FLASH: Magazine Mogul S.I. Newhouse Dies At 89

Media titan S.I. Newhouse Jr., who as the longtime chairman of Condé Nast stood at the helm of some of the nation's most prominent magazines, died Sunday at his home in New York.

Samuel Irving Newhouse, Jr

He was 89.

Newhouse's father, Samuel I. Newhouse bought the media company Condé Nast in 1959 and his son, also known as Si, took over as chairman in 1975. During his tenure he bought and revamped The New Yorker and Details, while also overseeing cultural heavyweights such as Vogue, Vanity Fair, Glamour and GQ, reports The Associated Press.

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