Melville Elijah Stone (born August 22, 1848 in Hudson, Illinois - died February 15, 1929 in New York City) was a newspaper publisher, the founder of the "Chicago Daily News", who became well known as the general manager of the reorganized Associated Press. Stone was the son of a Methodist minister, the Rev. Elijah and Sophia Creighton Stone. In 1876, Stone, who started out as a reporter, founded the first Chicago penny paper, the "Chicago Daily News". Wikipedia
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