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Entrepreneurship
Those who have made a different in history.
Lyman Hakes Howe
• 1856-1919
• Moving pictures entrepreneur
• Travelled from 1890-1896
• Pennsylvania and New York, small towns
• Showed concerts, clips from around the
world, newsworthy events
• Post-1896, moved to bigger cities, concert halls
• Always kept the focus of showing newsworthy
events
• Invented Animotoscope, a motion picture projector
Jerome H. Lemelson
• 1923-1997
• Engineer
• Had over 600 patents
• Innovations such as: telephones, fax
machines, VCRs, camcorders
• Advocate for inventor’s rights
• Created Lemelson Foundation
• Philanthropy
• Support invention/innovation
Louise Hay
• 1926-
• Author
• Motivational literature
• You Can Heal Your Life
• Founder of Hay House
• Publishing company
• Supporter of self-help books, improving personal
lives
Robert L. Johnson
• 1946-
• Media mogul
• Black Entertainment Television
• Founder
• Former chairman
• Former executive officer
• Advocate of minority
representation in media
Cathy Hughes
• 1947
• Entrepreneur, radio/TV personality, business
executive
• Founded Radio One
• Expanded to TV One
• First and only African American female to
head publicly traded corporation at the time
• Created urban radio format in the 1970s
Tavi Gevinson
• 17 year old media mogul
• Came onto scene at 12 with
blog Style Rookie
• Focuses on pop culture and
feminism
• Founder/editor-in-chief of
Rookie Magazine

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Media entrepreneurship history

  • 1. Media Entrepreneurship Those who have made a different in history.
  • 2. Lyman Hakes Howe • 1856-1919 • Moving pictures entrepreneur • Travelled from 1890-1896 • Pennsylvania and New York, small towns • Showed concerts, clips from around the world, newsworthy events • Post-1896, moved to bigger cities, concert halls • Always kept the focus of showing newsworthy events • Invented Animotoscope, a motion picture projector
  • 3. Jerome H. Lemelson • 1923-1997 • Engineer • Had over 600 patents • Innovations such as: telephones, fax machines, VCRs, camcorders • Advocate for inventor’s rights • Created Lemelson Foundation • Philanthropy • Support invention/innovation
  • 4. Louise Hay • 1926- • Author • Motivational literature • You Can Heal Your Life • Founder of Hay House • Publishing company • Supporter of self-help books, improving personal lives
  • 5. Robert L. Johnson • 1946- • Media mogul • Black Entertainment Television • Founder • Former chairman • Former executive officer • Advocate of minority representation in media
  • 6. Cathy Hughes • 1947 • Entrepreneur, radio/TV personality, business executive • Founded Radio One • Expanded to TV One • First and only African American female to head publicly traded corporation at the time • Created urban radio format in the 1970s
  • 7. Tavi Gevinson • 17 year old media mogul • Came onto scene at 12 with blog Style Rookie • Focuses on pop culture and feminism • Founder/editor-in-chief of Rookie Magazine