Made possible the first reproduction of the human voice on the photograph.

Founded the Reader's Digest in 1922.

Was a co-founder of Time, Inc.

Transmitted the world's first wireless message in 1895.

Scored one of the first victories for freedom of the press when he opposed the governor of New York.

Took over The Washington Post Company after her spouse's death in 1963.

Worked for NBC's Today Show before joining ABC. Hosts specials featuring in-depth interviews with celebrities, politicians, and other famous people.

Publisher of Lily, a temperate newspaper, which also addressed the issue of women's rights.

Teamed with her mother to publish the Providence Gazette beginning in 1765.

Bought the St. Louis Dispatch and combined it with the St Louis Post in 1878.

Bought the St. Louis Dispatch and combined it with the St Louis Post in 1878.

Retired in 1959 as chairman of the board of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA). Under his leadership, RCA helped to build the first radio and television networks and was a forerunner in electronics research.

Founded the KC Evening Star in 1880.

Born Elizabeth Cochran, she was a reporter for the New York World in the late 1800s and became famous for her daily reports on her trip around the world.

A comic strip by Harold Gray featuring a girl and her dog, which started in the Chicago Tribune in 1924.

A cartoon strip featuring the antics of the residents of Dogpatch U.S.A. It was started in 1934 by Al Capp.

A cartoon strip started in 1930 by Chic Young.

Wrote several essays for his brother's paper, the New England Courant. The essays were called the "Dogood Papers" for the writer's pen name, Silence Dogood. Later, he owned his own newspaper, the Pennsylvania Gazette.

Founder and editor of the Crisis, begun in 1910 to address issues of interest to African Americans.

Bought the New York Tribune in 1855. The paper was noted for its editorial page, which had a strong influence on its readers.

Became publisher of the New York Times in 1896. Under him, the paper was known for its foreign coverage and dependable financial governmental, and political news.

Originally, this news-gathering agency resembled a monopoly because of the power it possessed. At one time, it was composed of several agencies, principally in New York and the Midwest. A major reorganization in 1893 united these groups.

Organized as a press association in 1907by E.W. Scripps and later merged with International News Service.

A writer who gained him his first experience on a Nevada newspaper called the Territorial Enterprise. He became famous for his story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," which was printed in hundreds of papers. He also owed a one third interest in the Buffalo Express and wrote many books under his more-famous pseudonym.

Was a reporter for the New York Tribune and editor of the New York Times during the Civil War and Reconstruction days.

Foreign correspondent for the New York Sun and later editor of the Sunday World.