McClure, Samuel S(idney) (1857-1949)

Irish-born US editor and publisher. He established one of the earliest US newspaper syndicates in 1884 and in 1893 founded McClure's magazine, which he made especially successful with the introduction of muck-raking journalism after the turn of the century. From 1897-99 he was a partner with Frank Nelson Doubleday in a book publishing firm. McClure was born in County Antrim, Ireland, and emigrated to the USA in 1866.