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William Samuel Paley (September 28, 1901 – October 26, 1990) [1] was an American businessman, primarily involved in the media, and best known as the chief executive who built the Columbia Broadcasting System ( CBS) from a small radio network into one of the foremost radio and television network operations in the United States. [2] .
Oct 27, 1990 · William S. Paley, who personified the power, glamour, allure and influence of CBS Inc., the communications empire he built, died last night at his home in Manhattan. He was 89 years old.
Oct 27, 1990 · William S. Paley, the cigar-maker’s son who took an infant network of 16 radio stations in 1928 and parented it into a billion-dollar news and entertainment empire called CBS, died late Friday....
Oct 17, 2005 · William S. Paley, the cigarmaker's son who bought a radio network for $400,000 in 1928 and turned it into CBS Inc., died late Friday night. Paley, 89, died at his Manhattan home.
William S. Paley (September 28, 1901 – October 26, 1990), coming from a family of Ukrainian Jewish immigrants, was the chief executive who built CBS from a small radio network to the dominant radio and television network operation in America.
Nov 5, 2002 · Tracing his life from Chicago, where Paley was born to a family of cigar makers, to the glamorous haunts of Manhattan, Smith shows us the shrewd, demanding egoist, the hedonist pursuing every form of pleasure, the corporate strongman famous for his energy and ruthlessness.
- Sally Bedell Smith
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Oct 28, 1990 · William S. Paley, 89, founder and chairman of the Columbia Broadcasting System and one of the most powerful and influential figures in the history of American radio and television, died at his...
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