Billionaire publisher who liked a gamble

Publishing lost one of its characters in Si Newhouse earlier this month.

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Not the janitor: Si Newhouse with Anna Wintour, Cond Nast's artistic director
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Publishing may not be at the cutting edge of technology as is Silicon Valley, or involve as large sums of money as Wall Street, but it still has its characters. It has one fewer since the death of media tycoon Si Newhouse, at the start of this month.

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