Mortimer Zuckerman

Mortimer Zuckerman bought the magazine in 1980, but, despite his efforts, the publication continued to struggle. In 1999 he sold it to David G. Bradley, owner of the National Journal Group. Bradley invested millions in The Atlantic Monthly and oversaw numerous changes. The number of…

, with businessman Mortimer B. Zuckerman as its chairman and copublisher. In 2017, however, as the Daily News’s circulation continued to drop, it was announced that Zuckerman was selling the newspaper to Tronc, a Chicago-based media company. According to various reports, Tronc agreed to pay $1 and assume…

…American media and real-estate mogul Mort B. Zuckerman in 1984. The first rankings guidebook containing statistical data appeared on public newsstands as America’s Best Colleges three years later, and the series continued to expand with America’s Best Hospitals (1990) and America’s Best Graduate Schools (1994). U.S. News established an online…