Walter Annenberg

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1946-1988 Triangle Publications
1949 While Annenberg ran his publishing empire as a business, he was not afraid to use it for his political purposes. One of his publications, The Philadelphia Inquirer, was influential in ridding Philadelphia of its largely corrupt city government in 1949
1950 The Philadelphia Inquirer campaigned for the Marshall Plan following World War II and attacked McCarthyism in the 1950s under Walter Annenberg.
1966 ...The next day, a five-column front page Inquirer headline read, "Shapp Denies Mental Institution Stay." Shapp and others have attributed his loss of the election to Walter Annenberg's newspaper.
1966 Walter Annenberg used The Inquirer to cast doubt on the candidacy of Democrat Milton Shapp for governor of Pennsylvania.
1966 Walter Annenberg, who was the biggest individual stockholder of the Pennsylvania Railroad, wanted to see the merger succeed (which it did) and he was frustrated with Shapp's opposition.
1989-Today Annenberg Foundation
2001 They are Ambassadors Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg on behalf of the Annenberg Foundation, Brooke Astor, Irene Diamond, the Gates family, David and Laurance S. Rockefeller on behalf of the Rockefeller family, George Soros and Ted Turner.
Annenberg Center for Communication (USC)
Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania
USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
Wallis Annenberg
Walter H. Annenberg Professor