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John Cowles, Jr. (1929) is an American editor and publisher. Cowles sat on the boards of directors of the The Associated Press and Columbia University's Pulitzer Prizes and is a former CEO of Cowles Media Company, founded by his grandfather and until 1998 the parent of the Star Tribune.[1][2] In 1960, he helped Minneapolis raise US$2.4 million to build the first Guthrie Theater and later helped the city build the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. Cowles then supported the Guthrie's demolition in 2006 for the expansion of the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden next door to the Walker Art Center. In a 2006 essay written at the University of Minnesota Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, Cowles wrote, "The nonprofit sector must reform itself, most notably by initiating some minimum federal standards of behavior and by limiting the lifespan of private foundations to 25 or 30 years so that emphasis is on accomplishment, not process and perpetuation."[3][4] In 1965, Cowles acquired half-interest in Harper's magazine which during his fifteen year tenure lost readers and nearly US$2 million.[3][5] He donated startup funds for MinnPost.com which was founded in 2007.[2]
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- ^ a b "Harper's Bazaar", Time, Time Warner Inc., 1965-05-07. Retrieved on 2007-08-30.
- ^ Webb, Latasha. "Guthrie Theater demolition plans fuel patron debate", The Minnesota Daily, 2001-11-07. Retrieved on 2007-08-30. and Gelfand, Lou (2006-07-09). Nonprofits champion Cowles calls for limits on their lifetimes. Star Tribune. Avista Capital Partners. Retrieved on 2007-09-01.
- ^ Manning, Robert review of Lapham, Lewis H. and Ellen Rosenbush, eds. (2000). An American Album: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Harper's Magazine Franklin Square Press. ISBN 1879957531 (Fall 2000). "Harper's Magazine: A Survivor!". Nieman Reports, The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University 54 (3).
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