NEWSPAPER

Founded 18th September 1880 by William Rockhill Nelson. In 1901 it acquired the Kansas City Times which became its morning edition. The paper was sold to Capitol Cities in 1977, a company later acquired by Disney, which sold this paper along with several others to Knight-Ridder in 1997.

Official Website:
http://www.kansascity.com/

Location:
Kansas City, MO

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Walter Cronkite	Journalist	4-Nov-1916	17-Jul-2009	America's most trusted newscaster
Roy O. Disney	Business	24-Jun-1893	20-Dec-1971	Walt Disney's brother
Walt Disney	Business	5-Dec-1901	15-Dec-1966	Founder of Disney empire
Steve Doocy	Journalist	19-Oct-1956		Fox & Friends
Ernest Hemingway	Author	21-Jul-1899	2-Jul-1961	The Old Man And The Sea
David Hunke	Publisher	c. 1952		Newspaper publisher
William Allen White	Journalist	10-Feb-1868	29-Jan-1944	The Emporia Gazette

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