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Roy W. Howard | |
|---|---|
 Howard, 1920–1935 | |
| Born | Roy Wilson Howard January 1, 1883 Gano, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | November 20, 1964 (aged 81) [[New York City|]], U.S. |
| Occupation | Newspaperman |
| Employer | E. W. Scripps Company |
| Known for | President of E. W. Scripps Company and United Press; Chairman of Scripps Howard Newspapers |
| Children | Jack R. Howard |
Roy Wilson Howard (January 1, 1883 – November 20, 1964) was an American newspaperman with a long association with E. W. Scripps Company. He was president of E. W. Scripps Company and the United Press, and chairman of Scripps Howard Newspapers.
Biography
[edit]Born January 1, 1883, in Gano, Ohio, Howard began his newspaper career as a paperboy in Indianapolis, Indiana, but quickly moved up. He was a reporter for the Indianapolis Star and became New York correspondent for Scripps-McRae Newspapers. He quickly made a name for himself, and in 1912, worked his way up to president of United Press.
During World War I, Howard served as a war correspondent in Europe and accidentally sent a false report of the Armistice of 11 November 1918, four days prior to it actually being signed.[1] Howard's reputation survived, and in 1917, he became a Scripps partner, whose name appeared in one of the Scripps subsidiary companies, the Scripps Howard News Service.[2]
Howard moved to Scripps newspapers in 1920, and by 1922, he was leading E. W. Scripps Company, a position he kept for four decades. On November 3, 1922, the Scripps-McRae League was renamed Scripps-Howard Newspapers to recognize Howard.[3]
Despite his management role, Howard continued to work as a reporter. In 1933, he went to Manchuria to cover the Sino-Japanese War and interviewed Puyi, the puppet emperor of Manchukuo.[4] He also met with Japanese Emperor Hirohito. In 1936, he interviewed Joseph Stalin.
Howard died on November 20, 1964, aged 81, in New York City.
See also
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[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Days before the end of the First World War, Canadians celebrated in the streets. But it was thanks to fake news, by Katie Daubs, in the Toronto Star; published November 3, 2018; retrieved November 4, 2018
- ^ Scripps Howard News Service Will Close Down After 96 Years, Bloomberg News, November 13, 2013. Accessed April 5, 2015.
- ^ "Syndicate Changes Name". The New York Times. November 4, 1922. p. 28.
- ^ Beard, Patricia (2016). Newsmaker: Roy W. Howard, the Mastermind Behind the Scripps-Howard News Empire From the Gilded Age to the Atomic Age. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 171–173.
Sources consulted
[edit]- Beard, Patricia. Newsmaker: Roy W. Howard, The Mastermind Behind the Scripps-Howard News Empire from the Gilded Age to the Atomic Age (Lyons Press, 2016), 325 pp.
- Casey, Ralph D. "Scripps-Howard Newspapers in the 1928 Presidential Campaign." Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly 7.3 (1930): 209–231.
- Daniel, Douglass K. "They liked Ike: Pro-Eisenhower publishers and his decision to run for president." Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly 77.2 (2000): 393–404.
