USA TODAY Column: Just four days after winning an auction to take over Philadelphia’s dominant news organizations, defeating a bitter rival in the process, Lewis Katz died late Saturday night in a plane crash…
As one of two managing partners of Interstate General Media, until last Tuesday owner of The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Philadelphia Daily News and philly.com, Katz was a staunch defender of the regime of Inquirer editor Bill Marimow. a journalist long associated with the pursuit of serious reporting about important social issues…
Katz’s deep connection to journalism stemmed from a chance encounter when he was a student at Temple. Drew Pearson, long a powerful syndicated columnist based in Washington, D.C., came to Temple to give a speech, and Katz was dispatched to pick him up at the train station and show him around… (more)
EDITOR: This obituary describes an extraordinary individual and is worth the read. Private citizens can make a big difference for the good.
