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Peter R. Kann

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Peter R. Kann (born 1942, in Princeton, New Jersey) is a journalist, editor, and businessman. He covered the Vietnam War for The Wall Street Journal and also covered other Asian wars. He earned a Pulitzer in 1972 for his coverage of the Indo-Pakistan War in Bangladesh.[1] In 1976 he became the first editor and publisher of The Wall Street Journal Asia.[2] He returned to the United States in 1976. He was named publisher of The Wall Street Journal in 1988.[3] From 1992 until 2006 he was CEO and chairman of the board of Dow Jones & Company.

He is married to Karen Elliott House.[4]

He is a Trustee of the Institute for Advanced Study,[5]Trustee Emeritus of the Asia Society,[6] and adjunct faculty at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is a longtime member of the Council on Foreign Relations.[7]

Personal life

Peter has 4 children, Hillary, Petra, Jason, and Jade.

References

  1. ^ Kihss, Peter. "The Times Wins a Pulitzer For the Pentagon Papers; THE TIMES WINS PULITZER AWARD", The New York Times, May 2, 1972. Accessed August 18, 2008.
  2. ^ "Peter R. Kann - Adjunct Faculty". The Journalism School Columbia University. Retrieved 2009-03-14. A native of Princeton N.J., Mr. Kann graduated from Harvard University with a bachelor's degree in government. He began his newspaper career in high school as a copy boy for the Princeton Packet. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month=, |dateformat=, and |coauthors= (help)
  3. ^ "THE MEDIA BUSINESS; New Publisher For The Journal". New York Times. November 18, 1988. p. D 16. Retrieved 2009-03-14. Peter R. Kann was named publisher of The Wall Street Journal and editorial director of other publications of its parent, Dow Jones & Company, in a shuffling of titles yesterday ... effective Jan. 1. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |curly= and |coauthors= (help)
  4. ^ South Asian Journalist Association profile
  5. ^ IAS Trustee page
  6. ^ Asia Society page
  7. ^ http://www.cfr.org/about/membership/roster.html?letter=K

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