Field Enterprises

Field Enterprises was a holding company (and later a conglomerate) formed by Marshall Field, Marshall Field Jr. and others to manage their newspaper holdings, particularly The Chicago Sun-Times. The company was founded on August 31, 1944, and was dissolved in April of 1984 after the sale of the Sun-Times, the last of their valuable assets, to Rupert Murdoch the previous year.

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Conglomerate - Marshall Field - Marshall Field Jr. - Newspaper - The Chicago Sun-Times - August 31 - 1944 - 1984 - Rupert Murdoch

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Besides the Sun-Times, Field Enterprises also owned broadcaster Field Communications, and owned the World Book encyclopedia for a time as well.

Related Topics:
Broadcaster - Field Communications - World Book - Encyclopedia

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