Harper & Brothers

Harper & Brothers was a prominent New York City book and magazine publishing firm which founded Harper's Magazine.

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New York City - Harper's Magazine

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James Harper and his brother John, printers by training, started their book publishing business J. & J. Harper in 1817. Their two brothers, Joseph Wesley Harper and Fletcher Harper, joined them in the mid 1820s. The company changed its name to "Harper & Brothers" in 1833.

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1817 - 1833

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Harper & Brothers began publishing Harper's New Monthly Magazine in 1850. The brothers also published Harper's Weekly (starting in 1857) and Harper's Bazar

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Harper's New Monthly Magazine - Harper's Weekly - 1857 - Harper's Bazar - 1867 - 1916 - 1928 - William Randolph Hearst - 1913 - Hearst Corporation

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In 1962 Harper & Brothers merged with Row, Peterson & Company to become Harper & Row. Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation acquired Harper & Row in 1987, and William Collins & Sons in 1990. The names of these two national publishing houses (Harper & Row in the United States and Collins in Britain) survives in the newly formed HarperCollins, which has since expanded its international reach with further acquisitions of formerly independent publishers.

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1962 - Harper & Row - Rupert Murdoch - News Corporation - 1987 - William Collins & Sons - 1990 - United States - Britain

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