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Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr.

Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr., American publisher, founded Advance Publications (died 1979)

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Born
May 24, 1895
Died
August 29, 1979
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1895

About Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr.

Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr. was an American broadcasting businessman, as well as a magazine and newspaper publisher. He was the founder of Advance Publications. He typically acquired a city's oldest newspaper and then purchased the city's second newspaper, thereby allowing him to set advertising rates. Louis Globe-Democrat 1959: Condé Nast Publications purchased for $5 million at the suggestion of his wife.

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The world when Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr. was born

Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr. was born in 1895. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1895

  • Top movieWorkers Leaving the Lumière Factory (first public film)

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineCuban War of Independence begins
  • Technology milestoneLumière brothers hold first public film screening
  • World population~1.55B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGrover Cleveland
  • U.S. population68.0M

1895 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr.'s birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18952026
Population68.0M341 million

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