R.I.P.--.* Ralph Ginzburg, controversial magazine, newspaper and newsletter publisher, died July 6 in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, at age 76. He first published Eros in 1962, a beautifully designed hardcover "magbook" devoted to eroticism Eroticism Aphrodite novel of Alexandrian manners by Pierre Louys. [Fr. Lit.: Benét, 783] Ars Amatoria Ovid’s treatise on lovemaking. [Rom. Lit. . He was eventually convicted on obscenity charges in one of two cases involving him that went clear to the Supreme Court. The conviction, though, did not hinge on Verb 1. hinge on - be contingent on; "The outcomes rides on the results of the election"; "Your grade will depends on your homework" depend on, depend upon, devolve on, hinge upon, turn on, ride the magazine but on its direct mail promotion, which the Supreme Court found relied on "the purveyor's sole emphasis ... on the sexually provocative aspects of his publications." Despite protests by First Amendment advocates, Ginzburg served eight months in a federal prison in 1972 after the Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal of his sentence. That conviction also involved the promotion of other Ginzburg publications, including the biweekly newsletter, Liaison. Other high-quality and high-cost publications of his on arts and politics drove him to the brink of bankruptcy. But a newsletter helped him avert that--the investment advisory Moneysworth, which reached a circulation of 2.4 million. The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times' obituary of Ginzburg noted, "Despite Mr. Ginzburg's ability to transform his life at critical periods, he saw his conviction and imprisonment Imprisonment See also Isolation. Alcatraz Island former federal maximum security penitentiary, near San Francisco; “escapeproof.” [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 218] Altmark, the German prison ship in World War II. [Br. Hist. as a handicap since, at the time, few establishment organizations would do business with him. "'Thus my publishing potential after release from prison was severely circumscribed circumscribed /cir·cum·scribed/ (serk´um-skribd) bounded or limited; confined to a limited space. cir·cum·scribed adj. Bounded by a line; limited or confined. ,' he said. 'I have always felt that I might have become a major force in American publishing had it not been for my conviction. Instead, I'm just a curious footnote.'" * Louis Rothschild Jr., founder and former publisher of Food Chemical News, died June 25 in Sykesville, Maryland. He had Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (ăls`hī'mərz, ôls–), degenerative disease of nerve cells in the cerebral cortex that leads to atrophy of the brain and senile dementia. . He launched the newsletter in 1958, when Congress approved the food additive amendments to the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act a regulation in the United States which requires all drugs used in animals to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration. . The newsletter covered artificial sweeteners, pesticide residue, and meat supply safety. He eventually launched three other publications covering the food industry and sold the business to the Times Mirror Co. in 1992. A memorial service was held June 28 at the Washington Conservatory of Music, of which Rothschild, a clarinet player, was former chairman. |
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