| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Robert S. Abbott |
Publisher |
24-Nov-1868 |
29-Feb-1940 |
Chicago Defender |
| Arunah Shepherdson Abell |
Publisher |
10-Aug-1806 |
19-Aug-1888 |
The Baltimore Sun |
| William Waldorf Astor |
Publisher |
31-Mar-1848 |
18-Oct-1919 |
The Observer |
| Ian Ballantine |
Publisher |
15-Feb-1916 |
9-Mar-1995 |
Paperback magnate |
| Hugh Bancroft |
Publisher |
13-Sep-1879 |
17-Oct-1933 |
President of Dow Jones, 1928-31 |
| Clarence W. Barron |
Publisher |
2-Jul-1855 |
2-Oct-1928 |
Wall Street Journal proprietor, 1903-28 |
| Frank Batten |
Publisher |
11-Feb-1927 |
10-Sep-2009 |
Founder, The Weather Channel |
| James Gordon Bennett |
Publisher |
1-Sep-1795 |
1-Jun-1872 |
Founder, The New York Herald |
| Giambattista Bodoni |
Publisher |
16-Feb-1740 |
29-Nov-1813 |
Italian printer |
| William Bradford |
Publisher |
20-May-1663 |
23-May-1752 |
Colonial American printer |
| George Bradshaw |
Publisher |
29-Jul-1801 |
1853 |
Bradshaw's Monthly Railway Guide |
| Tina Brown |
Editor |
21-Nov-1953 |
|
The Daily Beast and Newsweek |
| Cass Canfield |
Publisher |
26-Apr-1897 |
27-Mar-1986 |
Harper & Brothers |
| Richard G. Capen |
Publisher |
c. 1935 |
|
US Ambassador to Spain, 1992-93 |
| John Cassell |
Publisher |
23-Jan-1817 |
2-Apr-1865 |
Cassell's Magazine |
| William Caxton |
Publisher |
1422 |
1491 |
First printer in England |
| Bennett Cerf |
Publisher |
25-May-1898 |
27-Aug-1971 |
Founder of Random House |
| Robert Chambers |
Author |
10-Jul-1802 |
17-Mar-1871 |
Chambers's Book of Days |
| William Chambers |
Publisher |
16-Apr-1800 |
20-May-1883 |
W. & R. Chambers, Ltd. |
| Otis Chandler |
Publisher |
23-Nov-1927 |
27-Feb-2006 |
Publisher of the L.A. Times, 1960-80 |
| Susan Clark-Johnson |
Publisher |
c. 1947 |
|
President, Newspaper Divison, Gannett |
| Peter Collier |
Publisher |
? |
|
Encounter Books |
| Richard H. Collins |
Publisher |
1-Jun-1947 |
|
Dallas newspaper publisher |
| Charles Cook |
Publisher |
? |
|
Cook Political Report |
| James M. Cox |
Politician |
31-Mar-1870 |
15-Jul-1957 |
Newspaper magnate, twice Ohio Governor |
| L. Gordon Crovitz |
Publisher |
c. 1959 |
|
Publisher, Wall Street Journal, 2006-07 |
| Edmund Curll |
Publisher |
1683 |
11-Dec-1747 |
Notorious London bookseller |
| George E. Curry |
Publisher |
23-Feb-1947 |
|
Emerge editor-in-chief |
| Drew Curtis |
Publisher |
7-Feb-1973 |
|
Fark |
| Josephus Daniels |
Government |
18-May-1862 |
15-Jan-1948 |
Secretary of the Navy, 1913-21 |
| Nader F. Darehshori |
Publisher |
c. 1936 |
|
CEO of Houghton Mifflin, 1990-2002 |
| Nick Denton |
Publisher |
24-Aug-1966 |
|
Gawker Media |
| John L. Dotson, Jr. |
Publisher |
? |
|
Akron Beacon Journal publisher, 1992-2001 |
| Orvil Dryfoos |
Publisher |
8-Nov-1912 |
26-May-1963 |
New York Times Publisher, 1961-63 |
| Richard J. Durrell |
Publisher |
c. 1925 |
7-Mar-2008 |
First publisher, People magazine |
| Oscar Dystel |
Publisher |
31-Oct-1912 |
|
Bantam Books |
| James Thomas Fields |
Editor |
31-Dec-1817 |
24-Apr-1881 |
Editor of the Atlantic Monthly |
| Steven Florio |
Publisher |
19-Apr-1949 |
27-Dec-2007 |
CEO of Condé Nast, 1995-2005 |
| Anne Sutherland Fuchs |
Publisher |
c. 1948 |
|
Former publisher of Woman's Day |
| William M. Gaines |
Publisher |
1-Mar-1922 |
3-Jun-1992 |
Mad Magazine publisher |
| Robert Giroux |
Publisher |
8-Apr-1914 |
5-Sep-2008 |
Farrar, Straus & Giroux |
| James Glassman |
Publisher |
1-Jan-1947 |
|
Roll Call editor |
| Michael Golden |
Publisher |
c. 1950 |
|
Publisher, The International Herald Tribune |
| Victor Gollancz |
Publisher |
9-Apr-1893 |
8-Feb-1967 |
Founder of Victor Gollancz, Ltd. |
| Katharine Graham |
Publisher |
16-Jun-1917 |
17-Jul-2001 |
Washington Post publisher, 1966-79 |
| Philip L. Graham |
Publisher |
18-Jul-1915 |
3-Aug-1963 |
Washington Post publisher, 1947-63 |
| Thomas Guinzburg |
Publisher |
30-Mar-1926 |
8-Sep-2010 |
Former owner, Viking Press |
| Johannes Gutenberg |
Inventor |
1398 |
3-Feb-1468 |
Inventor of movable type |
| Louis-Christophe-François Hachette |
Publisher |
5-May-1800 |
31-Jul-1864 |
French textbook publisher |
| Jefferson Hack |
Publisher |
20-Jun-1971 |
|
Editor of Dazed & Confused |
| Luke Hansard |
Publisher |
5-Jul-1752 |
28-Oct-1828 |
English printer |
| Robert Harrison |
Publisher |
14-Apr-1904 |
17-Feb-1978 |
Publisher of tabloid Confidential |
| William R. Hearst III |
Business |
c. 1950 |
|
San Francisco Examiner Editor, 1984-95 |
| Hugh Hefner |
Publisher |
9-Apr-1926 |
|
Founder, Playboy magazine |
| Robert Hersant |
Publisher |
30-Jan-1920 |
21-Apr-1996 |
Le Papivore |
| Hendrik Hertzberg |
Publisher |
1943 |
|
The New Yorker |
| John A. Hill |
Publisher |
22-Feb-1858 |
24-Jan-1916 |
Co-Founder of the McGraw-Hill Companies |
| David D. Hiller |
Publisher |
12-Jun-1953 |
|
LA Times publisher, 2006-08 |
| Oveta Culp Hobby |
Publisher |
19-Jan-1905 |
16-Aug-1995 |
Houston Post President, 1955-83 |
| Kenneth C. Hogate |
Publisher |
27-Jul-1897 |
11-Feb-1947 |
President of Dow Jones, 1931-45 |
| Arianna Huffington |
Columnist |
15-Jul-1950 |
|
The Huffington Post |
| David Hunke |
Publisher |
c. 1952 |
|
Newspaper publisher |
| Alberto Ibargüen |
Publisher |
c. 1944 |
|
President of the Knight Foundation |
| Nicolas Jenson |
Engraver |
1420 |
Sep-1480 |
Created the Roman miniscule |
| Larry Jinks |
Editor |
c. 1928 |
|
San Jose Mercury News publisher, 1989-94 |
| Josef Joffe |
Editor |
15-Mar-1944 |
|
Editor of Die Zeit |
| Robert M. Johnson |
Publisher |
14-Jul-1945 |
|
Publisher of Newsday, 1986-94 |
| Boisfeuillet Jones, Jr. |
Publisher |
1946 |
|
Washington Post publisher, 2000-08 |
| Jill Kaplan |
Publisher |
1967 |
|
Publisher of Crain's New York Business |
| William J. Keating |
Publisher |
30-Mar-1927 |
|
Cincinnati Enquirer chairman, 1974-92 |
| Bernard Kilgore |
Publisher |
9-Nov-1908 |
14-Nov-1967 |
President of Dow Jones, 1945-66 |
| Alfred A. Knopf |
Publisher |
12-Sep-1892 |
11-Aug-1984 |
American publisher |
| William F. Knowland |
Politician |
26-Jun-1908 |
23-Feb-1974 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
| Frank Knox |
Politician |
1-Jan-1874 |
28-Apr-1944 |
US Secretary of the Navy, 1940-44 |
| Michael Korda |
Publisher |
8-Oct-1933 |
|
Editor-in-Chief of Simon & Schuster |
| Laurence W. Lane, Jr. |
Publisher |
7-Nov-1919 |
31-Jul-2010 |
US Ambassador to Australia, 1986-89 |
| James Laughlin |
Publisher |
30-Oct-1914 |
12-Nov-1997 |
Founder, New Directions Press |
| David Laventhol |
Publisher |
1933 |
|
President of Times Mirror, 1987-93 |
| Edward Lewis |
Publisher |
15-May-1940 |
|
Founder of Essence magazine |
| Bernard Lintot |
Publisher |
1-Dec-1675 |
3-Feb-1736 |
18th century English publisher |
| Horace Liveright |
Publisher |
10-Dec-1886 |
24-Sep-1933 |
Publisher of the Modern Library series |
| Monica C. Lozano |
Publisher |
21-Jul-1956 |
|
Publisher of La Opinión |
| Henry Luce III |
Publisher |
28-Apr-1925 |
7-Sep-2005 |
Former Time magazine publisher |
| Brown McClatchy Maloney |
Publisher |
c. 1955 |
|
Olympic View Publishing |
| Aldus Manutius |
Publisher |
1449 |
6-Feb-1515 |
Founder of Aldine Press |
| Robert Maxwell |
Publisher |
10-Jun-1923 |
5-Nov-1991 |
Mirror Group tycoon |
| Wendy McCaw |
Philanthropist |
1951 |
|
Billionaire |
| James McClatchy |
Publisher |
17-Dec-1920 |
26-May-2006 |
Former Chairman, McClatchy Newspapers |
| James H. McGraw |
Publisher |
17-Dec-1860 |
21-Feb-1948 |
Co-Founder of the McGraw-Hill Companies |
| Philip Merrill |
Publisher |
28-Apr-1934 |
10-Jun-2006 |
Capital Gazette Communications |
| Eugene Meyer |
Publisher |
31-Oct-1875 |
17-Jul-1959 |
Washington Post publisher, 1933-47 |
| John R. Murphy |
Publisher |
7-Jan-1934 |
|
Publisher of the Baltimore Sun, 1981-92 |
| Victor Navasky |
Publisher |
5-Jul-1932 |
|
Publisher of The Nation |
| Si Newhouse, Jr. |
Publisher |
8-Nov-1927 |
|
Chairman of Condé Nast |
| S. I. Newhouse, Sr. |
Publisher |
24-May-1895 |
29-Aug-1979 |
Founder of Advance Publications |
| Donald Newhouse |
Publisher |
1929 |
|
Advance Newspapers billionaire |
| Tim O'Reilly |
Publisher |
6-Jun-1954 |
|
Publisher, O'Reilly Media |
| Adolph Ochs |
Publisher |
12-Mar-1858 |
8-Apr-1935 |
New York Times Publisher, 1896-1936 |
| John Ogilby |
Publisher |
1600 |
4-Sep-1676 |
Royal Cosmographer, printer |
| Burl Osborne |
Publisher |
25-Jun-1937 |
15-Aug-2012 |
Dallas Morning News |
| Marty Peretz |
Publisher |
c. 1937 |
|
Co-Owner, The New Republic |
| Thomas L. Phillips |
Publisher |
25-Dec-1941 |
|
Phillips Publishing International |
| Warren H. Phillips |
Publisher |
28-Jun-1926 |
|
Chairman of Dow Jones, 1975-91 |
| Judith Regan |
Publisher |
1953 |
|
ReganBooks |
| Alfred Regnery |
Publisher |
21-Nov-1942 |
|
The American Spectator |
| Henry Regnery |
Publisher |
5-Jan-1912 |
18-Jun-1996 |
Regnery Publishing |
| Friend Richardson |
Politician |
1-Dec-1865 |
6-Sep-1943 |
Governor of California, 1923-27 |
| Harold W. Ross |
Publisher |
6-Nov-1892 |
6-Dec-1951 |
Founder of The New Yorker |
| Marjory Ross |
Publisher |
c. 1959 |
|
Regnery Publishing |
| Louis Rossetto |
Publisher |
1949 |
|
Wired co-founder |
| Stuart Rothenberg |
Publisher |
c. 1948 |
|
Rothenberg Political Report |
| Jonathan Rothermere |
Publisher |
3-Dec-1967 |
|
Proprietor of the Daily Mail |
| Vere Rothermere |
Publisher |
27-Apr-1925 |
1-Sep-1998 |
Proprietor of the Daily Mail, 1971-98 |
| Richard T. Schlosberg III |
Publisher |
c. 1943 |
|
Publisher of LA Times, 1994-97 |
| E. W. Scripps |
Publisher |
18-Jun-1854 |
12-Mar-1926 |
Founder of UPI |
| Richard B. Scudder |
Publisher |
13-May-1913 |
11-Jul-2012 |
Co-Founder, MediaNews Group |
| Elmo Smith |
Publisher |
19-Nov-1909 |
15-Jul-1968 |
Governor of Oregon, 1956-57 |
| Scott C. Smith |
Publisher |
13-Sep-1950 |
|
President of Tribune Publishing, 2005-08 |
| I. F. Stone |
Journalist |
24-Dec-1907 |
17-Jul-1989 |
I. F. Stone's Weekly |
| Stephen Strang |
Religion |
c. 1950 |
|
Charisma magazine |
| Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. |
Publisher |
22-Sep-1951 |
|
New York Times Publisher |
| Arthur Hays Sulzberger |
Publisher |
12-Sep-1891 |
11-Dec-1968 |
New York Times Publisher, 1935-61 |
| Punch Sulzberger |
Publisher |
5-Feb-1926 |
|
New York Times Publisher, 1963-91 |
| David Urquhart |
Diplomat |
1805 |
16-May-1877 |
Diplomatic Review |
| Harold E. Varmus |
Scientist |
18-Dec-1939 |
|
Genetic causes of cancer |
| Fausto Vitello |
Publisher |
23-Aug-1946 |
22-Apr-2006 |
Founding publisher of Thrasher |
| DeWitt Wallace |
Business |
12-Nov-1889 |
30-Mar-1981 |
Founder of Reader's Digest |
| Lila Wallace |
Business |
25-Dec-1889 |
8-May-1984 |
Readers Digest co-founder |
| Katharine Weymouth |
Publisher |
c. 1966 |
|
Washington Post publisher |
| James Wilson |
Publisher |
3-Jun-1805 |
11-Aug-1860 |
Founder of The Economist |
| Ben G. Wright |
Publisher |
c. 1911 |
10-Apr-2001 |
Publisher, Field and Stream |
