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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); Harrisburg Patriot-News (Pennsylvania); Express-Times (Easton, PA); The Allentown Times (Pennsylvania); The Huntsville Times (Alabama); Mobile Register (Alabama); The Jersey Journal (Jersey City, NJ); The Star- Ledger (Newark, NJ); The Gloucester County Times (NJ); Today's Sunbeam in Salem (NJ); Bridgeton Evening News (NJ); The Trenton Times ( NJ); Mississippi Press (Pascagoula); The Oregonian (Portland); Hillsboro Argus (Oregon); Plain Dealer (Cleveland); Staten Island Advance (NY); The Times-Picayune (New Orleans); Union-News & Sunday Republican (Springfield, MA); Sun Newspapers - weekly suburban newspapers in Ohio; Booth Newspapers of Michigan:; Ann Arbor News; Bay City Times; Flint Journal; Grand Rapids Press; Jackson Citizen Patriot; Kalamazoo Gazette; Muskegon Chronicle; Saginaw News
Business Journals and Periodicals: American City Business Journals a local weekly business newspapers, motorsports periodicals, and sport annuals
Magazines: Conde Nast Publications; Allure; Architectural Digest; Bon Appetit; Conde Nast House & Garden; Conde Nast Traveler; Glamour; Gourmet; GQ; Lucky; The New Yorker; Parade Publications; Parade; React; Self; Tatler; Vanity Fair; Vogue; Wired; The World of Interiors; Fairchild; W; Jane; Women's Wear Daily; Daily News Record; Footwear News; Home Furnishings News; HighPoints; Executive Technology; Children's Business; Supermarket News; Brand Marketing; Salon News; Details; Elegant Bride; Bride's; Modern Bride; Vitals; Other; Golf Digest; Golf for Women; Golf World; Golf World Business
Cable Television: Bright House Networks - with Time Warner; Discovery Channel (partial ownership)
Multimedia: CondeNet
Other: Religion News Service; Newhouse News Service; last updated 6/10/06