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Samuel I. Newhouse, builder of America's biggest privately held media empire, operated by a few simple rules. First, he exerted no influence on the politics or ideology of his 31 newspapers and seven magazines. Second, he expected the papers' coverage and management outlook to remain resolutely local, so he never superimposed a high-powered team of overseers. Instead, he relied on his own bulging briefcase and the loyalty of his clan: several dozen relatives held jobs on the payroll. Third, Newhouse ardently avoided publicity and, above all, controversy. He kept so low a profile that he could walk unrecognized...
This week the boy builder will cut the ribbon on his newest playground with the help, boasts he, of Michael Jackson, Liza Minnelli, but not Marla Maples, the mystery model at the center of the now legendary (and thoroughly tedious) Trump divorce. Roughly 1,800 reporters, photographers and media types will come to ogle "The Donald's" creation -- all 420 million sq. ft. of it, all $1 billion worth, all designed by an architect no one has heard of, in a city no one wants to live in. "It's a billion-dollar hotel," thumps Trump, "and it looks...
...NOTEBOOK: Last night's victory will definitely be a morale builder for the squad which heads into a home tournament this Saturday at Blodgett Pool against Brown (who defeated the Crimson before spring break) and MIT's A and B squads...
...someone who is a good people person--if you can't get along with the people you have to work with in this business then you won't be successful," Daniel says. "And just as Walter has been, his successor will have to be a leader and an institution builder. We need to replicate the qualities that Walter has shown over the years...