09/10/2009 06:39 AM | Via: News and Record

Retired Landmark chairman Frank Batten Sr. dies

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Frank Batten Sr., who built a communications empire that spanned newspapers and cable television and created The Weather Channel, died today. He was 82. Batten, the retired chairman of privately held Landmark Communications, the News &... read the full story

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