biography
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Stone, Melville Elijah
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1848–1929)
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| biography:
| Journalist, born in Hudson, Illinois, USA. In 1875 he founded the Chicago Daily News as a one-penny, mass-circulation newspaper. After selling it (1888) and serving as a bank president, he became general manager of the Associated Press (AP) (1893–1921) and expanded AP news-gathering operations worldwide. |
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