Sol J. Paul | |
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| Died | October 8, 1992 |
| Alma mater | Georgetown University |
| Known for | Founding Television/Radio Age |
Sol J. Paul was an American broadcaster, writer, ad sales leader, media policy pundit, and magazine publisher. He was the founding publisher of Television/Radio Age and Cable Age which chronicled the evolution of television from the 1950s to the 1990s and an innovator in the field of advertising. Paul was an advisor on media policy to five United States presidential administrations. He was a former journalist for The Washington Post and Gannett and wrote radio scripts for CBS during his early career. Paul’s publishing company, Television Editorial Corporation, owned and published a range of texts and periodicals related to broadcast media during the height of the Cold War including the World Radio TV Handbook