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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox person David Steinberg (1932 – March 8, 2017) was a journalist for the New York Herald Tribune and president of PR Newswire. He received the first distinguished business journalism award for newspapers in 1958.[1]

Early life

Steinberg was born to Rosalie and Harry Steinberg in the Bronx, New York, in 1932.[2][3] He had a sister named Abby.[4] Steinberg attended DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx and graduated from the City College of New York (CCNY) in 1953.[3]

Career

New York Herald Tribune

Steinberg started working for the New York Herald Tribune in junior high school as a messenger collecting hand-written stock quotes for the newspaper's financial statisticians.[3] In college, he was the Tribune's college correspondent for CCNY.[3] He became a copy editor in the business and financial news department before graduating.[3] He was the newspaper's business editor by 1956.[5]

Writing for the Tribune, Steinberg traveled extensively and interviewed heads of state, including Fidel Castro.[3]

In 1958, Steinberg was honored with one of the first two Gerald Loeb awards, the first awards for distinguished business and financial journailism.[1]

New York Report

During the 1962–1963 New York City newspaper strike, Steinberg took a temporary job as the financial editor for the New York Report, a newspaper published during the strike by the owners of Il Progresso Italo-Americano, an Italian-language newspaper.[6] Steinberg convinced PR Newswire to provide their newswire receiver so that he could report financial news without reporters.[6]

PR Newswire

PR Newswire founder Herb Muschel, impressed by Steinberg's use of his service during the strike, recruited Steinberg for a management position.[6] He joined the company after the strike.[6]

Steinberg continued as the vice president and chief of operations after the company was acquired by Western Union in 1970.[6][7] He became president of the company in 1976.[8]

His contributions to the company included being a major architect of the company's international network.[3] During his tenure as president, the service became a state-of-the-art communications network with 700 employees.[3]

Steinberg retired in 1992.[4] He continued as vice chairman of the company.[4] He served as chairman of Canada Newswire until 2002.[4]

Personal life

Steinberg and his wife Anne had two sons, Howard and Michael.[4]

His sister, Abby, was a record company representative who married songwriter and music publisher Aaron Schroeder on October 31, 1967.[9]

Rosalie, Steinberg's mother, died in 1979.[2]

Steinberg died on March 8, 2017, from surgery complications.[4]

Awards

Professional affiliations

References

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