David Stern III

David Stern III is the son of prominent Philadelphia publisher J. David Stern.

Biography

During World War II Stern became a Captain in the US Army working on military newspapers[1]. During this time he had the idea to write about a talking mule and published Francis in 1946. The Francis the Talking Mule books later became a film series, though his 1948 sequel Francis Goes to Washington was never filmed.

In 1949, he purchased the New Orleans Item-Tribune for $2,000,000. He ran the paper until its 1958 merging with the Daily States newspaper.[2]

In 1958, the Item-Tribune merged with the Daily States (founded in 1880) to form the New Orleans Daily States-Item. In 1962, publisher and businessman Samuel I. Newhouse bought the morning Times-Picayune as well as the afternoon States-Item, which continued to be published separately until they were merged and combined in 1980.[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://articles.latimes.com/2003/nov/26/local/me-passings26.1
  2. ↑ "David Stern, 94, of 'Francis, Talking Mule'". The New York Times. November 26, 2003. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
  3. ↑ Duffy, John (1958). The Rudolf Matas History of Medicine in Louisiana. Pelican Publishing. p. 578. ISBN 158980919X.
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