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E.W. Scripps and the business of newspapers

by Gerald J. Baldasty · 1999

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A biography of a press baron, founder of the wire service, United Press, and owner of a chain of popular newspapers which did not rely on advertising. He is portrayed as a miser who expected his staff to buy their own toilet paper.

JournalistsNewspaper publishingPublishers and publishingBiographyHistoryScripps, edward wyllis, 1854-1926