Henry D. Bradley was a publisher of the St. Joseph News-Press

St. Joseph News-Press

The St. Joseph News-Press is a daily morning newspaper in St. Joseph, Missouri. It is the flagship of the News-Press & Gazette Company which owns newspapers, television and radio stations and cable television systems throughout the United States.-History:...

 who was the first member of the Bradly family which controls the News-Press & Gazette Company

News-Press & Gazette Company

The News Press & Gazette Company  is a media company based in St. Joseph, Missouri, wholly owned and operated by the Bradley family. It is presided by Brian Bradley and David R. Bradley, with Hank Bradley , Eric Bradley and Kit Bradley serving on its Board of Directors.  All are descendants of...

 media company.

Bradley worked at the Toledo Blade from 1906 to 1923. He worked for Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook

Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook

William Maxwell "Max" Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Bt, PC, was a Canadian-British business tycoon, politician, and writer.-Early career in Canada:...

 at the Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook

Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook

William Maxwell "Max" Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Bt, PC, was a Canadian-British business tycoon, politician, and writer.-Early career in Canada:...

 at the Daily Express

Daily Express

The Daily Express switched from broadsheet to tabloid in 1977 and was bought by the construction company Trafalgar House in the same year. Its publishing company, Beaverbrook Newspapers, was renamed Express Newspapers...

. He was Norristown Times Herald in Norristown, Pennsylvania

Norristown, Pennsylvania

Norristown is a municipality in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, northwest of the city limits of Philadelphia, on the Schuylkill River. The population was 34,324 as of the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Montgomery County...

 from 1924 to 1926. He was president and general manager of the Bridgeport Times-Star from 1927 to 1939 in Bridgeport, Connecticut

Bridgeport, Connecticut

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Charles M. Palmer

Charles M. Palmer

Charles M. Palmer was a Midwest newspaper broker who assembled much of the William Randolph Hearst media empire and an organizer of the Associated Press.Palmer was born in a log cabin in La Crosse, Wisconsin...

brought him to the News-Press to be publisher in 1939. He acquired the paper in 1951 from the estate of Palmer.