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Wills'~nd~doc(~m~nts propose but hu- in 189S in · tenement ~nt New York's ha~ ~'~l~cd sh~htlv ~nd ncw~ Drr~
<br /> man beings dispo~. Can the famdy hang Lower East Side. ~hc ~n u~ lcw~sh immi. Lice more cnmpu~' '*t a I an -cvt. r'bcMrc
<br /> zogethe~ ~ilh the palriarch gone~ Fur all granls, md grew up in grinding poverty especially in big-city markets. Nuw~p~-
<br /> ~that the brothers have young cant,ol inBayonnc, N.LHiredbyalat~.erlt~la PCrs~emtuhnvesu~ivcd~hutulevision
<br /> / the entire operation is ba~d upon a faro- week at thc ~ge o~ 16. he took nvcr the challenge; the prln~ed word still has ad-
<br /> dy coalition that ~cms ~o be hal~ early- [~kcring Bayu~e Timt~' for his employer vantages ove~ the image on {he lube. But
<br /> Rothschild and hal{ corner groce~ store, alter i~s owner delaulted on a n~*te. ~nd even in print, newspapers ~ace new chal-
<br /> No {ewer than [I ~mity members ever- put it in the black. Having leam~ the lenges, chidly a wave ot shoppers and
<br /> ~e No.hour, each with his own ~u~L ~rade, Ncwhou~ in 19'2l was re~dy to pennys=vers{Fn~mz~,~t.
<br /> Says Donald: "[ don't make decisions buy thc Staten. Isled ~l~nce lot in New Orlenns, thc ~.tt~-Pic'tl
<br /> invading the ente~ri~s other lamily S98,~. andSt~ae~.lt~ are ~inged by the six "con-
<br /> members handle and they don't make Far ibc next ~ years he would keep
<br /> d~isions on the operations I handle, buying.~etargetskep~gct:ingbi~er~ ~-- ~. L- )--__' _ -
<br /> ~ereareanlyalimitednmnberuideci. the Newark ~.[vd~t~ in the early N~ p~ up 17% o~
<br /> sio~ where we really must consult and 1930s, the Portland ~eh~n m 19S0, ~t~'~ s~e~ ~m
<br /> come m a common undezstanding.' the G~l~.m~at in 1955, Candg Nast Oommu~o~ ~
<br /> ~e is considerable autonomy, t~, (~g~. Glit~ltour. Hot~ & GeI~1. Mae~ 8% ~m ~ e~ ~.
<br /> ~r the no~amily operating manage- mo~lle. &,~ 8dt~ Genltemen~ Qte~- ~o~. T~ fam~ ~
<br /> merit o~ Newhou~ propertle~torsl 0O in 1959, the New Orleans pa~n in ~ t~, ~l ~ Do~
<br /> publishe~ and bus~e~ manage~. But 1962. thePtain ~ttler in 1967. ~. ~ P~ ~
<br /> they can ex~ct to ~e Newhou~s ftc- His largest acquizitio~and the big- ~ ~ o~ ~ ~
<br /> quentiy. ~e laxly keeps in touch with gest up to that time--was ~e 1916 put- ~r ~ ~ ~
<br /> its vast empire by c~less travel, cha~ o Michig~'s 84.year-old B~th
<br /> Si i~ ch~rmn ot Cond~ Nast ~bli~- Newspapers ~r $305 million. Ncwho~ "-' "~- '~ "' = ' ~=-- - '
<br />tions and re~ar[y visits two I~ge New: picked up Il% ot B~th's stock from t~olled.circulation"--i.e., {re--weeklies
<br />ho~ newspaper~the St. Louis GIo~ Whitney Co~unications, whig'got it o[ Cox Ente~d~s' Guide New~paper
<br />~,~rat and ClevelandP&inDea/~. when 8~ bou~t the Sunday zupp]~ Co~. Says Guide General Manager [~
<br />Brother Do~ld is :hie{ operating o~i- ment I'cm~ in 1973, and another 8% ~ph Howard, a former W.~ Grant dis*
<br />cero{~eNew~ N.l. Star &,dg~ and fromacharitablefo~dation.~efami!~ trier manager: "We're not shoppers,
<br />travels to {ire other Newhou~ ~ewspa- would have been per{~tly conte~t wi~ we're newspa~rs. ~ you w~t to read
<br />~{s in New York and Pe~,sylvania. that~ Si and Donald contend. 8ut when about the World Series, that's not our
<br />~ uncle, No~ Newhau~, la, lives panicky B~ directors ~u~t out the ~ob. If you w~t to r~d about the athletic
<br />~ New Orions, home o[ the f~ilr- ~mes Mirror Co. as. a white ~i~t, teams in the ~ammar sch~ls and the
<br />owned ~m~.~ ar.d fiTates, lton ~ he Newhou~ topp~ the ~O-a-share o~r high sch~ls, ~at ~ our [ob." The
<br />:~) al~ wi~its Clevel~d, as w~ll a~ prop~- ~d bou~t B~ at $47 a s~re. Guide editions~ says Howard, have dou-
<br />ti~ in Mississippi and Alabama. ~- lames E. Sautcr. ~en B~ president, bled their advising linage in the last
<br />o~er uncle, T~, 76, visi~ Po~land'a stuck it out Mr almost two years and four ye~n at ratez not ~at {~ from ~e
<br />~nJo~d~n~,andNew. thenlefttoprac~celaw. He're~llsNew- ~n~P~'s and ~m~-lt~'$ SI.IS-
<br />hou~ pape~ in Sp~eld, Maas. hour-style management: "We were ~ust per-I~e ~en~ rate and now have an
<br />Two cousM$, Rich~d E. ~amond, 4S, coming ~om two di~erent worlds, ~at'$ over~l cN~a~on of 2S9,~.
<br />and Rob~ Miron, 4Z, al~ are active: aB. Wh~ you have Newhou~ goi~ In St. Louis, conc~ $i Newhou~,
<br />~amond o~rat~ ~e Staten Island, around and ~ing al~the lo~l papers all ~eGIo~m has I~t its M~
<br />N.Y. Mtance~ the off,hal Newhou~ ~e time, it ~mes apparmt where the vertls~g to ~ee w~i~, and"our
<br />newspaper, and visits the ei~t-newspa- ~wer lies and p~ettr ~on nob~f'pay~ ~e ~ hi~ ~at it's veo d~icult br us to
<br />per B~th ~ain in ~chi~n, its larger much attentio.~ to the co,orate head- compete."
<br />slope acqui~ition~ Miron i~ an executive qua~en.' Sautet'$ three top executives, Ri~tly or ~on~y, the ~o~e~ have
<br />' - '-~ ~ :' - - - . 27 -'~ . wi~ little to do, rapidly }e{t. ~ 1978 he decided that ~e best way to fi~t backis
<br /> follow~ Si~li~mly, howler, {~l to s~en~en ~eN newspape~
<br />~ t~ ~$f ~~ edltor$ and publishc~ stay~ on: New- than branch out into shopper2
<br />$fnod~, ~ ~¢w~ hou~ ia consistcnt--l~ autonomy, ~lv~.8o~bypreference~dnec~si~,
<br />P~ ~ ~ ~R o~ family control at the top. ~e Ncwhou~ have ~led out or
<br />$I ~11Hon. T~ ~ ~ ~o Newhou~ pro~tti~ have failed: ~ ~em~lv~ in ~me tradition~ ave-
<br />~ ~ ~ ~n~'off ~bf ~, the Long Island, N.Y. D~ ]ounlM in hues of diversifi~tion. Last Decem~r,
<br />~r ~ 4~% ~t ~ ~ 1968, and the Long Island ~ in 197~. Mr example, they a~eed to ~ll o~
<br />~ m~ l~ ~ ~ey were no mat~ ~r ~e ~werhou~ television s~fionx~ iR d~ wh~e they'
<br />t~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Island N~,, now par o[ the ~o~ n~spa~s, to ~e~m~ M~-
<br />~ t~ ~ ~m~ Mi~or Co. And irdust~ ~urc~ roy Co. ~r ~2 ~Ilionl the gove~
<br />=' ~ '~ __-~ f~._~ _5-__ consid~ ~e St. Louis GI~-~, ~ey fi~re~ would ~ent~lly ord~
<br /> ~th New Orleans paper, theJ~Jo~. ~em div~ted. ~ for shop~ and ~
<br />~ Newho~ Broad,sting C~. ~ in Jerzy Ci~, N.J. and the Staten weeklies, "~ we're going to acquire new
<br />Yo~g~ Newho~ are s~ttered Island~ltan~ to ~ less ptofi~ble ~an busines~s,' says Si Newhou~, "they'll
<br />tMoughout the operation~Norm~'s ~er could be. be ones ~at wo~dn't involve us in such
<br />~ ~k, 31, }o~ 2l, and Peter, ~ bi~t problem ~e fa~ly m~t a q~ntitative Mct~ that we lo~ ~e
<br />29; Si's eld~t ~n, Sam ~ ~ ~d Don- de~ wi~, however, has to do wi~ the per~ tou~." ~ete ~e only ~ ~y
<br />~d~$ ~ Stew, 22. ~d'even yo~g~ ~an~ng nature of communications, hou~inthe~y, an~oMy~m~ypro~
<br />~and dau~te~ate still ~ ach~l Newspapers still have a~ut $14 bill on ertte$ even an a~y of Newhou~ ~n
<br />but coming alon$ of the esiimated $50 billion or ~ spent get stood to visit.
<br />~e ~under of all ~i~ be~n l~e a~ on advertising a~ually in the U.S.~ ~ere are o~er b~t-in .~tatio~ to
<br />what we wo~d now call an unde~fivi- more than radio and television put t~ · the Newhou~ ~tyle. Newhou~ ~opp~
<br />leged chit~ S.I Newhou~ Sr. wa~ bom ge~er~but historically the proportion out of the bidding bt Delaware's Wil-
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