Andrew J. Aikens, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American newspaper publisher and editor
Date of Birth: 31-Oct-1828
Place of Birth: Barnard, Vermont, United States
Date of Death: 22-Jan-1909
Profession: editor
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Andrew J. Aikens
- Andrew Jackson Aikens, Sr.
- (1828–1909) was an American newspaper publisher and editor who was associated for more than half a century with The Evening Wisconsin, a daily newspaper published in the city of Milwaukee. Aikens is regarded as the creator of the "patent inside" preprinted sheet in 1863 — an early form of syndicated news and advertising content which helped to make the production of small weekly newspapers economically viable.
- At the time of his death it was estimated that some 10,000 newspapers — half of the weeklies in the United States — made use of some form of the preprinted page pioneered by Aikens.
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