Moses Louis Annenberg (February 11, 1877 – July 20, 1942) was an American newspaper publisher who owned the Daily Racing Form[1] and the Philadelphia Inquirer.[2] He also owned General News Bureau, a wire service that reported the results of horse races.[1][3]
An immigrant who rose from a newspaper boy to newspaper owner, he was the father of TV Guide creator Walter Annenberg.
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^Wilkinson, Gerry. "The History of the Philadelphia Inquirer". Philadelphia Press Association. Retrieved May 27, 2006.
^Shafer, Jack. "Citien Annenberg". slate.com. Slate. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
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and Bugs Moran first sold the Tribune. They were then recruited by MosesAnnenberg, who offered more money to sell the Examiner, later the Herald-Examiner...
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Annenberg. Wood became the founding chairman of the board of the briefly renamed Moses Aaron Dropsie Research Institute, followed by Walter Annenberg...
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Cleveland, purchases the Continental Press racing wire service from MosesAnnenberg. The three year gang war between the Philadelphia crime family and...
formed by Walter Annenberg in 1947 from the assets and properties of the Cecelia Corporation, a company founded by his father, MosesAnnenberg, and named for...
trailed on Sundays, when the Inquirer sold 669,152 copies. That year, MosesAnnenberg bought the Inquirer, and the rivalry between the publications significantly...
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