| 词条 | Paul Block |
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| name = Paul Block | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = November 2, 1875 | birth_place = Königsberg, East Prussia | death_date = {{death date and age|1941|06|22|1875|11|02}} | death_place = New York City, New York, U.S. | death_cause = | residence = | nationality = United States | other_names = | known_for = Newspaper publisher | education = | networth = | occupation = | spouse = Dina Wallach | children = William Block Paul Block Jr. | parents = | family = | website = }}Paul Block (November 2, 1875 – June 22, 1941) was president of Paul Block and Associates (later Block Communications) and publisher of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Toledo Blade.[1] BiographyBlock was born on November 2, 1875 to a poor Lithuanian Jewish family in Königsberg, East Prussia.[2] In 1885, his parents immigrated to Elmira, New York, where his father worked as a ragpicker.[3] Block attended Elmira public schools[1] and at the age of 10, he worked as a part-time newsboy and office messenger with Harry Brooks, the founder of the Elmira Telegram, where he learned the newspaper business.[3] In 1900, he left the Elmira Telegram and formed his own advertising rep firm which sold national advertising for client newspapers, Block Communications,[4] and is credited with pioneering the concept of national news advertising. He developed a close friendship and business relationship with William Randolph Hearst frequently serving as a frontman for Hearst's newspaper acquisitions[3] (Block's mistress Marion Davies would become Hearst's mistress and Block would later serve as Hearst's executor)[3] as well as purchasing several papers outright beginning with the Newark Star-Eagle and the Detroit Journal.[3] In 1926, he acquired the Toledo Blade and in 1927, he created the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.[5] He went on to own 14 papers.[3] Block was a close friend of New York City mayor Jimmy Walker (often letting Walker use his apartment for liaisons with his mistress Ziegfeld Follies dancer Betty Compton) and president Calvin Coolidge.[3] Block also played a key role in advancing the career of the Franklin D. Roosevelt by supporting his 1928 campaign for governor.[3] PhilanthropyBlock was active in Jewish philanthropy and headed the 1931 campaign of the New York Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies.[1] Personal lifeHe was married to Dina Wallach;[6][7] they had two sons:[1] William Block and Paul Block Jr. Block died of cancer in 1941;[3] funeral services were held at Temple Emanu-El in Manhattan.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 Jewish Journal: "Services Held for Paul Block, Famous Publisher" June 24, 1941 {{Portal|Pittsburgh}}2. ^{{cite book|last=Brady|first=Frank|title=The Publisher: Paul Block: A Life of Friendship, Power and Politics|publisher=University Press of America|year=2001|pages=xiii, xxiii}} (Brady rejects Block's claim of having been born in Elmira, New York in 1877.) 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Toledo Blade: "Paul Block: Story of success" BY JACK LESSENBERRY January 9, 2013 4. ^Block Communications Website {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208233940/http://blockcommunications.com/history.html |date=2015-02-08 }} retrieved December 1, 2014 5. ^American Journalism Review: "Blocked Out - The Block family shutters its newspapers’ Washington bureau" by Jodi Enda April / May 2006 6. ^Pittsburgh Post Gazette: "Obituary: William Block / Longtime publisher of Post-Gazette dies - Unassuming leader of 60 years with wide interests in arts, community" by Michael McGough and James O'Toole June 21, 2005 7. ^[https://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/14/obituaries/dina-wallach-block-98-co-owner-of-newspaper.html New York Times: "Dina Wallach Block, 98; Co-Owner of Newspaper"] June 14, 1981 External links
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