Co-owner of Advance Publications was 89.
Samuel Irving “Si” Newhouse who, with his brother Donald, owned media giant Advance Publications, has died.
Newhouse passed away today at age 89 after a long illness, reports Vogue, one of a collection of Condé Nast publications owned by Advance.
Si Newhouse ran the Condé Nast division for more than 40 years before taking on the role of chairman emeritus in 2015.
“Si Newhouse was the most extraordinary leader,” said Anna Wintour, Condé Nast artistic director and editor in chief of Vogue. “Wherever he led, I followed, unquestioningly, simply because he put as much faith in me as I had in him.”
In his remembrance, New Yorker editor David Remnick wrote, “Si Newhouse was generous in more than material ways. His forbearances were as thoughtful as his actions.”
GQ’s headline for its remembrance puts it simply, “Si Newhouse made the magazine industry magnificent.”
Advance Publications has been in the Newhouse family since 1922. In addition to Condé Nast, the company owns dozens of newspapers across the country, has a controlling stake in Discovery Communications and a 13 percent interest in cable carrier Charter Communications.
Si Newhouse began at Condé Nast in 1961 and became its chairman in 1975.
In 1964, Si Newhouse provided the financial support to Syracuse University for its new communications school. The Newhouse School has since educated generations of journalists.
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