Peter R. Kann
Peter R. Kann (born 1942, in Princeton, New Jersey) is a journalist, editor, and businessman. He covered the Vietnam War for The Wall Street Journal and also covered other Asian wars. He earned a Pulitzer in 1972 for his coverage of the Indo-Pakistan War in Bangladesh.[1] In 1976 he became the first editor and publisher of The Wall Street Journal Asia.[2] He returned to the United States in 1976. He was named publisher of The Wall Street Journal in 1988.[3] From 1992 until 2006 he was CEO and chairman of the board of Dow Jones & Company.
He is married to Karen Elliott House.[4]
He is a Trustee of the Institute for Advanced Study,[5]Trustee Emeritus of the Asia Society,[6] and adjunct faculty at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is a long time member of the Council on Foreign Relations.[7]
[edit] Personal life
Peter has 4 children, Hillary, Petra, Jason, and Jade.
[edit] References
- ^ Kihss, Peter. "The Times Wins a Pulitzer For the Pentagon Papers; THE TIMES WINS PULITZER AWARD", The New York Times, May 2, 1972. Accessed August 18, 2008.
- ^ "Peter R. Kann - Adjunct Faculty". The Journalism School Columbia University. http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/cs/ContentServer/jrn/1165270069757/JRN_Profile_C/1175372320015/JRNFacultyDetail.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-14. "A native of Princeton N.J., Mr. Kann graduated from Harvard University with a bachelor’s degree in government. He began his newspaper career in high school as a copy boy for the Princeton Packet."
- ^ "THE MEDIA BUSINESS; New Publisher For The Journal". New York Times: p. D 16. November 18, 1988. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DEFD81F30F93BA25752C1A96E948260. Retrieved 2009-03-14. "Peter R. Kann was named publisher of The Wall Street Journal and editorial director of other publications of its parent, Dow Jones & Company, in a shuffling of titles yesterday ... effective Jan. 1."
- ^ South Asian Journalist Association profile
- ^ IAS Trustee page
- ^ Asia Society page
- ^ http://www.cfr.org/about/membership/roster.html?letter=K
