Newsweek Owner Sidney Harman Is Dead At 92

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sidney Harman, the stereo magnate who shocked the media world when he bought Newsweek magazine for $1, died on Tuesday from complications of acute myeloid leukemia, his family said. He was 92.

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