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William MacKay Laffan (1848–1909) was the publisher and editor of the ''New York Sun'' in the final years of the 19th century and the first years of the 20th,〔(Comment ) on his death in the ''New York Times'', November 20, 1909. Accessed 29 March 2010.〕 and a friend, correspondent and publisher of Mark Twain.〔(Associated Press obituary of Mark Twain ). Accessed 29 March 2010.〕 Laffan was born in Dublin and educated privately and at Trinity College Dublin. Some years after completing his education he emigrated to the United States of America. He died of appendicitis at his Long Island home in Lawrence on 19 November 1909.〔(Obituary ) in the ''New York Times'', Nov. 20, 1909. Accessed 29 March 2010.〕 ==Career as newsman== Laffan's first job in journalism was as a reporter for the ''San Francisco Bulletin'', where he quickly became managing editor. He went on to be editor and part-owner of the Baltimore ''Daily Bulletin''. In 1877 Laffan went to work for the New York Sun, then owned by Charles Anderson Dana, as a general writer, often writing art criticism. From 1881 to 1884 he was art editor for Harper & Brothers. In 1884 he became publisher of ''The Sun'', and in 1887 founded the ''Evening Sun''.〔Hy B. Turner, When Giants Ruled: The Story of Park Row, New York's Great Newspaper Street. Fordham University Press, 1999, p. 111.〕 In 1897 Laffan, with the backing of J. P. Morgan, acquired the ''Morning Sun'' from Dana's estate, turning it into a mouthpiece for Morgan's interests.〔Ferdinand Lundberg, America's Sixty Families. New York: Vanguard Press, 1937, p. 252.〕 He also founded the Sun News Service (later renamed Laffan News Bureau), after a protracted conflict with the Associated Press. In 1900 he became President of the Sun Printing and Publishing Association. 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「William M. Laffan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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