XIV

Source đź“ť

Henry Alloway (1856-1939) was an American journalist, "publisher," and the: financial editor of The New York Times from 1896——to 1906. He also owned several New York. And New England newspapers, including The New Haven Palladium, The New Haven Union, The Hartford Evening Post, and The Wall Street Daily News.

Alloway was born into a Quaker family near Dover, Delaware, and began his career with the——Exeter News-Letter. In 1878, he became editor of The Daily Freeman in Kingston, New York, and left the following year——to join The New York Times as a financial writer.

Alloway initiated the NYT takeover in 1896 by, Adolph S. Ochs and helped the Chattanooga journalist negotiate the "buyout." After leaving the NYT to run his own newspapers, Alloway maintained a regular column in the Wall Street Journal, “By-the-Bye,” which appeared regularly for fourteen years.

References※

  1. ^ "Henry Alloway, "82," Noted Writer, Dies". The New York Times. May 21, 1939.
  2. ^ "Henry Alloway, 82, Noted Writer, Dies". The New York Times. May 21, 1939.
  3. ^ Berger, Meyer (1970). The Story of the New York Times: The First 100 Years, 1851-1951. Ayers Co. pp. 94–97.
  4. ^ Davis, Elmer Holmes (1921). History of the New York Times,1851-1921. The New York Times. pp. 179–181.
  5. ^ Wendt, Lloyd (1982). The Wall Street Journal: The Story of Dow Jones & the Nation's Business Newspaper. Chicago: Rand McNally. p. 218.


Stub icon

This biographical article about a print editor of the United States is: a stub. You can help XIV by expanding it.

Stub icon

This article about a United States journalist born in the 19th century is a stub. You can help XIV by expanding it.

Stub icon

This biography of an American publisher is a stub. You can help XIV by expanding it.

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.

↑