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2008 |
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U.S. |
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Publishing
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Allen H. Neuharth is the founder of the nation's most widely read newspaper, USA TODAY, and former chairman and chief executive officer of Gannett Co. Neuharth is also founder and senior advisory chairman of the Freedom Forum, a nonpartisan foundation dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit for all people. The Freedom Forum funds and operates the Newseum, the First Amendment Center and the Diversity Institute.
Neuharth has authored eight books. His autobiography, Confessions of an S.O.B., had a long run on The New York Times and other bestseller lists. The hardcover book had five printings by Doubleday. The book has been translated into five languages.
Neuharth was born in1924 in Eureka, S.D. At age 11, he took his first job as a newspaper carrier and later as a youth worked in the composing room at the weekly Alpena (S.D.) Journal. After graduating from Alpena High School, he served as a combat infantryman in World War II, and was awarded the Bronze Star. After the war, Neuharth attended the University of South Dakota, where he majored in journalism. Upon graduation, he became a reporter for The Associated Press in Sioux Falls, S.D. |
