Bernard George Davis (December 11, 1906 – August 28, 1972) was an American publishing executive. He and
William Bernard Ziff Sr. founded
Ziff Davis Inc. in 1927. In 1957, he sold his ownership share of Ziff-Davis to
William Bernard Ziff Jr., and left to found Davis Publications Inc.
Davis Publications acquired ''
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'' at some point in the 1960s or early 1970s. It later purchased ''
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine'' in 1975 and ''
Analog Science Fiction and Fact
''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'' is an American science fiction magazine published under various titles since 1930. Originally titled ''Astounding Stories of Super-Science'', the first issue was dated January 1930, published by William Cla ...
'' in 1980. In 1977, they launched ''
Asimov's Science Fiction
''Asimov's Science Fiction'' is an American science fiction magazine edited by Sheila Williams and published by Dell Magazines, which is owned by Penny Press. It was launched as a quarterly by Davis Publications in 1977, after obtaining Isaac ...
'' as a quarterly publication. All four magazines were sold to
Dell Magazines in 1992.
References
External links
Ziff Davis Corporate Timeline. Ziff Davis. 7 November 2006.
American magazine founders
1906 births
1972 deaths
20th-century American businesspeople
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