambridge University Press. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 3 vols.). Cambridge University Press--History; Book industries and trade--England--Cambridge--History; Publishers and publishing--England--Cambridge--History; University presses--England--Cambridge--History; Printing--England--Cambridge--History.

(Cambridge University Press), David McKitterick (1992). A History of Cambridge University Press: Printing and the Book Trade in Cambridge, 1534-1698. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 524 p. [Vol. 1]). Cambridge University Press--History; Book industries and trade--England--Cambridge--History; Publishers and publishing--England--Cambridge--History; =University presses--England--Cambridge--History; Printing--England--Cambridge--History. v. 2. Scholarship and commerce, 1698-1872; v.3. New Worlds for Learning, 1873-1972.

--- (1998). A History of Cambridge University Press: Scholarship and Commerce, 1698-1872. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 535 p. [Vol. 2]). Cambridge University Press--History; Book industries and trade--England--Cambridge--History; Publishers and publishing--England--Cambridge--History; =University presses--England--Cambridge--History; Printing--England--Cambridge--History. Incomplete Contents: v. 1. Printing and the book trade in Cambridge, 1534-1698 -- v. 3. New Worlds for Learning, 1873-1972.

--- (2004). A History of Cambridge University Press: New Worlds for Learning, 1873-1972. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 535 p. [Vol. 3]). Cambridge University Press--History; Book industries and trade--England--Cambridge--History; Publishers and publishing--England--Cambridge--History; =University presses--England--Cambridge--History; Printing--England--Cambridge--History. Incomplete Contents: v. 1. Printing and the book trade in Cambridge, 1534-1698 -- v. 2. Scholarship and commerce, 1698-1872.

(Jonathan Cape), Tom Maschler (2005). Publisher. (London, UK: Picador, 293 p.). Chairman of Jonathan Cape. Maschler, Tom, 1933-; Publishers and publishing--Great Britain--Biography. Literary life and world of one of the greatest post-war publishers.

(Caxton Press), N. F. Blake (1969). Caxton and His World. (London, UK: Deutsch, 256 p.). Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491; Printing--England--London--History--Origin and antecedents; Incunabula--England--London--Bibliography; Printers--Great Britain--Biography; Westminster (London, England)--Imprints.

(Caxton Press), N. F. Blake. (1976). Caxton: England’s First Publisher. (London, UK: Osprey Publishing, 220 p.). Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491; Printers--Great Britain--Biography; Publishers and publishing--Great Britain--Biography; Printing--England--London--History--Origin and antecedents; Incunabula--England--London--Bibliography; Westminster (London, England)--Imprints.

(Caxton Press), N.F. Blake (1991). William Caxton and English Literary Culture. (Rio Grande, OH: Hambledon Press, 315 p.). Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491; English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500--Criticism, Textual; Printing--England--London--History--Origin and antecedents; Incunabula--England--London--Bibliography; Literature publishing--England--History; Printers--Great Britain--Biography; Westminster (London, England)--Imprints; England--Civilization--1066-1485.

(Caxton Press), Gordon Ogilvie (1999). Denis Glover: His Life. (Auckland, NZ: Godwit, 544 p.). Glover, Denis, 1912-1980; Caxton Press, Christchurch, N.Z.; Poets, New Zealand--20th century--Biography; Literature publishing--New Zealand--History--20th century; Publishers and publishing--New Zealand--Biography; Typographers--New Zealand--Biography.

(Centaur Press), Jon Wynne-Tyson (2004). Finding the Words: A Publishing Life. (Norwich, UK: Michael Russell, 318 p.). Wynne-Tyson, Jon; Centaur Press; Publishers and publishing--Great Britain--Biography; Publishers and publishing--England--History--20th century.

(Chapman and Hall), Arthur Waugh (1930). A Hundred Years of Publishing, Being the Story of Chapman & Hall, Ltd. (London, UK: Chapham & Hall Ltd., 325 p.). Managing Director, 1902-1930. Chapman and Hall.

(Chappell and Company), Carlene Mair (1961). The Chappell Story, 1811-1961. (London, UK: Chappell, 89 p.). Chappell and Company. 

(Jack Chia-MPH Limited), Peter Hutton (1978). Make What I Can Sell: The Story of Jack Chia-MPH. (Singapore: Jack Chia-MPH, 128 p.). Jack Chia-MPH Limited--History; Publishers and publishing--Singapore--History.

(Christian Light Publications Inc.), John Coblentz, Merna Shank (1994). Proclaiming God’s Truth: The First 25 Years at Christian Light Publications, 1969-1994. (Harrisonburg, VA: Christian Light Publications, 177 p.). Christian Light Publications, Inc.--History; Publishers and publishing--Virginia--Harrisonburg--History--20th century; Christian literature--Publishing--Virginia--Harrisonburg--History--20th century; Mennonites--Books and reading--United States.

(Christian Science Monitor - founded 1908), Erwin D. Canham (1958). Commitment to Freedom; The Story of the Christian Science Monitor. Illustrated with Photos. (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 454 p.). The Christian Science Monitor.

(Christian Science Monitor), Christian Science Publishing Society (1988). The First 80 Years: The Christian Science Monitor, 1908-1988. (Boston, MA: Christian Science Pub. Society, 206 p.). Christian Science monitor (Boston, Mass. : 1908).

David Silverman (Clarinda Typesetting Company) (2007). Typo: The Last American Typesetter or How I Made and Lost 4 Million Dollars. (Berkeley, CA: Soft Skull Press, 352 p.). Silverman, David. Clarinda Typesetting Company; Entrepreneurship. Acquired Clarinda Typesetting company (Clarinda, IA); company’s last rise, fall; what it means to take on, run, lose entire life’s work; American dream run aground; impact of losing part of entire industry, impact on American business.

(T. & T. Clark), John A.H. Dempster (1992). The T. & T. Clark  Story: A Victorian Publisher and the New Theology: With an Epilogue Covering the Twentieth-Century History of the Firm. (Edinburgh, Scotland: Pentland Press, 372 p.). T. & T. Clark--History; Christian literature--Publishing--Great Britain--History--19th century; Christian literature--Publishing--Great Britain--History--20th century; Legal literature--Publishing--Great Britain--History--19th century; Legal literature--Publishing--Great Britain--History--20th century.

(William Clowes and Sons), W.B. Clowes (1953). Family Business, 1803-1953. (London, UK: Clowes, 81 p.). William Clowes and Sons.

(Collins in Australia), Ken Wilder (1994). The Company You Keep: A Publisher’s Memoir. (Sydney, NSW, Australia: State Library of New South Wales Press, 276 p.). Wilder, Ken, 1927- ; Collins in Australia (Firm)--Biography; Publishers and publishing--Australia--Biography; Publishers and publishing--Great Britain--Biography.

(William Collins Sons and Co.), David Keir (1952). The House of Collins; The Story of a Scottish Family of Publishers from 1789 to the Present Day. (London, UK: Collins, 303 p.). Chalmers, Thomas, 1780-1847; William Collins Sons and Co.

(Colt Press), William Matson Roth (2004). The Colt Springs High A Publishing Memoir of the Colt Press 1938-1942. (San Francisco, CA: The Book Club of California). Colt Press; Roth, William Matson; Grabhorn , Jane. Collaboration with Jane Grabhorn on unique publishing venture called Colt Press; pre-war era in San Francisco full of literary ferment, printing innovation, irrepressible spirit of fun.

(Commercial and Financial Chronicle), Douglas Steeples (2002). Advocate for American Enterprise: William Buck Dana and the Commercial and Financial Chronicle, 1865-1910. (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 237 p.). Professor Emeritus of History (Mercer University). Dana, William B. (William Buck), 1829-1910; Commercial and Financial Chronicle; Finance--United States--History; United States--Commerce--History; Journalists--United States; Journalism, Commercial--United States--History; United States--Economic conditions. 

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(Consolidated Press), R. S. Whitington (1971). Sir Frank. The Frank Packer Story. (North Melbourne, AU: Cassell Australia, 306 p.). Packer, Frank, Sir, 1906-1974.

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(Consolidated Press), Paul Barry (1993). The Rise and Rise of Kerry Packer. (New York, NY: Bantam, 544 p.). Packer, Kerry; Publishers and publishing--Australia--Biography; Mass media--Australia--Biography; Periodicals--Publishing--Australia--History--20th century; Newspaper publishing--Australia--History--20th century.

(Consolidated Press), Bridget Griffen-Foley (1999). The House of Packer: The Making of a Media Empire. (St Leonards, NSW, AU: Allen & Unwin, 398 p.). Packer, Frank, Sir, 1906-1974; Consolidated Press--History; Newspaper publishing--Australia--History--20th century; Periodicals--Publishing--Australia--History--20th century.

--- (2000). Sir Frank Packer, The Young Master: A Biography. (Sydney, AU: HarperCollins, 400 p.). Packer, Frank, Sir, 1906-1974; Consolidated Press--History; Newspaper publishers--Australia--Biography; Publishers and publishing--Australia--Biography.

(Consumers Union)(, Kevin P. Manion and the editors of Consumer Reports (2005). Consumer Reports. (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub., 128 p.). Associate Director of Information Services at Consumer Reports. Consumer Reports (Firm)--History; Consumer education--Periodicals--History. Influential,  defining force in American society since 1936 - to work for a fair, just, safe marketplace for all consumers.

(Leo Cooper Books), Leo Cooper (2005). All My Friends Will Buy It: A Bottlefield Tour. (Staplehurst, Kent, UK: Spellmount,, 228 p.). Cooper, Leo, 1934- ; Leo Cooper Books (Firm)--History; Publishers and publishing--Great Britain--Biography.

(Copeland and Day), Joe W. Kraus (1979). Messrs. Copeland & Day, 69 Cornhill, Boston, 1893-1899. (Philadelphia, PA: G. S. MacManus Co., 179 p.). Day, F. Holland (Fred Holland), 1864-1933; Copeland and Day--History; Publishers and publishing--Massachusetts--Boston--History--19th century; Early printed books--Massachusetts--Boston--Bibliography; Boston (Mass.)--Imprints. 

(Corvinus Press), Paul W. Nash and A.J. Flavell (1994). The Corvinus Press: A History and Bibliography. (Brookfield, VT: Ashgate Pub. Co., 245 p.). Corvinus Press--Catalogs; Privately printed books--Bibliography--Catalogs; Private presses--England--London--History--20th century; Catalogs, Publishers'--Great Britain; Great Britain--Imprints--Catalogs.

(Cowles), James A. Alcott (1998). A History of Cowles Media Company. (Minneapolis, MN: Cowles Media Co., 258 p.). Former vice chairman of Cowles Media Company. Minneapolis Star & Tribune.

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(Crain Communications), Robert Goldsborough (1992). The Crain Adventure: The Making & Building of a Family Publishing Company. (Lincolnwood, IL: NTC Business Books, 132 p.). Crain Communications Inc.--History; Publishers and publishing--United States--History--20th century.

(Crowell Co.), Thomas Irving Crowell (1926). Thomas Young Crowell, 1836-1915: A Biographical Sketch. (New York, NY: Crowell Co., 95 p.). Crowell, Thomas Young, 1836-1915. "This little book commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of Thomas Y. Crowell's entry into the book publishing business."

(Cuala Press), Gifford Lewis (1994). The Yeats Sisters and the Cuala. (Dublin, IR: Irish Academic Press, 199 p.). Yeats, Elizabeth Corbet, 1868-1940; Yeats, Lily, 1866-1949; Yeats family; Cuala Press--History; Cuala Industries--History; Private presses--Ireland--History--19th century; Private presses--Ireland--History--20th century.

(Cuala Press), Joan Hardwick (1996). The Yeats Sisters: A Biography of Susan and Elizabeth Yeats. (London, UK: Pandora, 263 p.). Yeats, Elizabeth Corbet, 1868-1940; Yeats, Lily, 1866-1949; Yeats family; Cuala Press--History; Cuala Industries--History; Private presses--Ireland--History--19th century; Private presses--Ireland--History--20th century; Embroidery industry--Ireland--History--19th century; Embroidery industry--Ireland--History--20th century.

(Curtis), John W. Tebbel (1948). George Horace Lorimer and the Saturday Evening Post. (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 335 p.). George Horace Lorimer (1868-1937).

Cyrus H. K Curtis (http://www.mainememory.net/media/images/450/75/10711.JPG)

(Curtis), Joseph C. Goulden (1965). The Curtis Caper. (New York, NY: Putnam, 281 p.). Curtis Publishing Company.

(Curtis), Matthew J. Culligan (1970). The Curtis-Culligan Story; From Cyrus to Horace, to Joe. (New York, NY: Crown, 224 p.). Curtis Publishing Company.

(Curtis), Martin S. Ackerman (1970). The Curtis Affair. (Los Angeles, CA: Nash, 202 p.). Curtis Publishing Company.

(Curtis), Otto Friedrich (1970). Decline and Fall: The Struggle for Power at the Great American Magazine The Saturday Evening Post. (New York, NY: Harper & Row, 499 p.). Curtis Publishing Company; The Saturday evening post.

(Curtis), Jan Cohn (1989). Creating America: George Horace Lorimer and the Saturday Evening Post. (Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 326 p.). Lorimer, George Horace, 1869-1937; Saturday evening post--History; Corporate culture--United States--History--20th century; American periodicals--History--20th century; United States--Social conditions; United States--Intellectual life--20th century; United States--Social life and customs--20th century.

(Daily Express), Alan Wood.With a postscript by Sir John Elliot (1965). The True History of Lord Beaverbrook. (London, UK: Heinemann, 359 p.). Beaverbrook, Max Aitken, Baron, 1879-1964.

First Lord Beaverbrook (born William Maxwell Aitken) - Daily Express (http://www.beaverbrookfoundation.org/images/lb15.jpg)

(Daily Express), David Farrer (1969). G--for God Almighty; A Personal Memoir of Lord Beaverbrook. (New York, NY: Stein and Day, 176 p.). Beaverbrook, Max Aitken, Baron, 1879-1964; Publishers and publishing--Great Britain--Biography; Politicians--Great Britain--Biography; Great Britain--Politics and government--20th century.

(Daily Express), A. J. P. Taylor (1972). Beaverbrook. (New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 712 p.). Beaverbrook, Max Aitken, Baron, 1879-1964; Publishers and publishing--Great Britain--Biography; Politicians--Great Britain--Biography; Great Britain--Politics and government--20th century.

(Daily Express), Lewis Chester and Jonathan Fenby (1979). The Fall of the House of Beaverbrook. (London, UK: Deutsch, 256 p.). Beaverbrook, Max Aitken, Baron, 1879-1964; Beaverbrook Newspapers -- History.

(Daily Express), Robert Allen, with co-operation from John Frost ; foreword by Lord Matthews (1983). Voice of Britain: The Inside Story of the Daily Express. (Cambridge, UK: P. Stephens, 184 p.). Beaverbrook, Max Aitken, Baron, 1879-1964; Daily express (London, England); Newspaper publishing--Great Britain--History--20th century.

(Daily Express), Anne Chisholm and Michael Davie (1993). Lord Beaverbrook: A Life. (New York, NY: Knopf, 589 p.). Beaverbrook, Max Aitken, Baron, 1879-1964; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century; Newspaper publishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Publishers and publishing -- Great Britain -- Biography; Politicians -- Great Britain -- Biography.

(Daily Mail), Hamilton Fyfe (1950). Northcliffe in History; An Intimate Study of Press Power. (New York, NY: Hutchinson, 216 p.). Former Editor, Daily Mirror. Northcliffe, Alfred Harmsworth, Viscount, 1865-1922. 

Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount (Lord) Northcliffe (http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/BUharmsworthP.jpg)

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(Daily Mail), Harry J. Greenwall (1957). Northcliffe, Napoleon of Fleet Street. (London, UK: A. Wingate, 240 p.). Northcliffe, Alfred Harmsworth, Viscount, 1865-1922.

(Daily Mail), Reginald Pound and Geoffrey Harmsworth (1959). Northcliffe. (London, UK: Cassell, 933 p.). Northcliffe, Alfred Harmsworth, Viscount, 1865-1922.

(Daily Mail), Paul Ferris (1971). The House of Northcliffe: The Harmsworths of Fleet Street. (London, UK: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 340 p.). Northcliffe, Alfred Harmsworth, Viscount, 1865-1922.; Harmsworth family.

(Daily Mail - launched 1896), Richard Bourne (1990). Lords of Fleet Street: The Harmsworth Dynasty. (London, UK: Unwin Hyman, 258 p.). Harmsworth family; Northcliffe, Alfred Harmsworth, Viscount, 1865-1922; Rothermere, Harold Sidney Harmsworth, Viscount, 1868-1940; Rothermere, Esmond Cecil Harmsworth, Viscount, 1898-1978; Rothermere, Vere Harold Esmond Harmsworth, Viscount, 1925- ; Publishers and publishing--Great Britain--Biography; Journalists--Great Britain--Biography; Newspaper publishing--Great Britain--History--20th century.

(Daily Mail), S.J. Taylor (1996). The Great Outsiders: Northcliffe, Rothermere and the Daily Mail. (London, UK: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 377 p.). Northcliffe, Alfred Harmsworth, Viscount, 1865-1922; Rothermere, Harold Sidney Harmsworth, Viscount, 1868-1940; Daily mail (London, England) -- History; Publishers and publishing -- Great Britain -- Biography; Newspaper publishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.

(Daily Mail), S.J. Taylor (1998). The Reluctant Press Lord: Esmond Rothermere and the Daily Mail. (London, UK: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 240 p.). Rothermere, Esmond Cecil Harmsworth, Viscount, 1898-1978; Daily mail (London, England) -- History -- 20th century; Publishers and publishing -- Great Britain -- Biography; Newspaper publishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.

(Daily Mail), Edited by Peter Catterall, Colin Seymour-Ure, Adrian Smith (2000). Northcliffe’s Legacy: Aspects of the British Popular Press, 1896-1996. (New York, NY: St. Martin’s Press, 237 p.). Northcliffe, Alfred Harmsworth, Viscount, 1865-1922 --Congresses; Press--Great Britain--History--20th century--Congresses. 

(Daily Mail), S.J. Taylor (2002). An Unlikely Hero: Vere Rothermere and How the Daily Mail Was Saved. (London, UK: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 361 p.). Rothermere, Vere Harold Esmond Harmsworth, Viscount, 1925- ; Daily mail (London, England); Publishers and publishing--Great Britain--Biography; Journalists--Great Britain--Biography; Newspaper publishing--Great Britain--History--20th century.

(Daily Mirror), Hugh Cudlipp (1953). Publish and Be Damned! The Astonishing Story of the Daily Mirror. (London, UK: A. Dakers, 292 p.). Daily Mirror, London.

(Daily Mirror), Maurice Edelman (1966). The "Mirror": A Political History. (London, UK: H. Hamilton, 2221 p.). Daily mirror (London, England); Great Britain--Politics and government--20th century.

(Daily Racing Form), Steven Crist (2003). Betting on Myself: Adventures of a Horseplayer and Publisher. (New York, NY: Daily Racing Form Press, 244 p.). Chairman, Daily Racing Form. Horseracing; Publishers and publishing. 

(Dan's Papers), Dan Rattiner (2008). In the Hamptons: My Fifty Years with Farmers, Fishermen, Artists, Billionaires, and Celebrities. (New York, NY: Harmony, 368 p.). Editor, Publisher of Dan's Papers. Rattiner, Dan; Journalists --United States --Biography; Hamptons (N.Y.) --Social life and customs. Hampton's most popular free newspaper has covered Hamptons that few know (defined by artists, painters, fishermen, farmers, dreamers, hangers-on, celebrities, billionaires who live, play there).

(Dark Horse Comics), Mike Richardson, Frank Miller, Paul Chadwick, Others, Mike Mignola, Arthur Adams, Eric Powell (2007). Dark Horse Comics: The First Twenty Years. (Milwaukie, OR: Dark Horse Comics, 384 p.). Founder, Dark Horse Comics. Dark Horse Comics; Comic books, strips, etc.--History and criticism. Third largest comic-book publisher in the U.S.,  world's leading publisher of licensed comics material; set precedent for creative freedom, creator rights.

(David & Charles), The Company (1981). Good Books Come from Devon: The David & Charles Twenty-First Birthday Book. (Newton Abbot, UK: David & Charles, 104 p.). David & Charles--History; Publishers and publishing--England--Newton Abbot--History; Printing industry--England--Newton Abbot--History.

(F. A. Davis Company), Robert H. Craven (1979). F. A. Davis Company, 1879-1979: A Very Personal Account. (Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Co., 90 p.). Craven, Robert H., 1922- ; Davis (F. A.) Company, Philadelphia; Publishers and publishing--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Biography.

(Thomas De La Rue & Company), Lorna Houseman (1968). The House That Thomas Built: The Story of De La Rue. (London,UK: Chatto & Windus, 207 p.). Thomas De La Rue & Company; London (England)--Imprints.

(Thomas De La Rue & Company), W.A. Wiseman (1984-1990). Great Britain, The De La Rue Years, 1878-1910. (London, UK: Bridger & Kay, 2 vols.). Thomas De La Rue & Company--History; Postage stamps--Great Britain--History; Postage stamps--Great Britain--Colonies--History; Postage-stamp design--History; Postage-stamp printing--History. Incomplete 

(Dell Publishing), William H. Lyles (1983). Putting Dell on the Map: A History of the Dell Paperbacks. (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 178 p.). Dell Publishing Company -- History; Paperbacks -- Publishing -- United States -- History; Popular literature -- Publishing -- United States -- History.

  George T. Delacorte - Dell (http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/cs/BlobServer?blobcol=urldata&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobkey=id&blobwhere=1165357810707)

(Dennis Publishing), Felix Dennis (2008). How To Get Rich: One of the World’s Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Success Wisdom. (New York, NY: Portfolio, 291 p.). Chairman of Dennis Publishing, Founder of Maxim (one of most successful new magazines of last decade). Success in business; Entrepreneurship; Wealth. College dropout with no family money, now 65th richest person in U.K.; help readers embrace entrepreneurship, learn from his successes, failures.

(Denoel), A. Louise Staman (2002). With the Stroke of a Pen: A Story of Ambition, Greed, Infidelity, and the Murder of French Publisher Robert Denoel. (New York, NY: Thomas Dunne Books, 354 p.). Denoel, Robert; Denoel (Firm)--History; Publishers and publishing--France--Paris--Biography; Publishers and publishing--France--Paris--History--20th century. 

(Denver Post), Gene Fowler (1933). Timber Line; A Story of Bonfils and Tammen. (New York, NY: Covici, Friede, 480 p.). Bonfils, Frederick Gilmer, 1860-1933; Tammen, Harry Heye, 1856-1924; The Denver post. 

(Denver Post), Bill Hosokawa (1976). Thunder in the Rockies: The Incredible Denver Post. (New York, NY: Morrow, 447 p.). The Denver post.

(Des Femmes), Album Realise pour Marie-Claude Grumbach sous la direction de Sylvina Boissonnas, avec Florence Prudhomme ... et la (2005). Memoire de Femmes: 1974-2004. (Paris, FR: Des femmes/Antoinette Fouque, 598 p.). Des Femmes (Firm); Publishers and publishing--France--History--20th century; Publishers and publishing--France--History--21st century; Feminist literature--Publishing--France.

(Des Femmes), Bibia Pavard; preface de Jean-Francois Sirinelli (2005). Les Editions des Femmes: Histoire de Premieres Annees 1972-1979. (Paris, FR: Harmattan, 229 p.). Des Femmes (Firm); Publishers and publishing--France--History--20th century; Feminist literature--Publishing.

(Des Moines Register), William B. Friedricks (2000). Covering Iowa: The History of the Des Moines Register and Tribune Company, 1849-1985. (Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press, 307 p.). Des Moines Register and Tribune Company--History; Des Moines register--History; Tribune company--History; American newspapers--Iowa--Des Moines--History; Journalism--Iowa--Des Moines--History.

HOIP49V4.jpg (36029 bytes) Barlow Granger - Des Moines Register (http://iagenweb.org/history /hoi/HOIP49V4_small.jpg)

(Deseret News), Wendell J. Ashton (1950). Voice in the West; Biography of a Pioneer Newspaper. (New York, NY: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 424 p.). Deseret News, Salt Lake City.

(Detroit Free Press), Bryan Gruley (1993). Paper Losses: A Modern Epic of Greed and Betrayal at America's Two Largest Newspaper Companies. (New York, NY: Grove Press, 448 p.). Detroit news; Detroit free press.

(Oliver Ditson  Company, Inc.), William Arms Fisher (1933). One Hundred and Fifty Years of Music Publishing in the United States; An Historical Sketch with Special Reference to the Pioneer Publisher, Oliver Ditson Company, Inc., 1783-1933. (Boston, MA: Oliver Ditson company, inc, 146 p.). Ditson (Firm); Music printing--United States--History; Publishers and publishing--United States; Music--United States--History and criticism.

(Dolphin Books), Leonard Shatzkin (1982). In Cold Type: Overcoming the Book Crisis. (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 397 p.). Book industries and trade --United States; Publishers and publishing --United States.

(R. R. Donnelley and Sons Company), Gaylord Donnelley (1977). To Be a Good Printer: Our Four Commitments. (Chicago, IL: Lakeside Press, 110 p.). R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company.

 (R. R. Donnelley), Jeffrey Abt (1982). The Printer’s Craft: An Exhibition Selected from the R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company Collection. (Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Library.167 p.).Associate Professor. Department of Art and Art History (Wayne State University). Printing --History --Exhibitions; Rare books --Illinois --Chicago --Bibliography --Exhibitions. Donnelley program represented high point in industrial training in United States; books,  printer’s tools illustrate intricacy of printer’s craft, close relationship between industrial training, continuing development of printing as a craft and trade, Chicago itself.

(R. R.  Donnelley and Sons Company), Kathleen Ineman (1996). The Story of Crawfordsville: 75 Years. (Crawfordsville, IN: R.R. Donnelley & Sons, 157 p.). R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company. Crawfordsville Division--History; Printing industry--Indiana--Crawfordsville--History--20th century; Bookbinding industry--Indiana--Crawfordsville--History--20th century; Crawfordsville (Ind.)--Imprints.

(Dorling Kindersley), Christopher Davis (2009). Eyewitness: The Rise and Fall of Dorling Kindersley: The Inside Story of a Publishing Phenomenon. (Hampshire, UK: Harriman House, 312 p.). Former Publisher and Deputy Chairman. Dorling Kindersley; Publishers and publishing -- Great Britain. Company grew from handful of people in studio in South London to substantial global publicly-traded business with turnover of £200 million, some 1500 employees, publishing arms across English language markets, 50-strong international sales force that dealt with more than 400 publishers, direct selling business with 30,000 independent distributors, delivered handsomely designed reference books into new media of videos, CD-ROMs, online educational content; series of catastrophic printing decisions brought company to its knees, into arms of Pearson; visionary genius of Peter Kindersley, publishing revolution he fomented.

Peter Kindersley - Dorling Kindersley (http://ctr.childrenssoftware.com/dbgifs/peterk.gif)

(Doubleday), Frank Nelson Doubleday (1972). The Memoirs of a Publisher. (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 304 p.). Founder, Doubleday. Doubleday, Frank Nelson, 1862-1934; Publishers and publishing--United States--Biography.

 

 

 

 

 

Frank Nelson Doubleday (http://libweb.princeton.edu/libraries/firestone/rbsc/aids/ scribner/doubleday.jpg)

(Doves Press), Marianne Tidcombe (2002). The Doves Press. (London, UK: British Library, 272 p.). Doves Press.--History; Book design--Great Britain--History--20th century; Publishers and publishing--Great Britain--History--20th century.

(Dow Jones), Jerry M. Rosenberg (1982). Inside the Wall Street Journal: The History and the Power of Dow Jones & Co. and America's Most Influential Newspaper. (New York, NY: Macmillan, 335 p.). Dow Jones & Co.--History; Wall Street journal--History.  

   Charles Dow (http://online.wsj.com/media/charrlesdow0821_DV_20090821155947.jpg

Edward Jones (http://www.bizjournalismhistory.org/images/1800/WSJJones.jpg)

Charles Bergstresser
Charles Bergstresser (http://www.bizjournalismhistory.org/images/1800/WSJBergstresser.jpg)

Clarence Barron Clarence Barron (http://www.nndb.com/people/338/000159858/clarence-w-barron.jpg)

(Dow Jones), Lloyd Wendt (1982). The Wall Street Journal: The Story of Dow Jones and the Nation's Business Newspaper. (Chicago, IL: Rand McNally & Co., 448 p.). Dow Jones & Co.--History; Wall Street journal--History. Authorized version of newspaper.

(Dow Jones), Edward E. Scharff (1986). Worldly Power: The Making of the Wall Street Journal. (New York, NY: Beaufort Books, 305 p.). Wall Street Journal--History.

(Dow Jones), R. Foster Winans (1986). Trading Secrets: An Insider's Account Of The Scandal At The Wall Street Journal. (New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 320 p.). Winans, R. Foster; Dow Jones & Co.; Wall Street Journal; Wall Street; Journalists--United States; Securities fraud--New York (State)--New York.

(Dow Jones), Francis X. Dealy, Jr. (1993). The Power and the Money: Inside the Wall Street Journal. (Seacaucus, NJ: Carol Pub. Group, 374 p.). Wall Street Journal. 

(Dow Jones), James McGregor (2005). One Billion Customers: Lessons from the Front Lines of Doing Business in China. ( New York: Free Press, 312 p.). Chief Executive of Dow Jones' China Business Operations in the 1990's, Formerly The Wall Street Journal's China bureau Chief Following the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre, Former Chairman and Governor of the American Chamber of Commerce in China. Business enterprises, Foreign--Government policy--China; Investments, Foreign--China; China--Economic conditions--2000-; China--Commercial policy; China--Foreign economic relations. Story of China's remarkable rise to power, practical lessons for doing business in the world's fastest growing consumer market.

(DownBeat), Eds. Frank Alkyer, John McDonough (1996). Down Beat: Sixty Years of Jazz. (Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard Corporation, 272 p.). Jazz --History and criticism; Jazz musicians --Interviews. Decade-by-decade history of jazz, blues, other popular music from 1930s to today; anecdotes, introductions to each era, more than 200 photos, archival treasures.

(Dublin University Press), Vincent Kinane (1994). A History of the Dublin University Press, 1734-1976. (Dublin, IR: Gill & Macmillan, 386 p.). Dublin University Press--History; University presses--Ireland--Dublin--History.

(Duckworth), Beryl Bainbridge ... [et al] (1995). Colin Haycraft, 1929-1994: Maverick Publisher. (London, UK: Duckworth, 152 p.). Haycraft, Colin, 1929-1994; Duckworth (Firm)--History; Publishers and publishing--Great Britain--History--20th century.

(Duckworth), John Jolliffee (1998). Woolf at the Door: Duckworth, 100 Years of Bloomsbury Behaviour. (London, UK: Duckworth, 105 p.). Duckworth (Firm)--History; Publishers and publishing--Great Britain--History--20th century.

(Eason & Son), L.M. Cullen (1989). Eason & Son: A History. (Dublin, IR: Eason & Son, 426 p.). Eason & Son; Book industries and trade--Ireland; Irish newspapers--History; Publishers and publishing--Ireland.

(Economist), Ruth Dudley Edwards (1993). The Pursuit of Reason: the Economist 1843-1993. (New York, NY: Penguin, 1020 p.). Economist (London, England : 1843)--History; Finance--Periodicals--History; Economics--Periodicals--History; Commerce--Periodicals--History; Securities--Great Britain--Periodicals--History; Great Britain--Commerce--Periodicals--History; Great Britain--Economic conditions--Periodicals--History.

Walter Bagehot Walter Bagehot (3rd editor, Economist, 1861-1877) (http://cepa.newschool.edu/het/profiles/image/bagehot.gif)

(Editions Albin Michel), Emmanuel Haymann (1993). Albin Michel: Le Roman d’un Editeur. (Paris, FR: A. Michel, 291 p.). Michel, Albin, 1873-1943; Publishers and publishing--France--Biography.

(Editions de la Sirene), Pascal Fouche (1984). La Sirene. (Paris, FR: Bibliothe`que de litte´rature franc¸aise contemporaine de l’Universite´ Paris 7, 591 p.). Editions de la Sirene; Publishers and publishing--France--Paris--History--20th century; Literature publishing--France--Paris--History--20th century; Paris (France)--Imprints.

(Editions de La Table Ronde), Patrick Louis (1992). La Table Ronde: Une Aventure Singuliere. (Paris, FR: Table ronde, 259 p.). Editions de La Table ronde--History; Literature publishing--France--History--20th century; Publishers and publishing--France--History--20th century; World War, 1939-1945--France--Literature and the war; Algeria--History--Revolution, 1954-1962--Literature and the revolution; Paris (France)--Intellectual life--20th century.

(Editions de l'Oiseau-Lyre), Jim Davidson (1994). Lyrebird Rising: Louise Hanson-Dyer of Oiseau-Lyre, 1884-1962. (Portland, OR: Amadeus Press, 578 p.). Hanson-Dyer, Louise, 1884-1962; Editions de l'Oiseau-Lyre; Music publishers--France--Biography; Sound recording executives and producers--Biography. 

(Editions de Minuit), Anne Simonin (1994). Les Editions de Minuit, 1942-1955: Le Devoir d’Insoumission. (Paris, FR: IMEC Editions, 528 p.). Editions de Minuit--History; Publishers and publishing--France--History--20th century; World War, 1939-1945--Underground literature--France.

(Editions des Trois Collines), Francois Lachenal; preface de Jean Lescure (1995). Editions des Trois Collines: Geneve--Paris. (Paris, FR: IMEC Editions, 162 p.). Editions des trois collines--History; Literature publishing--France--History--20th century; Art publishing--France--History--20th century; World War, 1939-1945--Underground literature--France; World War, 1939-1945--Literature and the war.

(Editions du Rocher), Avant-Propos de Jean-Paul Bertrand; Le Rocher Historique par Olivier Cariguel, Le Nouveau Rocher par Patrick Renaudot (2003). Histoire des Editions du Rocher: 1943-2003. (Monaco: Rocher, 427 p.). Editions du Rocher--History; Publishers and publishing--Monaco--History; Booksellers and bookselling--Monaco--History.

(Editions Fanlac), The Company (1993). 50 Ans, Editions Fanlac, 1943-1993. (Perigueux, FR: Les Editions, 108 P.). Editions Fanlac--History; Publishers and publishing--France--History--20th century; Publishers and publishing--France--Pe´rigord--History--20th century; Publishers and publishing--France--Dordogne--History--20th century; Local history materials--Publishing--France--History--20th century; Local history materials--Publishing--France--Pe´rigord--History--20th century; Local history materials--Publishing--France--Dordogne--History--20th century; Literature publishing--France--History--20th century.

(Editions Robert Laffont), Robert Laffont (1996). Leger Etonnement Avant le Saut. (Paris, FR: R. Laffont, 233 p.). Laffont, Robert, 1916- ; Editions Robert Laffont--History; Publishers and publishing--France--Biography.

(Editions Robert Laffont), Robert Laffont, avec la collaboration de Brigitte Lozerec’h (2005). Une Si Longue Quete. (Paris, FR: A. Carriere, 233 p.). Laffont, Robert, 1916- ; Editions Robert Laffont--History; Publishers and publishing--France--Biography; Authors and publishers--France--History--20th century.

(Editions Robert Morel), Marcel Garrigou ... et al (1996). Robert Morel, Editeur. (Toulouse: Arts et Formes, 125 p.). Morel, Robert, 1922- ; Editions Robert Morel--History; Publishers and publishing--France--History--20th century; Humanities literature--Publishing--France--History--20th century; Cookery--Publishing--France--History--20th century.

(Editori Laterza), Claudia Patuzzi (1982). Laterza. (Napoli, Italy: Liguori, 157 p.). Editori Laterza; Publishers and publishing--Italy--Bari; Italy--Intellectual life--20th century.

(Editori Laterza), The Company (1989). Laterza: Un Secolo di Libri, 1885-1985. (Bari, Italy: Editori Laterza, 103 p.). Croce, Benedetto, 1866-1952; Editori Laterza--History; Publishers and publishing--Italy--Bari--History; Italy--Intellectual life--20th century.

(Editorial Medica Panamericana), Roberto Brik (1990). Editorial Medica Panamericana: Memorias de su Fundador. (Buenos Aires, Argentina: Editorial Medica Panamericana, 280 p.). Brik, Roberto; Editorial Medica Panamericana--History; Medical publishing--Argentina--History--20th century; Publishers and publishing--Argentina--Biography.

(Edwards & Shaw), Harry Stein; with a foreword by Jim McClelland and a postscript by Jurgen Wegner (1996). From the Barn on the Hill to Edwards & Shaw: 1939-1983: The Story of Two Young Men Who Built a Master Printery and Publishing House that Became a Major Influence on Printing and Book Design in Australia. (Sydney, NSW: State Library of New South Wales Press, 80 p.). Edwards, Dick; Shaw, Rod, 1915-1992; Edwards & Shaw; Publishers and publishing--Australia--Sydney (N.S.W.)--History--20th century; Printing--Australia--Sydney (N.S.W.)--History--20th century.

(Encyclopedia Britannica), Herman Kogan (1958). The Great EB; The Story of the Encyclopedia Britannica. (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 338 p.). Encyclopedia Britannica.

(Estes and Lauriat), Raymond Lincoln Kilgour (1957). Estes and Lauriat, A History, 1872-1898. With a brief account of Dana Estes and Company, 1898-1914. (Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 238 p.). Estes and Lauriat (Firm); Dana Estes and Company; Publishers and publishing -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History.

(Exposition Press), Edward Uhlan (1956). The Rogue of Publishers’ Row; Confessions of a Publisher. (New York, NY: Exposition Press, 247 p.). Publisher, Exposition Press. Publishers and publishing--United States.  

(John Fairfax Holdings Limited - founded 1828 in UK by John Fairfax; bought Sydney Herald in 1841), John Fitz-Gerald Fairfax (1941). The Story of John Fairfax, Commemorating the Centenary of the Fairfax Proprietary of the Sydney Morning Herald, 1841-1941. (Sydney, AU: J. Fairfax & Sons Pty. Ltd., 169 p.). Fairfax, John, 1804-1877; Sydney Morning Herald.

John Fairfax (http://www.leamingtoncourier.co.uk/CustomPages/GetImage.aspx?ImageID=25519)

(John Fairfax Holdings Limited), Gavin Souter (1981). Company of Heralds: A Century and a Half of Australian Publishing by John Fairfax Limited and Its Predecessors, 1831-1981. (Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press, 667 p.). John Fairfax Limited--History; Newspaper publishing--Australia--History.

(John Fairfax Holdings Limited), V.J. Carroll (1990). The Man Who Couldn't Wait. (Port Melbourne, Vic (AU): W. Heinemann Australia, 451 p.). Fairfax, Warwick, 1960- ; John Fairfax and Sons--Reorganization; Australia and New Zealand Banking Group; Capitalists and financiers--Australia--Biography; Consolidation and merger of corporations--Australia; Corporate reorganizations--Australia; Newspaper publishing--Australia--Finance; Bank mergers--Australia.

(John Fairfax Holdings Limited), Gavin Souter (1991). Heralds and Angels: The House of Fairfax, 1841-1990. (Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press, 380 p.). John Fairfax Limited--History; Newspaper publishing--Australia--History.

(John Fairfax Holdings Limited), Colleen Ryan & Glenn Burge (1992). Corporate Cannibals: The Taking of Fairfax. (Port Melbourne, VIC: W. Heinemann, 457 p.). John Fairfax and Sons; Publishers and publishing--Australia--Mergers.

(John Fairfax Holdings Limited), Fred Hilmer and Barbara Drury (2007). The Fairfax Experience: What the Management Texts Didn’t Teach Me. (Milton, Qld, AU: Wiley, 188 p.). Former CEO of Fairfax from 1998 to 2005, Former Dean and Director of the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM). Hilmer, Frederick G.; John Fairfax and Sons--Management; Newspaper publishing--Australia--Management; Organizational change--Management. Author restored health of flagging newspaper, publishing empire, built digital platform; discusses his time at Fairfax - mistakes and what he learned from them, negatives of change management, how he made tough decisions while coping with fall out; shows how theory can fall short in industry dominated by strong personalities, family empires, legislative reform, media spotlight.

(Financial Times), David Kynaston (1988). The Financial Times: A Centenary History. (New York, NY: Viking, 543 p.). Financial times (London, England)--History; Journalism, Commercial--England--London--History.

(S. Fischer Verlag), Reiner Stach (1986). 100 Jahre S. Fischer Verlag, 1886-1986: Kleine Verlagsgeschichte. (Frankfurt am Main, Germany: S. Fischer, 207 p.). S. Fischer Verlag--History; Publishers and publishing--Germany (West)--History; Publishers and publishing--Germany--Berlin--History.

(S. Fischer Verlag), Gottfried Bermann Fischer (1994). Wanderer Durch ein Jahrhundert. (Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, 264 p.). Bermann Fischer, Gottfried, 1897- ; S. Fischer Verlag--History--20th century; Publishers and publishing--Germany--Biography.

(Flammarion), Elisabeth Parinet (1992). La Librairie Flammarion : 1875-1914. (Paris, FR: IMEC Editions, 404 p.). Flammarion (Firm)--History; Publishers and publishing--France--Paris--History; Booksellers and bookselling--France--Paris--History; Book industries and trade--France--Paris--History.

(Forbes), Arthur Jones (1977). Malcolm Forbes: Peripatetic Millionaire. (New York, NY: Harper & Row, 211 p.). Forbes, Malcolm S.; Forbes magazine; Businessmen--United States--Biography; Capitalists and financiers--United States--Biography.

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(Forbes), Malcolm Forbes; edited by Tony Clark (1989). More Than I Dreamed. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 253 p.). Forbes, Malcolm S.; Businessmen--United States--Biography; Capitalists and financiers--United States--Biography; Millionaires--United States--Biography; Rich people--United States--Biography.

(Forbes), Christopher Winans (1990). Malcolm Forbes: The Man Who Had Everything. (New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 227 p.). Forbes, Malcolm S.; Forbes magazine; Businessmen--United States--Biography; Capitalists and financiers--United States--Biography.

(Foreign Affairs), Hamilton Fish Armstrong (1971). Peace and Counterpeace: from Wilson to Hitler; Memoirs of Hamilton Fish Armstrong. (New York, NY: Harper & Row, 585 p.). Armstrong, Hamilton Fish, 1893-1973; Europe--History--1918-1945.

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(Foreign Affairs), Eds. Hamilton Fish Armstrong with James Chace, Carol Kahn, and Jennifer Whittaker (1972). Fifty Years of Foreign Affairs. (New York, NY: Praeger; Published for the Council on Foreign Relations, 501 p.). World politics--20th century; International relations; Economic history--20th century.

(Foreign Affairs), Robert D. Schulzinger (1984). The Wise Men of Foreign Affairs: The History of the Council on Foreign Relations. (New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 342 p.). Council on Foreign Relations--History; United States--Foreign relations--20th century.

(Fort Wayne Journal Gazette), Scott M Bushnell (2007). Hard News, Heartfelt Opinions: A History of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 197 p.). Ft. Wayne journal-gazette; Journalism --Indiana --Fort Wayne --History. Partisan political newspaper in 1860s to professional, commercial information vehicle in 20th, 21st centuries; political history of Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana's northeastern region; how integrally newspapers were linked to, shaped, political events; 2006 - acquired from McClatchy Corporation by Ogden Newspapers (West Virginia), smaller privately held family company.

(T. N. Foulis), Ian Elfick & Paul Harris (1998). T.N. Foulis: The History and Bibliography of an Edinburgh Publishing House. (New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 267 p.). T.N. Foulis (Firm)--History; T.N. Foulis (Firm)--Catalogs; Publishers and publishing--Scotland--History--20th century; Humanities literature--Publishing--Scotland--History--20th century; Catalogs, Publishers--Scotland; Edinburgh (Scotland)--Imprints.

(Francis Day and Hunter), John Abbott (1952). The Story of Francis, Day & Hunter. (London, UK: Francis, Day & Hunter, 83 p.). Francis, Day, and Hunter; Publishers and publishing--England.

(Gadjah Mada University Press), H.J. Koesoemanto (1989). Gadjah Mada University Press: Di Tahun 1988--Aalam Usia 17 Tahun. (Yogyakarta, Indonesia: Gadjah Mada University Press, 85 p.). Gadjah Mada University Press--History; University presses--Indonesia--Yogyakarta--History; Publishers and publishing--Indonesia--Yogyakarta--History.

(Gallimard Editions), Pierre Assouline; translated by Harold J. Salemson. (1988). Gaston Gallimard: A Half-Century of French Publishing. (San Diego, CA: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 430 p.). Gallimard, Gaston, 1881-1975; Publishers and publishing--France--Biography; Publishers and publishing--France--History--20th century; Literature publishing--France--History--20th century; France--Intellectual life--20th century.

(Gannett - origins to 1906), S. T. Williamson (1940). Frank Gannett; A Biography. (New York, NY: Duell, Sloan & Pierce, 250 p.). Gannett, Frank E. (Frank Ernest), 1876-1957.

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--- (1948). Imprint of a Publisher; The Story of Frank Gannett and His Independent Newspapers. (New York, NY: R. M. McBride, 308 p.). Gannett, Frank E. (Frank Ernest), 1876-1957.

(Gannett), Peter Prichard; foreword by Charles Kuralt (1987). The Making of McPaper: The Inside Story of USA Today. (Kansas City, MO: Andrews, McMeel & Parker, 370 p.). USA Today (Arlington, Va.).

(Gannett), Al Neuharth (1989). Confessions of an S.O.B. (New York, NY: Doubleday, 372 p.). Neuharth, Allen; USA today (Arlington, Va.); Publishers and publishing--United States--Biography; Newspaper publishing--United States--History--20th century.

(Gannett), J. Donald Brandt (1993). A History of Gannett, 1906-1993. (Arlington, VA: Gannett, 549 p.). Gannett, Frank E. (Frank Ernest), 1876-1957; Gannett Company--History; Newspaper publishing--United States--History--20th century; Publishers and publishing--United States--Biography.

(Gardane), Richard J. Agee (1998). The Gardano Music Printing Firms, 1569-1611. (Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 502 p.). Gardano, Angelo, 1540-1611; Gardane, Alessandro, fl. 1575-1591; Gardane (Firm); Music -- Italy -- Venice -- 16th century -- Bibliography -- Catalogs; Music -- Italy -- Venice -- 17th century -- Bibliography -- Catalogs; Music publishing -- Italy -- Venice -- History -- 16th century; Music publishing -- Italy -- Venice -- History -- 17th century. 

(Gaskiya Corporation Zaria), Edited by Husaini Hayatu (1991). 50 Years of Truth: The Story of Gaskiya Corporation Zaria, 1939-1991. (Zaria, Nigeria: Gaskiya Corp, 190 p.). Gaskiya Corporation Zaria--History; Publishers and publishing--Nigeria, Northern--History--20th century.

(Geographers' A to Z Map Company Ltd.), Phyllis Pearsall. (1990). A-Z Maps: The Personal Story, from Bedsitter to Household Name. (Sevenoaks, Kent: Geographers' A-Z Map Company, 205 p.). Pearsall, Phyllis; Geographers' A-Z Map Company; Women executives -- Great Britain -- Biography.

(Geographers' A to Z Map Company Ltd.), Sarah Hartley (2001). Mrs P's Journey: The Remarkable Story of the Woman Who Created the A-Z Map. (London, UK: Simon & Schuster, 334 p.). Pearsall, Phyllis; Geographers' A to Z Map Company; Women cartographers -- Great Britain -- Biography; Women artists -- Great Britain -- Biography; Businesswomen -- Great Britain -- Biography.

(Stanley Gibbons Ltd.), Charles J. Phillips (1906). Fifty Years of Philately: The History of Stanley Gibbons, Ltd., to Which Is Added a Chapter on Stamp Collecting as an Investment. (New York, NY: Stanley Gibbons, ltd., 212 p.). Gibbon, Edward Stanley, 1840- ; Stanley Gibbons, firm, publishers, London.; Stamp collecting--Collectors and collecting.

(Ginn and Company), Thomas Bonaventure Lawler (1938). Seventy Years of Textbook Publishing; A History of Ginn and Company. (New York, NY: Ginn and Company, 304 p.). Ginn and Company; Textbooks -- United States.

(Glasgow Herald), Alastair Phillips (1982). Glasgow's Herald 1783-1983. (Glasgow, Scotland: Drew, 191 p,). Glasgow herald -- History; Newspapers with Scottish imprints; Newspapers with Strathclyde Region imprints; Newspapers with Glasgow imprints; Glasgow herald to 1983.

(Golden Cockerel Press), Roderick Cave and Sarah Manson (2002). A History of the Golden Cockerel Press, 1920-1960. (New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 288.p.). Golden Cockerel Press--History; Private presses--England--London--History--20th century; Fine books--England--History--20th century; Illustrated books--England--History--20th century.

(Golden Books Publishing), Leonard S. Marcus (2007). Golden Legacy: How Golden Books Won Children’s Hearts, Changed Publishing Forever, and Became an American Icon Along the Way. (New York, NY: Golden Books, 245 p.). Golden Books Publishing Company; Golden Books Publishing Company --Bibliography; Children’s literature --Publishing --United States; Publishers and publishing --United States. 65th anniversary of launch of the Little Golden Books; history of a company, line of books, groundbreaking writers and artists who created them, clever mavericks who marketed and sold them, cultural landscape that surrounded them.

(Gollancz), Ruth Dudley Edwards (1987). Victor Gollancz: A Biography. (London, UK: Victor Gollancz, 782 p.). Gollancz, Victor, 1893-1967; Publishers and publishing -- Great Britain -- Biography.

Victor Gollancz (http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ Jgollancz.JPG)

(Gollancz), Sheila Hodges (1978). Gollancz: The Story of a Publishing House, 1928-1978. (London, UK: Gollancz, 256 p.). Gollancz, Victor, 1893-1967; Victor Gollancz Ltd. -- History; Publishers and publishing -- Great Britain -- Biography; Publishers and publishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.

(Green Bay News-Chronicle), Richard McCord (1996). The Chain Gang: One Newspaper Versus the Gannett Empire. (Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 290 p.). McCord, Richard, 1941- ; Gannett Company; Green Bay News-Chronicle; Newspaper publishing--United States--History--20th century; Journalists--United States--Biography.

(Grimsby Evening Telegraph), Peter Chapman (1997). 100 Years of the Grimsby Evening Telegraph: The Story of Your Local Newspaper. (Grimsby, UK: Grimsby & Scunthorpe Newspapers Ltd,, 100 p.). -- History.

(Gray's Publishing), Gray Campbell (1994). Butter Side Up. (Victoria, BC: Horsdal & Schubart, 267 p.). Campbell, Gray, 1912- ; Publishers and publishing--British Columbia--Biography; Ranchers--Alberta--Biography; British Columbia--Biography. 

(Grimsby Evening Telegraph), Peter Chapman (1997). 100 years of the Grimsby Evening Telegraph: The Story of Your Local Newspaper. (Grimsby, UK: Grimsby & Scunthorpe Newspapers Ltd,, 100 p.). -- History.

(GTE Directories Corporation), Don F. Briggs (1978). Wes: Portrait of a Man in Motion. (St. Petersburg Beach, FL: Briggs, 179 p.). Loomis, Wesley H., 1913- ; General Telephone Directory Company; Businesspeople--United States--Biography.

(Guardian Newspaper), Geoffrey Taylor (1993). Changing Faces: A History of the Guardian 1956-88. (London, UK: Fourth Estate, 354 p.). Guardian Newspaper; English newspapers.

(Hachette), Jean-Yves Mollier (1999). Louis Hachette, 1800-1864: Le Fondateur d’un Empire. (Paris, FR: Fayard, 554 p.). Hachette, Louis, 1800-1864; Hachette (Firm)--History--19th century; Publishers and publishing--France--Biography.

Louis-Christophe-François Hachette

 

 

 

 

Louis-Christophe-François Hachette (http://www.nndb.com/people/ 971/000103662/louis-hachette-1-sized.jpg)

(Hachette), Eileen S. DeMarco (2006). Reading and Riding: Hachette’s Railroad Bookstore Network in Nineteenth-Century France. (Bethlehem, PA: Lehigh University Press, 172 p.). Hachette (Firm)--History--19th century; Booksellers and bookselling--France--History--19th century; Book industries and trade--France--History--19th century; Bookstores--France--History--19th century. First wide spread distribution system of books; very profitable, attracted competition, Government intervention (politics vs. market); yesterday's railway station, today's airport.

(Hallmark Cards), Joyce C. Hall, with Curtiss Anderson (1979). When You Care Enough. (Kansas City, MO: Hallmark, 269 p.). Founder, Hallmark Cards, Inc. Hall, Joyce C., 1891- ; Hallmark Cards, Inc.--History; Businesspeople--United States--Biography.

J.C. Hall early in his career Joyce C. Hall - Hallmark Cards (http://corporate.hallmark.com/resource_/PageResource/JC-card-display.jpg)

(Harcourt Brace), Alfred Harcourt (1951). Some Experiences. (Riverside, CT: Privately Printed, 120 p.). Harcourt, Alfred, 1881-1954; Harcourt, Brace, and Company.

(Harcourt Brace), William Jovanovich (1964). Now, Barabbas. (New York, NY: Harper & Row, 228 p.). Publishers and publishing; Authors and publishers; Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824; Murrary, John, 1778-1843; Business ethics. 

Alfred Harcourt - Harcourt Brace (http://www.geocities.com/researchtriangle/4733/harcourt1.jpg)

(Harcourt General), Bettye H. Pruitt, with assistance from George David Smith (1994). The Making of Harcourt General: A History of Growth through Diversification, 1922-1992. (Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 310 p.). Harcourt General, Inc.--History; General Cinema Corporation--History; Diversification in industry--United States--Case studies.

(Harlequin Enterprises), Margaret Ann Jensen (1984). Love's $weet Return: The Harlequin Story. (Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 188 p.). Harlequin Enterprises; Love stories--Publishing--Canada; Women--Books and reading; Plots (Drama, novel, etc.); Love stories--History and criticism; Popular literature--History and criticism; Women in literature; Literature and society.

(Harlequin Enterprises), Paul Grescoe (1996). The Merchant of Venus: Inside Harlequin and the Empire of Romance. (Vancouver, BC: Raincoast Books, 309 p.). Harlequin Enterprises; Love stories--Publishing--Canada; Women--Books and reading; Plots (Drama, novel, etc.); Love stories--History and criticism; Popular literature--History and criticism; Women in literature; Literature and society.

(Harlequin Enterprises), Gabriele Linke (2003). Popularliteratur als Kulturelles Gedachtnis: Eine Vergleichende Studie zu Zeitgenossischen Britischen und Amerikanischen Popular Romances der Verlagsgruppe Harlequin Mills & Boon. (Heidelberg, Germany: Winter, 382 p.). Harlequin Enterprises--History; Love stories, English--History and criticism; Love stories, American--History and criticism; English fiction--20th century--History and criticism; American fiction--20th century--History and criticism; Literature publishing--English-speaking countries--History--20th century; Popular literature--English-speaking countries--History and criticism.

(Harper), Joseph Henry Harper (1912). The House of Harper; A Century of Publishing in Franklin Square. (New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 689 p.). Harper, firm, publishers, New York; Authors, American; Authors, English.

Group portrait of the four Harper brothers by Mathew Brady, ca. 1860. Left to right: Fletcher, James, John, and Wesley. Harper Brothers - (l-r) Fletcher, James, John, and Wesley (1860 photo by Mathew Brady) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/ wikipedia/ commons/thumb/c/c3/Harper_brothers.jpg/250px-Harper_brothers.jpg)

(Harper), J. Henry Harper (1934). I Remember. (New York, NY: Harper & Bros., 281 p.). Harper, J. Henry (Joseph Henry), 1850-1938; Harper & Brothers; Publishers and publishing--United States--Biography.

(Harper), Eugene Exman (1965). The Brothers Harper: A Unique Publishing Partnership and its Impact Upon the Cultural Life of America from 1817 to 1853. (New York, NY: Harper & Row, 415 p.). Harper & Brothers.

--- (1967). The House of Harper; One Hundred and Fifty Years of Publishing. (New York, NY: Harper & Row, 326 p.). Harper & Brothers; J. & J. Harper, Printers; Publishers and publishing--New York (State)--New York--History.

(Harper), Jacob Abbott; new introduction by Joel Myerson and Chris L. Nesmith (2001). The Harper Establishment: How Books Are Made. (New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 161 p. [orig. pub. 1855]). Harper & Brothers--History--19th century; Publishers and publishing--New York (State)--New York--History--19th century; Printing--New York (State)--New York--History--19th century.

(George G. Harrap and Company Ltd.), George G. Harrap (1935). Some Memories, 1901-1935: A Publisher's Contribution to the History of Publishing. (London, UK: Harrap, 172 p.). Harrap (George G.) and company, Ltd.; Publishers and publishing -- Great Britain.

(Rupert Hart-Davis Limited), Rupert Hart-Davis (1998). Halfway to Heaven: Concluding Memoirs of a Literary Life. (Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: Sutton Pub,, 163 p.). Hart-Davis, Rupert, 1907- ; Literature publishing--Great Britain--History--20th century; Publishers and publishing--Great Britain--Biography; Editors--Great Britain--Biography.

(Rupert Hart-Davis Limited), Richard Garnett (2004). Rupert Hart-Davis Limited: A Brief History with a Checklist of Publications. (New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 93 p.). Hart-Davis, Rupert, 1907- ; Rupert Hart-Davis Limited--History; Publishers and publishing--Great Britain--Biography; Catalogs, Publishers’--Great Britain--Bibliography.

(Rupert Hart-Davis Limited), Philip Ziegler (2004). Rupert Hart-Davis: Man of Letters. (London, UK: Chatto & Windus, 332 p.). Hart-Davis, Rupert, 1907- ; Authors, English--20th century--Biography; Publishers and publishing--Great Britain--Biography.

(Hartford Courant), J. Bard McNulty (1964). Older Than the Nation; The Story of the Hartford Courant. (Stonington, CT: Pequot Press, 231 p.). Hartford Courant.

(Hartford Courant), Andrew Krieg (1988). Spiked: How Chain Management Corrupted America's Oldest Newspaper. (Old Saybrook, CT: Peregrine Press, 245 p. [2nd ed.]). Times Mirror company--History; Hartford courant--History; American newspapers--Ownership; Press monopolies--United States--History; Investigative reporting--United States; American newspapers--Objectivity.

(Harvard Business School Press), edited by Paula Baker Duffy (1994). The Relevance of a Decade: Essays to Mark the First Ten Years of the Harvard Business School Press. (Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 360 p.). Harvard Business School Press--History; Business; Management; Business literature--Publishing--United States; Business--Bibliography. 

(Harvard University. Press), Max Hall (1986). Harvard University Press: A History. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 257 p.). Harvard University. Press--History; University presses--Massachusetts--Cambridge--History; Publishers and publishing--Massachusetts--Cambridge--History; Printing--Massachusetts--Cambridge--History.

(Haynes Publishing Group), Jeff Clew (2000). Haynes: The First 40 Years. (Sparkford, UK: Haynes, 192 p.). Haynes Publishing Group -- History; Great Britain Publishing.

(Hearst), John K. Winkler (1928). W.R. Hearst, an American Phenomenon. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 354 p.). Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951; Journalism--United States.

William Randolph Hearst (http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/images3/hearst-4509.jpg)

(Hearst), John W. Tebbel (1952). The Life and Good Times of William Randolph Hearst. (New York, NY: Dutton, 386 p.). William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951)

(Hearst), John K. Winkler (1955). William Randolph Hearst, a New Appraisal. (New York, NY: Hastings House, 325 p.). Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951.

(Hearst), W. A. Swanberg (1961). Citizen Hearst, A Biography of William Randolph Hearst. (New York, NY: Scribner, 555 p.). Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951; Publishers and publishing--United States--Biography; Newspaper publishing--United States--History.

(Hearst), Oliver Carlson and Ernest Sutherland Bates (1970). Hearst, Lord of San Simeon. (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 332 p.). Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951; Publishers and publishing--United States--Biography; Newspaper publishing--United States--History; Hearst-San Simeon State Historical Monument (Calif.).

(Hearst), Ferdinand Lundberg With a preface by Charles A. Beard (1970). Imperial Hearst; a Social Biography. (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 406 p. [Reprint 1936 ed.]). Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951; Publishers and publishing--United States--Biography; Newspaper publishing--United States--History.

(Hearst), Mrs. Fremont Older. With a foreword by Fremont Older (1972). William Randolph Hearst, American. (Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries Press, 581 p. [orig. pub. 1936]). Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951; Publishers and publishing--United States--Biography; Newspaper publishing--United States--History.

(Hearst), Rodney P. Carlisle (1979). Hearst and the New Deal--The Progressive as Reactionary. (New York, NY: Garland Pub., 228 p.). Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951; New Deal, 1933-1939; Publishers and publishing--United States--Biography; Newspaper publishing--United States--History; United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.

(Hearst), Roy Everett Littlefield III (1980). William Randolph Hearst, His Role in American Progressivism. (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 391 p.). Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951; Publishers and publishing--United States--Biography; Newspaper publishing--United States--History; Progressivism (United States politics); United States--Politics and government--1865-1933.

(Hearst), Lindsay Chaney, Michael Cieply (1981). The Hearsts: Family and Empire: The Later Years. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 410 p.). Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951 --Family; Hearst family; Hearst Corporation; Publishers and publishing--United States--Biography; Newspaper publishing--United States--History--20th century.

(Hearst), Judith Robinson (1991). The Hearsts: An American Dynasty. (Newark, DE: University of Delaware Press, 441 p.). Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951 --Family; Hearst family; Publishers and publishing--United States--Biography; Newspaper publishing--United States--History.

(Hearst), William Randolph Hearst, Jr. with Jack Casserly (1991). The Hearsts: Father and Son. (Niwot, CO: Roberts Rinehart, 372 p.). Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951; Hearst, William Randolph, 1908- ; Publishers and publishing--United States--Biography; Newspaper publishing--United States--History; Journalists--United States--Biography.

(Hearst), Ian Mugridge (1995). The Vew from Xanadu: William Randolph Hearst and United States Foreign Policy. (Montreal, QU: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 220 p.). Hearst, William Randolph 1863-1951 --Influence; Publishers and publishing--United States--Biography; Press and politics--United States--History--20th century.

(Hearst), Ben Procter (1998). William Randolph Hearst: The Early Years, 1863-1910. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 345 p.). Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951; Publishers and publishing--United States--Biography; Newspaper publishing--United States--History--19th century; Newspaper publishing--United States--History--20th century.

(Hearst), David Nasaw (2000). The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst. (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 687 p.). Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951; Publishers and publishing--United States--Biography; Newspaper publishing--United States--History--19th century; Newspaper publishing--United States--History--20th century. Winner of Bancroft Prize and the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize.

(Hearst), John F. Dunlap (2002). The Hearst Saga: The Way It Really Was. (Medford, OR: J.F. Dunlap, 923 p.). Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951 --Family; Hearst family; Hearst, George, 1820-1891; Hearst, Phoebe Apperson, 1842-191.; Davies, Marion, 1897-1961; Publishers and publishing--United States--Biography; Newspaper publishing--United States--Biography.

(Hearst), Louis Pizzitola (2002). Hearst Over Hollywood: Power, Passion, and Propaganda in the Movies. (New York, NY: Columbia University Press, p.). Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951; Motion picture producers and directors--United States--Biography; Publishers and publishing--United States--Biography; Motion picture industry--California--Los Angeles--History.

(Hearst), John Evangelist Walsh (2004). Walking Shadows: Orson Welles, William Randolph Hearst, and Citizen Kane. (Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 301 p.). Citizen Kane (Motion picture). High-profile battle between newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst and famous young actor, director, filmmaker Orson Welles over Welles’s groundbreaking film Citizen Kane; 1940-1941 - center of public controversy and scandal; portrayed ruthless career of all-powerful magnate with striking resemblance to Hearst, who immediately tried to kill the picture.

(Hearst), Cathleen Black (2007). Basic Black: The Essential Guide for Getting Ahead at Work (and in Life). (New York, NY: Crown, 304 p.). Head of Hearst Magazines. Black, Cathie; Career development; Interpersonal communication; Success in business; Publishers and publishing--Vocational guidance. How she achieved "the 360° life" (blend of professional accomplishment, personal contentment); how women can seize opportunity in workplace.

(Hearst), Kenneth Whyte (2009). The Uncrowned King: The Sensational Rise of William Randolph Hearst. (Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, 546 p.). Editor-n-Chief of Maclean's. Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951; Publishers and publishing --United States --Biography; Newspaper publishing --United States --History --19th century; Newspaper publishing --United States --History --20th century. 1895-1898 - How unheralded young newspaperman from San Francisco arrived in New York, created New York Journal, most successful daily of his time, pushed medium to unprecedented level of influence and excitement (vs. Joseph Pulitzer's rival New York World, Charles Anderson Dana of Sun); led observers to wonder if newspapers might be "the greatest force in civilization," more powerful even than kings, popes, presidents.

(Heinemann), Alan Hill; foreword by Chinua Achebe (1988). In Pursuit of Publishing. (London, UK: J. Murray in association with Heinemann Educational Books, 390 p.). Hill, Alan, 1912- ; Heinemann (Firm)--History; Heinemann Educational Books--History; Publishers and publishing--Great Britain--Biography; Publishers and publishing--Great Britain--History--20th century; Publishers and publishing--Africa--History--20th century.

(William Heinemann Ltd.), John St John (1990). William Heinemann: A Century of Publishing, 1890-1990. (London, UK: Heinemann, 689 p.). William Heinemann Ltd.; Great Britain Publishing.

(Hind Pocket Books), Dina N. Malhotra (2004). Dare To Publish: Memoirs of a Publisher Who Pioneered the Paperback Revolution in India. (New Delhi, India: Clarion Books, a division of Hind Pocket Books, 250 p.). Malhotra, D. N.; Publishers and publishing--India--Biography; Paperbacks--Publishing--India. 

(Hodder and Stoughton), John Attenborough (1975). A Living Memory: Hodder and Stoughton Publishers, 1868-1975. (London, UK: Hodder and Stoughton, 287 p.). Hodder and Stoughton.

(Hodder and Stoughton), Edward England (1982). An Unfading Vision: The Adventure of Books. (London, UK: Hodder and Stoughton, 159 p.). England, Edward O.; Hodder and Stoughton--History; Publishers and publishing--England--Biography; Christian literature--Publishing--England.

(Holiday House), Russell Freedman, Barbara Elleman (2000). Holiday House, The First Sixty-Five Years. (New York, NY: Holiday House, 274 p. [rev. 1985 ed.]). Holiday House (Firm)--History; Children's literature--Publishing--United States--History--20th century.

(Hollinger), Peter C. Newman (1982). The Establishment Man: A Portrait of Power. (Toronto, ON: McClelland and Stewart, 349 p.). Black, Conrad; Businesspeople--Canada--Biography; Capitalists and financiers--Canada--Biography.

Conrad Black, former CEO and chairman of Hollinger International Inc. (AP / Pat Crowe II) Conrad Black - Hollinger (http://images.ctv.ca/archives/ CTVNews/img2/20050920/160X_conrad_black_050920.jpg)

(Hollinger), Richard Siklos (1995). Shades of Black: Conrad Black and the World's Fastest Growing Press Empire. (Toronto, ON: Reed Books Canada, 466 p.). Black, Conrad; Publishers and publishing--Canada--Biography; Newspaper publishing--Canada--History--20th century.

(Hollinger), Jacquie McNish and Sinclair Stewart (2004). Wrong Way: The Fall of Conrad Black. (New York, NY: Overlook Press, 288 p.). Reporters (Toronto Globe and Mail). Black, Conrad; Hollinger International; Canadian newspapers--History. 

(Hollinger), Richard Siklos (2004). Shades of Black: Conrad Black -- His Rise and Fall. (Toronto, ON: McClelland & Stewart, 511 p.). New York-based Correspondent for The Sunday Telegraph in London. Black, Conrad; Publishers and publishing--Canada--Biography; Newspaper publishing--Canada--History--20th century.

(Hollinger), George Tombs (2004). Lord Black: The Biography. (Toronto, ON: BT Pub., 336 p.). Montreal journalist/broadcaster/translator. Black, Conrad; Publishers and publishing--Canada--Biography; Newspaper publishing--Canada--History--20th century.

(Hollinger), Tom Bower (2006). Outrageous Fortune: The Rise and Ruin of Conrad and Lady Black. (New York, NY: HarperCollins, 448 p.). Black, Conrad; Amiel, Barbara; Hollinger International; Businesspeople--Canada--Biography. Modern-day classic of hubris. How Conrad and Lady Black used other people's money to finance billionaire's lifestyle, won friends, influence in London, New York; forced out as Hollinger's CEO; charged with eight counts of fraud.

(Hollinger), George Tombs (2007). Robber Baron: Lord Black of Crossharbour. (Toronto, ON: Ecw Press, 350 p.). Teaches Journalism and History (State University of New York, Athabasca University). Black, Conrad; Hollinger International. Unauthorized biography of Conrad Black (built world’s 3rd-largest media empire, now facing criminal charges in Chicago for alleged fraud, money laundering, racketeering. Key testimony, evidence from Black’s Chicago trial, insights into his defence, strategies, hopes, fears.

(Hollinger), Steven Skurka (2008). TILTED: The Trial of Conrad Black. (Toronto, ON: Dundurn Press, 280 p.). Legal Analyst for CTV. Black, Conrad; Hollinger International; Publishers and publishing--Canada. Conrad Black faced U.S. prosecutors on charges of criminal fraud stemming from his activities with Hollinger Inc; attempted to tilt things in his favor by using his wealth to mount ferocious defense - countered by American justice system tilted in favor of prosecution, prosecution played "class card" to turn jurors against him.

(Holt), Charles A. Madison (1966). The Owl Among Colophons: Henry Holt as Publisher and Editor. (New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 197 p.). Holt, Henry, 1840-1926.

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(Charles H. Kerr & Company), Allen Ruff (1997). "We Called Each Other Comrade": Charles H. Kerr & Company, Radical Publishers. (Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 312 p.). Charles H. Kerr Company--History; Publishers and publishing--Political aspects--United States--History--19th century; Publishers and publishing--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century; Socialism--United States--History--19th century; Socialism--United States--History--20th century. 

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(Krause Publications Inc.), Michael J. Goc (1992). Just Plain Chet: The History of Krause Publications. (Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 280 p.). Krause, Chester L.; Krause Publications, Inc.--History; Publishers and publishing--United States--History--20th century; Numismatics--Periodicals--Publishing--United States--History--20th century; Collectors and collecting--Periodicals--Publishing--United States--History--20th century.

(Krause Publications Inc.), Robert F. Lemke (1997). A Building Is Only as Good as Its Foundation: Krause Publications Traditions and Philosophies at 45 Years. (Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 302 p.). Krause Publications, Inc.--History; Publishers and publishing--United States--History--20th century; Numismatics--Periodicals--Publishing--United States--History--20th century; Collectors and collecting--Periodicals--Publishing--United States--History--20th century.

(W. A. Krueger Company), Robert W. Wells and Robert A. Klaus (1974). We Have with Us Today; W. A. Krueger Co., 1934-1974. (Scottsdale, AZ: W. A. Krueger Co., 219 p.). Krueger (W. A.) Company; Scottsdale (Ariz.)--Imprints.

(Kynoch Press), Caroline Archer (2000). The Kynoch Press: The Anatomy of a Printing House, 1876-1981. (New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 222 p.). Kynoch Press--History; Printing--Great Britain--History--19th century; Printing--Great Britain--History--20th century; Birmingham (England)--Imprints; London (England)--Imprints.

(Lancaster Newspapers Inc.), John H. Brubaker, III (1984). The Steinmans of Lancaster: A Family and Its Enterprises. (Lancaster, PA: Steinman Enterprises,, 219 p.). Steinman family; Publishers and publishing--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--Biography; Businesspeople--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--Biography; Lancaster County (Pa.)--Biography; Lancaster County (Pa.)--History.

(Lancelot Press), William Pope (1997). Dreams to Reality: A Personal Account of Boo