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Legendary The New Yorker writer Brendan Gill once described his editor, the mythological William Shawn, as “the best-known unknown editor in the world.” George Green, president, CEO of Hearst Magazines International, appropriated the anecdote to describe his old friend and colleague, Patrick McGovern, 67, founder and chairman of tech publishing powerhouse International Data Group and this year’s recipient of the Magazine Publishers of America’s Henry Johnson Fisher Award. “Pat is the best-known unknown publisher in the world,” Green said. “Most people have never heard of him, but he has 2,000 journalists working for him.”

Source: Mediaweek

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