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- ↑ Pace, Eric (January 22, 1999). "Eugene Pulliam Is Dead at 84; Publisher Opposed McCarthy". The New York Times.
- ↑ "History".
- ↑ "Pulliams keep alive family's century-long media legacy | The SPJ News".
- ↑ Downie Jr., Leonard (1976). The New Muckrakers. The New Republic Book Company, Inc. p. 247.
- ↑ "Quayle Scoop in Family's Newspaper Signals End of an Era". August 20, 1988 – via www.washingtonpost.com.
- ↑ "Spring 2014 – Briefly Noted". Philanthropy Roundtable.
- ↑ Stall, Sam. "2010 Woman of Influence: Myrta Pulliam".
- ↑ "Board of Trustees". discovernewfields.org.
- ↑ "1975 Winners". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-10-29.
- Pulliam, Russell. (1984). Publisher: Gene Pulliam: Last of the Newspaper Titans. Ottawa, Illinois: Jameson Books. ISBN 0-915463-02-4
