Media mogul Samuel Irving
Media mogul Samuel Irving “Si” Newhouse Jr has died at the age of 89.
His family said Mr Newhouse, together with his brother Donald, owned Advance Publications, properties including Conde Nast, dozens of newspapers across the United States, and a controlling stake in Discovery Communications.
Mr Newhouse bought and remade The New Yorker and Details magazines, revived Vanity Fair and bought and sold the Random House book empire.
The family paid tribute to Mr Newhouse on Sunday, describing him as “the first person to come to the office, arriving well before dawn” and a person who brought “visionary creative spirit coupled with no-nonsense business”.
Bob Sauerberg, president and chief executive of Conde Nast said: “Today, we lost a giant.”
AP
