Field Enterprises was a private holding company founded on August 31, 1944 by Marshall Field III and others to establish the Chicago Sun. A holding company is a company that owns part all or a majority of other companies' outstanding Stock. Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Marshall Field III ( September 28, 1893 – November 8, 1956) was a grandson of Marshall Field. The newspaper was later merged with the Chicago Times to create the Chicago Sun-Times. The Chicago Sun-Times is an American daily Newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois.
In 1944, the company acquired the book publishers, Simon & Schuster and Pocket Books which were sold in 1957 following the death of Marshall Field III. Simon & Schuster Inc, a division of CBS Corporation, is a Publisher founded in New York in 1924 by Richard L Pocket Books is a division of Simon & Schuster that primarily publishes Paperback books Besides the Sun-Times, Field Enterprises also owned broadcaster Field Communications, and owned the World Book encyclopedia for a time as well. For the band see Broadcast (band Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and/or Video signals which transmit Field Communications was a division of Field Enterprises, which owned the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Daily News The World Book Encyclopedia is according to its publisher in the United States, "the number-one selling print encyclopedia in the world An encyclopedia (or '''encyclopædia''') is a comprehensive written Compendium that contains Information on either all branches of Knowledge
Field Enterprises was dissolved in April 1984 after the sale of the Sun-Times, the last of their valuable assets, to Rupert Murdoch the previous year. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) is gay Bold text' Keith Rupert Murdoch', AC, KCSG (born Melbourne, March 11 1931 usually known as Rupert Murdoch, is an Australian-American
References
- "Owns The Chicago Sun: Field Enterprises, Inc. , Organized By Marshall Field", ''The New York Times, 1 September 1944, page 22. Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
- Friendly, Jonathan. "Murdoch Buys Chicago Sun-Times", The New York Times, 2 November 1983, page D1. Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar)
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