Malcolm Muir (1885 - 1979) was a U.S. magazine industrialist. He served as president of McGraw-Hill Publishing from 1928 to 1937. During his tenure as president, he helped create "BusinessWeek" magazine in 1929, the same year that McGraw-Hill stock was publicly traded for the first time. He also served as the editor-in-chief and president of "Newsweek" magazine between 1937 and 1959. Wikipedia
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