After making a fortune on Wall Street, he bought The Nation magazine and founded The New York Observer, which one writer called a “maypole of Manhattan gossip and intrigue.”
Source: New York Times
Arthur L. Carter, 93, Dies; Investment Banker Founded a Cheeky Newspaper
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