Curtis Publishing Company Cyrus Curtis founded Curtis Publishing in 1885 in Philadelphia. His first publication was Ladies’ Home Journal. In 1897, he acquired… Read More »Curtis Publishing Company
William A. Dyer Jr. (Oct. 23, 1902-Mar. 21, 1993). Born in Providence, Rhode Island, and educated at Brown University, William Dyer worked as director… Read More »William A. Dyer Jr.
Emmis Communications Corporation Jeffrey H. Smulyan formed the company in 1979 with the expressed goal of acquiring underperforming radio properties in major media… Read More »Emmis Communications Corporation
Fairbanks Communications Fairbanks Communications began when the Fairbanks family sold the to in 1948. , grandson of Vice President , negotiated the… Read More »Fairbanks Communications
William Fortune (May 27, 1863-Jan. 28, 1942). Born in Boonville, Indiana, Fortune was largely self-educated through intense reading and through boyhood work… Read More »William Fortune
John Hampden Holliday (May 31, 1846-Oct. 20, 1921). Founder of the and the Union Trust Company, civic leader and philanthropist John Holliday was… Read More »John Hampden Holliday
Indiana Journal First published January 11, 1825, by and after they purchased, enlarged, and changed the name of the (1823). The paper… Read More »Indiana Journal
George L. Knox (Sept. 16, 1841-Aug. 24, 1927). African American publisher George L. Knox embodied Booker T. Washington’s values of economic uplift and… Read More »George L. Knox
Frank Perry Lloyd (Oct. 20, 1919-Aug. 27, 2002). Born in South Carolina, Frank Perry Lloyd graduated from South Carolina State College, then from… Read More »Frank Perry Lloyd
Harry S. New (Dec. 31, 1858-May 9, 1937). Harry S. New was born in Indianapolis to , a prominent banker and state leader,… Read More »Harry S. New
