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William Lawrence Shirer was an American journalist and war correspondent. He wrote The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, a history of Nazi Germany that has been read by many and cited in scholarly works for more than 50 years. Originally a foreign correspondent for the Chicago Tribune and the International News Service, Shirer was the first reporter hired by Edward R. Murrow for what became a CBS radio team of journalists known as "Murrow's Boys". He became known for his broadcasts from Berlin, from the rise of the Nazi dictatorship through the first year of World War II (1940). With Murrow, he organized the first broadcast world news roundup, a format still followed by news broadcasts.
Henry Wickham Steed was an English journalist and historian. He was editor of The Times from 1919 to 1922.
Björgólfur Thor Björgólfsson, known internationally as Thor Bjorgolfsson and colloquially in Iceland as Bjöggi, is an Icelandic businessman, entrepreneur, and former chairman of Straumur-Burðarás and chairman of Novator Partners. Björgólfur has invested in a number of larger companies and smaller startups, including Play, a Polish telecom outfit; Rebag, the luxury handbag marketplace; and Zwift, an online platform for indoor cycling. Other companies invested in by Björgólfur and Novator include Xantis Pharma, Klang, and Lockwood Publishing.
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Adam LeBor is a British author, journalist, writing coach and editorial trainer. Born in London in 1961, he worked as a foreign correspondent from 1991 for many years but is now based in London. Mostly based in Budapest, he also lived in Berlin and Paris and spent substantial amounts of time reporting from the former Yugoslavia.
David Binder was a British-born American journalist, author and lecturer. He resided in Evanston, Illinois, after spending most of his adult life in Washington, D.C., Germany and Serbia.
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