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Arthur Brisbane (December 12, 1864 – December 25, 1936) was one of the best known American newspaper editors of the 20th century. == Biography == Born in Buffalo, New York, he was educated in the United States and Europe. In 1882, he began work as a newspaper reporter and editor in New York City, first at the ''Sun'' and later Joseph Pulitzer's ''New York World''. Hired away from Pulitzer by William Randolph Hearst, he became editor of the ''New York Journal'' and Hearst's close friend. His syndicated editorial column had an estimated daily readership of over 20 million, according to ''Time'' magazine. He remained occupied in journalism and the newspaper field until his death in 1936, but also was a successful real estate investor. He is buried in the Batavia Cemetery at Batavia, New York. At his death, Hearst said, "I know that Arthur Brisbane was the greatest journalist of his day," and Damon Runyon said "Journalism has lost its all-time No. 1 genius." ((Time: Death of Brisbane )) He was the son of Albert Brisbane. His grandson, Arthur S. Brisbane, was appointed Public Editor of ''The New York Times'' in June 2010.〔("Times Chooses a Public Editor, Giving Him a 3-Year Term." ) ''The New York Times'' June 22, 2010 p. B6.〕 In 1897, he accepted the editorship of the ''Evening Journal'', flagship of the Hearst chain, and through it gained influence unmatched by any editor in the United States. His direct and forceful style influenced the form of American editorial and news writing. The saying, "If you don't hit the reader between the eyes in your first sentence of your news column, there's no need to write any more," is attributed to him. Hearst biographer W.A. Swanberg ("Citizen Hearst," 1961, Galahad Books, N.Y.) describes Brisbane as "a one-time socialist who had drifted pleasantly into the profit system... in some respects a vest-pocket Hearst -- a personal enigma, a workhorse, a madman for circulation, a liberal who had grown conservative, an investor." (pp. 390–391) While an employee of Hearst—at one point boasting of making $260,000 in a year (Swanberg, p 427) -- Brisbane also was known for buying failing newspapers, re-organizing them, and selling them to Hearst. He bought the Washington Times and the Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin in 1918〔http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1918/10/12/page/1/article/brisbane-buys-evening-paper-in-milwaukee〕 and sold it to Hearst 15 months later.〔https://books.google.com/books?id=zNpBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA38&lpg=PA38&dq=arthur+brisbane+milwaukee&source=bl&ots=flL1pyH0Tj&sig=ZzKHrEoBQfkXoGDw2I0t-SOdDj4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDAQ6AEwBWoVChMIx4CJhP6ryAIVApWACh2W8QbT#v=onepage&q=arthur%20brisbane%20milwaukee&f=false〕〔https://books.google.com/books?id=TulBAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA24-PA29&lpg=RA24-PA29&dq=arthur+brisbane+washington+purchase&source=bl&ots=l5Jq5UKGae&sig=V_pzE9xkRU0sudnkL4sd8t82HHU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCMQ6AEwA2oVChMImfCSkICsyAIVSZMNCh3iHAEj#v=onepage&q=arthur%20brisbane%20washington%20purchase&f=false〕 He later bought the Detroit Times on behalf of Hearst.〔https://books.google.com/books?id=wLU9AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA10&lpg=RA2-PA10&dq=arthur+brisbane+detroit+times&source=bl&ots=tHScI1RPi8&sig=uMxyzwvrynABiJny6bZucx96qVU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CBwQ6AEwADgKahUKEwjb34XbgazIAhXBiQ0KHWOcDdw#v=onepage&q=arthur%20brisbane%20detroit%20times&f=false〕 In 1918, he became editor of the ''Chicago Herald and Examiner'', and in the 1920s became editor of Hearst's first tabloid, the ''New York Mirror''. He remained part of the Hearst media empire until his death in 1936. His daughter Sarah married one of his ''Daily Mirror'' employees, Tex McCrary, who later became a radio-TV personality with second wife Jinx Falkenburg. A ''Time'' magazine Aug. 16, 1926, (cover story ) described his influence like this: The New York American, the Chicago Herald-Examiner, the San Francisco Examiner and many another newspaper owned by Publisher Hearst, to say nothing of some 200 non-Hearst dailies and 800 country weeklies which buy syndicated Brisbane, all publish what Mr. Brisbane has said. His column is headed, with simple finality, "Today," a column that vies with the weather and market reports for the size of its audience, probably beating both. It is said to be read by a third of the total U. S. population. Obviously this is an exaggeration, but half that many would be some 20 million readers, "Today" and every day. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arthur Brisbane」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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