William S. Paley

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William S. Paley was an American broadcasting executive who built CBS into one of the dominant radio and television networks in the United States.

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instanceOf broadcasting executive
business executive
human
media proprietor
awardReceived Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur
surface form: Chevalier of the Legion of Honour
burialPlace Beth El Cemetery, Paramus, New Jersey, United States
causeOfDeath kidney failure
child Hilary Paley
Jeffrey Paley
Kate Paley
William C. Paley
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1901-09-28
dateOfDeath 1990-10-26
educatedAt University of Pennsylvania
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
employer CBS
CBS
surface form: Columbia Broadcasting System
ethnicGroup Jewish American
familyName Paley
fieldOfWork broadcasting
mass media
founded The Paley Center for Media
surface form: Museum of Broadcasting

The Paley Center for Media
surface form: Museum of Television & Radio
fullName William Samuel Paley
genre commercial broadcasting management
givenName William
memberOf Council on Foreign Relations
Board of Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
surface form: Metropolitan Museum of Art board of trustees
notableFor building CBS into a major American radio network
expanding CBS into a leading U.S. television network
notableWork development of CBS radio network
development of CBS television network
occupation broadcasting executive
businessperson
philanthropist
parent Goldie Paley
Samuel Paley
placeOfBirth Chicago, Illinois, United States
placeOfDeath New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
positionHeld chairman of CBS
president of CBS
religion Judaism
residence New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
sexOrGender male
spouse Babe Paley
Barbara Cushing Mortimer
Dorothy Hart Hearst
workLocation New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States

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CBS foundedBy William S. Paley