Word: moe
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Moe Annenberg's total take from tipster sheets, racing wire services, pulp magazines and the Philadelphia Inquirer has made him probably the richest publisher in the U. S. Beginning as a Chicago newsboy, he worked into the circulation department of the Hearstpapers, became circulation manager of the old Examiner in 1904. The strong-arm tactics used in Chicago's circulation wars gave Moe Annenberg and his older brother Max (now circulation director of the New York Daily News) a reputation that has dogged them throughout their careers. Moe went from Chicago to Milwaukee, from Milwaukee to New York...
With his income from racing tipster sheets and a national leased wire service that furnished odds and payoff prices, Moe Annenberg branched out. He began publishing Radio Guide, Screen Guide, Official Detective Stories, Click. Three years ago he bought the respectable old Inquirer, and since then he has shown more & more reticence about his activities on the other side of the tracks. He has played the public-spirited publisher in Philadelphia by declaring the Inquirer's political independence, the honest-minded publisher by printing the news of his tax troubles on the front page...
Despite Publisher Annenberg's assurances, the Government was in no mood to settle out of court. If found guilty, Moe Annenberg might spend the rest of his life in prison.* This week a second Grand Jury will resume an interrupted inquiry to determine whether the Annenberg racing news services violate antimonopoly statutes. Said District Attorney Campbell: "There is more to come. There will be some very interesting and colorful charges...
Newest of Philadelphia's publishers, Moe Annenberg is the most feared of all. Yet in his quest for respectability he has not been unmindful of the ethics of his profession. Two months ago the Inquirer posted on its masthead the slogan: "An Independent Newspaper for All the People," and it has kept its promise of independence. It has soured on Governor James, whom it helped to elect, has roasted the Legislature for killing Philadelphia's much-needed City Charter Bill, will back a Democratic mayoralty ticket next fall if Annenberg does not like the Republican nominee. Publisher Annenberg...
Last week Moe Annenberg went fishing in the Pike County lake where Transit Magnate Thomas Eugene Mitten was drowned in 1929. Moses L. Annenberg had no intention of drowning, but he wanted to think over a scheme to start a Camden paper in the fall. It would cost a lot of money, but it might drown David Stern...