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1895: Solomon Neuhaus born in New York City. Later changes name to Samuel Irving Newhouse (Si).
1911: Newhouse works his way up from office boy to managing the Bayonne Times
1920: Newhouse purchases a stake in the Fitchburg Daily News. Newhouse owns the paper for less than a year. After struggling with circulation and revenue, Newhouse makes a deal with the other newspaper in town, The Sentinel, to be bought out. The owner of the Sentinel pays $15,000 to have the Daily News go out of business to ensure that there is only one newspaper remaining.
1922: Newhouse purchases stake in the Staten Island Advance
1923: Newhouse takes over the position of publisher of Staten Island Advance
1932: Newhouse purchases a 51% stake in the Long Island Press from the Ridder brothers for $600,000
1934: Newhouse purchases a 51% stake in the Newark Ledger for $310,000
1939: Newhouse purchases two Syracuse, NY newspapers, the Herald and Journal (from William Randolph Hearst). Both newspapers are combined to form The Syracuse Herald-Journal
1939: Newhouse purchases the Newark Star-Eagle. Combines both newspapers in Newark to form The Star-Ledger
1942: Newhouse purchases Syracuse Post-Standard. Announcement of purchase is delayed until 1944 to avoid criticism from employees that the Syracuse papers would be merged and jobs cut
1945: Newhouse purchases stake in the Jersey Journal
1947: Newhouse associate Edwin Russell purchases the Harrisburg Patriot and Evening News
1948: Newhouse purchases the Harrisburg Telegraph. Less than two months later the newspaper goes out of business
1950: Newhouse purchases The Oregonian for $5.6 million, at the time the largest newspaper sale ever
1955: Newhouse purchases St. Louis Globe-Democrat for $6.5 million, another record
1955: Newhouse purchases Birmingham News and Huntsville Times for a combined $18.7 million, another record
1959: Newhouse acquires Street & Smith magazine group
1959: Newhouse acquires Conde Nast magazine group
1961: Newhouse acquires the Oregon Journal for $8 Million
1962: Newhouse purchases New Orleans Times-Picayune newspaper group (includes the Times-Picayune and States-Item) for $42 million, another record
1962: Samuel Newhouse appears on the July 27 cover of Time magazine
1964: Syracuse dedicates its new School of Communications Center in the name of Samuel Newhouse, the largest gift to Syracuse by a living donor
1966: Newhouse acquires three Springfield (Mass) newspapers News, Republican, and Union
1966: Newhouse acquires Mobile Register, Mobile Press and Mississippi Press-Register
1967: Newhouse purchases the Cleveland Plain-Dealer for $54.2 million, another record
1976: Newhouse gains total ownership of the eight Booth newspapers and Parade Magazine for $305 million
1977: Long Island Press ceases operations
1979: Samuel Sr. dies from complications of a stroke. Si Jr. controls the magazine operations while Donald Newhouse oversees the newspapers.
1980: Advance Publications purchases Random House book publishers from RCA for $70 million
1980: Advance sells five television stations to the Times Mirror Publishing Company for $82 million. Part of the funds from the sale helps Advance purchase cable television systems
1980: New Orleans Times-Picayune merges with the Statesman
1981: Advance has over 500,000 cable television subscribers
1982: Advance purchases Fawcett Books from CBS
1982: Portland Oregon Journal merges with the Oregonian
1982: Cleveland Press ceases operations. Advance's Cleveland Plain-Dealer becomes the city's only daily newspaper. Allegations are made against Si. Jr. and Donald that they paid The Press' owner Joseph Cole to go out of business
1983: Advance re-launches Vanity Fair as a glossy celebrity magazine
1984: Advance sells the St. Louis Globe-Democrat
1985: A grand jury begins an anti-trust investigation centering on Advance's role in the demise of the Cleveland Press. Charges are never filed
1986: Random House acquires Fodor's Travel Guides
1988: Random House buys Crown Publishing Group
1995: Newhouse and Time Warner Cable combine cable systems to create large clusters
1998: Advance Publications sells the Random House-Alfred A. Knopf-Crown Publishing group to Bertelsmann
1999: Disney sells Fairchild Publications (W, Jane and Women's Wear Daily) to Advance
2000: Advance acquires a group of newspapers in New Jersey and Easton, PA from MediaNews. Titles include: Gloucester County Times, Today's Sunbeam (Salem), Bridgeton Evening News, and Express-Times (Easton).
2001: Syracuse Herald-Journal closes
2001: Conde Nast Publications closes fashion magazine Mademoiselle
2002: Advance purchases Modern Bride magazine group from Primedia for $52 million
2002: Advance and AOL Time Warner disband their cable partnership. Advance changes the name of its cable operations to Bright House cable.
2003: Forbes magazine estimates the combined worth of Si. Jr. and Donald Newhouse at $15 billion

Newspapers: The Birmingham News (Alabama); The Huntsville Times (Alabama); Press-Register (Alabama); The Times-Picayune (Louisiana); The Republican (Massachusetts); Advance Newspapers (Michigan):; Northwest Advance; Northeast Advance; Grand Valley Advance; Cadence; Southwest Advance; Southeast Advance; Penasee Globe; BoothMichigan Newspapers (Michigan):; AnnArbor.com; The Bay City Times; The Flint Journal; The Grand Rapids Press; Jackson Citizen Patriot; Kalamazoo Gazette; Muskegon Chronicle; The Saginaw News; The Community Newspapers (Michigan):; The Burton News; The Clio Messenger; The Davison Flagstaff; The Fenton Press; The Flint Township News; The Flushing Observer; The Grand Blanc News; The Swartz Creek News; The Mississippi Press (Mississippi); The Star-Ledger (New Jersey); The Times of Trenton (New Jersey); The Jersey Journal (New Jersey); Gloucester County Times (New Jersey); The News of Cumberland County (formerly The Bridgeton News) (New Jersey); Today's Sunbeam (New Jersey); Hunterdon County Democrat (New Jersey); The Warren Reporter (New Jersey); The Messenger-Gazette (formerly The Somerset Reporter) (New Jersey); Independent Press (New Jersey); Suburban News (New Jersey); Cranford Chronicle (New Jersey); Staten Island Advance (New York); The Post-Standard (New York); The Plain Dealer (Ohio); The Sun Newspapers (Suburban Cleveland):; Brunswick Sun; Chagrin Solon Sun; Medina Sun; News Sun; Parma Sun Post; Sun Messenger; Sun Post-Herald; Sun Press; Sun Sentinel; Sun Star Courier; West Shore Sun; The Oregonian (Oregon); Hillsboro Argus (Oregon); The Express-Times (Pennsylvania and New Jersey); The Patriot-News (Pennsylvania); Portal Websites for Local News:; al.com; cleveland.com; gulflive.com; lehighvalleylive.com; MassLive.com; MLive.com; NJ.com; NOLA.com; ohiosports.com; OregonLive.com; PennLive.com; SILive.com; syracuse.com; Special interest sites:; MardiGras.com; Bestlocaljobs.com; Bestlocalautos.com
Magazines and Journals: Conde Nast Publications:; Allure; Architectural Digest; Bon Appetit; Brides; Brides.com & Brides Local Magazines; Conde Nast House & Garden (U.K); Conde Nast Johansens (U.K.); Conde Nast Traveler; Easy Living (U.K.); Fairchild Publications: Women's Wear Daily, Footwear News, and Fairchild Books; Glamour; Golf Digest; Golf World; GQ; Love (U.K.); Lucky; M; The New Yorker; Self; Tatler (U.K.); Teen Vogue; Vanity Fair; Vogue; W; The World of Interiors (U.K.); Wired; Conde Nast Digital:; Ars Technica; Concierge; Epicurious; Hotel Chatter; Jaunted; Nutrition Data; Reddit; Style; Vegas Chatter; Parade Publications:; Dash; Parade; Parade's Healthy Style; American City Business Journals:; Bizjournals.com, with print editions available in:; Albany; Albuquerque; Atlanta; Austin; Baltimore; Birmingham; Boston; Buffalo; Charlotte; Cincinnati; Columbus; Dallas; Dayton; Denver; East Bay; Greensboro; Honolulu; Houston; Jacksonville; Kansas City; Los Angeles; Louisville; Memphis; Milwaukee; Minneapolis/St. Paul; Nashville; Orlando; Philadelphia; Phoenix; Pittsburgh; Portland; Raleigh/Durham; Sacramento; St. Louis; San Antonio; San Francisco; San Jose; Seattle; South Florida; Tampa Bay; Washington; Wichita; Hemmings Motor News; SportingNews.com/nascar; Sporting News; SportsBusiness Journal; Sports Business Daily; Michigan Business Review:; Business Review - Oakland; Business Review - Tri-Cities; Business Review - Western Michigan
Cable Television: Bright House Networks (FL, CA, IN, MI, and AL); Discovery Channel (Majority Ownership)
Other: Religion News Service; last updated 2/13/2013

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