Robert Price

Robert Price (August 27, 1932– April 22, 2016) was an American attorney, investment banker and corporate executive. A strategist and campaign manager for John V. Lindsay and Nelson Rockefeller, Price served as deputy mayor of New York City before entering business. He founded Price Communications in 1981.

Early life and education Price was born in Morris Heights in the Bronx on August 27, 1932. His parents were Eastern European Jewish immigrants who ran a grocery store in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan. Price then served as deputy mayor of New York City under Lindsay, becoming (at age 33) the city's youngest deputy mayor. By 1985, Price Communications Corp. owned and operated three television stations and eleven radio stations. In the same year, Price Communications made its first print acquisition when it purchased the New York Law Journal and its companion publication, the National Law Journal, from SFN Companies, for $20.5 million. He ran the company jointly with his son, Steven Price; the elder Price becoming chairman and the younger Price became president and chief executive. The company went public in late 1994 and was acquired by American Cellular Corp. in 1998.

Death Price died on April 22, 2016, in Manhattan, of a brain hemorrhage.