OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Harold W. Andersen, the former publisher of Nebraska's largest daily newspaper and first American to be president of the International Federation of Newspaper Publishers, has died. He was 92.
Andersen's son, David Andersen, tells Omaha World-Herald (http://bit.ly/1T5UXb6 ) that the newspaper's former publisher died late Thursday night of natural causes at the Nebraska Medical Center.
Andersen began as a professional reporter in 1945 for the Nebraska Star, and was publisher and chief executive of the Omaha World-Herald from 1966 until 1989.
He eventually served high-profile roles for groups representing newspapers around the country and the world, including the American Newspaper Publishers Association and the World Press Freedom Committee.
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