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Walter E. Hussman Jr. was born on 5 January, 1947 in Texarkana, Arkansas, U.S., is an An american newspaper publishers people). Discover Walter E. Hussman Jr.'s Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 77 years old?

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Occupation Chairman of WEHCO Media
Age 77 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 5 January, 1947
Birthday 5 January
Birthplace Texarkana, Arkansas, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Who Is Walter E. Hussman Jr.'s Wife?

His wife is Robena Kendrick Hussman

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Parents Walter E. Hussman Sr. Betty Palmer Hussman
Wife Robena Kendrick Hussman
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Children 3

Walter E. Hussman Jr. Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Walter E. Hussman Jr. worth at the age of 77 years old? Walter E. Hussman Jr.’s income source is mostly from being a successful Chairman. He is from United States. We have estimated Walter E. Hussman Jr.'s net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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1619

Hussman raised concerns with University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill leadership about hiring Nikole Hannah-Jones, a Black journalist who developed The 1619 Project.

After its initial delay in voting on her tenure, on June 30, 2021, the UNC board of trustees voted to grant tenure to Hannah-Jones.

Hannah-Jones subsequently announced she would join the faculty of Howard University as the inaugural Knight Chair in Race and Reporting, having secured $15 million for the institution from foundations.

1876

Hussman Sr. published The Camden News, which he had purchased from his father-in-law, Clyde E. Palmer (1876–1957).

1946

Hussman lives in Little Rock with his wife, the former Robena Kendrick (b. June 26, 1946).

They have three children.

1947

Walter Edward Hussman Jr. (born January 5, 1947), is an American newspaper publisher and chairman of WEHCO Media, Inc. He is the publisher of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in Little Rock, which is the largest newspaper in Arkansas.

Hussman directs a chain of smaller newspapers, including the Chattanooga Times Free Press and the Texarkana Gazette, and owns cable television companies in four states.

1949

Hussman was born in Texarkana, Arkansas, but moved in 1949 to Camden, Arkansas, with his parents, Walter E. Hussman Sr. (1906–1988) and the former Betty Palmer (1911–1990), and two older sisters.

1964

Hussman graduated from the Lawrenceville School in 1964.

He earned his bachelor's degree in journalism at the University of North Carolina School of Journalism and his master's of business administration from Columbia University.

1970

In 1970, Hussman worked as a reporter for Forbes magazine.

Later he became his father's administrative assistant, then general manager of The Camden News.

1973

He moved to Hot Springs in 1973 to become vice president and general manager of the Palmer Newspapers, which became a division of WEHCO Media.

1974

In 1974, Hussman left Hot Springs for Little Rock when WEHCO purchased the Arkansas Democrat and he was named publisher.

1979

Hussman moved the Arkansas Democrat to a morning paper in 1979 and began using color 1982.

1991

He fought a newspaper "war" with the competing Arkansas Gazette. The two papers merged into the joint Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in October 1991.

2007

Hussman was opposed to newspapers providing free content online, writing in a 2007 Wall Street Journal op-ed column that newspapers should stop providing such free content, calling the posting of so much of the newspaper product a "self-inflicted wound."

2018

He implemented a shift from delivering newspapers in print to delivering them on iPads in 2018.

Hussman is a former chairman of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association (SNPA) and was the first recipient of SNPA's Frank W. Mayborn award, given in honor of the late publisher of the Temple Daily Telegram in Temple, Texas.

2019

In 2019, Hussman wrote in the Wall Street Journal that "Journalism schools need to adopt similar statement of core journalistic values."