MUELLER, JACOB (9 Mar. 1822-31 Aug. 1905) was a German emigre who became a civic leader in Cleveland's German-American community, active in local, state, and national politics. He was elected lieutenant governor of Ohio serving 1 term, 1872-74.
Category: Communication
The NEW CLEVELAND CAMPAIGN, a non-profit marketing and public relations organization, was founded in 1978 by Thomas Vail, publisher and editor of the PLAIN DEALER, to improve the city's image, tarnished by the Cleveland jokes made on national television at the time.
NEWBORN, ISSAC (ISI) MANDELL (July 1908-7 Aug. 1972) enjoyed national repute as the horse racing handicapper of the CLEVELAND PRESS. A native of New York City, he came to Cleveland as a boy and graduated from Glenville High School. After earning his college degree from Miami Univ.
NEWMAN, AARON W. (1881-22 Dec. 1963) moved from a career in newspapers and advertising to inaugurate and promote Cleveland's annual Sportsman's Show. A native Clevelander, the son of Simon and Hanna Cohn Newman, he left Western Reserve Univ.
NORTHERN OHIO LIVE began publication on 22 Sept. 1980 as a biweekly guide to arts and entertainment events in the Cleveland area.
NOVY SVET (New World) was organized 16 Sept. 1950 to provide Cleveland with a Czech-language daily newspaper after the demise of the SVET-AMERICAN. Edited by John Kratky and Anton Sustr, it was first located at 12020 Mayfield Rd.
The OHIO AMERICAN was conceived as an organ of the antislavery Liberty party. The paper made its first appearance in OHIO CITY on 19 Sept. 1844. Apparently subsidized by friends of the Liberty party, the 4-page weekly printed little local news other than political items and business notices. It was published by Robert B. Dennis, and L. L.
The OHIO CITY ARGUS, Ohio City's first newspaper, appeared in time to promote the interests of west-siders in the famous Bridge War of 1836 (see COLUMBUS ST. BRIDGE). Established on 26 May 1836 by Lyman W. Hall and TIMOTHY H. SMEAD, the 4-page weekly was Whiggish in its political affiliation.
THE OHIO STORY RADIO & TV SERIES (1947-1961) was produced for BELL TELEPHONE and ran for 15 years - the record for the longest-running regional scripted program in the nation.
PENTON MEDIA, a publisher of business and professional magazines, directories, and handbooks, is descended from 2 old-line Cleveland firms, the Penton Publishing Co. and the Industrial Publishing Co. John A.
PENTON, INC., See PENTON MEDIA.
PERKINS, MAURICE (ca.1850-16 Oct. 1895), journalist, wrote for Cleveland's major newspapers before leaving for New York and Indiana. Perkins was probably born on a Michigan farm, although one account gives his birthplace as Cleveland.
The PLAIN DEALER was founded as a weekly newspaper on 7 Jan. 1842 by JOSEPH WM. GRAY (1813-62) and became an evening daily on 7 Apr. 1845. Its name was probably inspired by a former Jacksonian paper published in New York. Among its early staff members was CHAS.
The PLAIN PRESS is a neighborhood newspaper serving the near west side since March 1971.
POINT OF VIEW began as an attempt to explain the causes behind the urban unrest of the 1960s and became Cleveland's foremost example of alternative or advocacy journalism. Although issues were undated for the first few years, the first number appeared in June 1968.
POLISH DAILY NEWS. See WIADOMOSCI CODZIENNE.
PORTER, PHILIP WYLIE (7 Aug. 1900-20 May 1985), reporter, columnist, and editor at the PLAIN DEALER for 44 years, was born in Portsmouth, Va., to Albert S. and Lena Edmonds Porter. He moved with his family to LAKEWOOD in 1913.
The PRESS CLUB OF CLEVELAND was originally organized on 1 Feb. 1887 as the Cleveland Press Club. Presided over by JOHN C. COVERT, editor of the CLEVELAND LEADER, the group apparently faded from view within a year.
PRINT JOURNALISM. Like many of civilization's amenities, journalism came late to the Cleveland area. The settlement waited more than 20 years for its first newspaper, Andrew Logan's CLEAVELAND GAZETTE & COMMERCIAL REGISTER, founded on 31 July 1818.
PUBLISHING. See PRINTING AND PUBLISHING IN CLEVELAND.
RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS
RAPER, JOHN W. "JACK" (20 Feb. 1870-12 Dec. 1950), journalist, was born in McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio, son of John T. and Sarah Frances (Wolfe) Raper. He was raised in Chillicothe, where his father edited the Scioto Gazette. He began newspaper work at 19 and worked in several cities before joining the CLEVELAND PRESS in 1899.
ROBERTS, WILLIAM (BILL) E. (17 Oct. 1914-18 Nov. 1978) spent his entire working life in the art department of the CLEVELAND PRESS, culminating in a 16-year reign as the paper's editorial cartoonist.
ROBERTSON, CARL TROWBRIDGE (31 Jan. 1876-2 June 1935), journalist and son of Georgia Trowbridge and George A. Robertson, founder of the CLEVELAND MORNING RECORDER, was born in N. Bloomfield, Trumbull County, Ohio. He graduated from Harvard in 1898, and after a year teaching returned to Cleveland.
ROBERTSON, GEORGE A. (14 Jan. 1850-20 Feb. 1908), reporter, editor and publisher, founded and edited the CLEVELAND RECORDER (1895-97). He also acquired and ran the DAILY LEGAL NEWS as a morning edition of the Recorder. Robertson's birth place was Hampden, OH (Geauga County).