{{Short description|American publisher}}{{Infobox person | birth_name = Herbert Muschel | birth_place = Lower East Side, Manhattan, U.S | death_date = November 1, 2003 (aged 85) | death_place = New York City, New York, U.S | education = New York University | known_for = Founding ''PR Newswire'' }} '''Herbert Muschel''' (died November 1, 2003) was an American businessman and publisher who founded the newspaper ''PR Newswire''.
== Early life and education == Muschel was born in the Lower East Side in Manhattan. He graduated at New York University with a degree in journalism.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2003-11-06 |title=Herbert Muschel, 85; Founded Press Release Service PR Newswire |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-nov-06-me-passings6.3-story.html |access-date=2026-02-21 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Career == In 1954, he founded ''PR Newswire'', which was a cutting edge service that once distributed corporate financial news at a time when the Federal Communications Commission allowed only AT&T and Western Union to send printed messages to a third person. In 1971, Muschel sold ''PR Newswire'' to Western Union.<ref name=":0" />
He died on November 1, 2003, at 85 in New York City.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2003-11-15 |title=Herbert Muschel |url=https://variety.com/2003/scene/people-news/herbert-muschel-1117895697/ |access-date=2026-02-21 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Abelson |first=Reed |date=2003-11-05 |title=Herbert Muschel, 85, Founder Of Service for Corporate News |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/05/business/herbert-muschel-85-founder-of-service-for-corporate-news.html |access-date=2026-02-21 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
== External links == * [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05E1DB1639F936A35752C1A9659C8B63 Obituary in the ''New York Times'']
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