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Donald E. Newhouse<\/strong>, a billionaire media heir tied to the Cond\u00e9 Nast empire, has died at the age of 96.<\/p>\n Donald died from lymphoma at his home in Lambertville, New Jersey, on Tuesday (May 26), his son Steven Newhouse<\/strong> confirmed\u00a0to\u00a0The<\/em><\/a><\/span>\u00a0New York Times<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cMy Dad loved the Star-Ledger.<\/em> Each workday he left home for Newark in the early morning darkness filled with excitement,\u201d Steven told NJ.com<\/em><\/a>. \u201cHe was especially proud of the great stories produced by Star-Ledger reporters.\u201d<\/p>\n Donald was a key figure in Advance Publications<\/strong>, the media company that owns Cond\u00e9 Nast<\/strong>, though his role focused largely on newspapers rather than magazines.<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Ted Turner, CNN Founder and Media Icon, Dead at 87<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n He and his older brother, Samuel I. Newhouse Jr.<\/strong> \u2014 known as \u201cSi\u201d \u2014 inherited the family business from their father, Samuel I. Newhouse, who began building the media empire in 1922.<\/p>\n While Si, who died in 2017, oversaw Cond\u00e9 Nast\u2019s major magazine titles like Vogue<\/em><\/strong>, Vanity Fair<\/em><\/strong>, and The New Yorker<\/em><\/strong>, Donald took a different path.<\/p>\n Rather than centering his work in glossy publications, Donald spent years working directly in local journalism.<\/p>\n He was closely tied to The Star-Ledger<\/em><\/strong> in Newark, New Jersey, and played a major role in expanding Advance Publications\u2019 newspaper portfolio.<\/p>\n Under his leadership, the company grew to include outlets such as The Plain Dealer<\/em> <\/strong>in Cleveland, The Times-Picayune<\/em><\/strong> in New Orleans, and The Oregonian<\/em><\/strong> in Portland, among others.<\/p>\n The Newhouse family built one of the most powerful media empires in the United States, with Donald and his brother maintaining a close relationship<\/a> throughout their lives.<\/p>\nA Legacy in Media<\/h3>\n
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