Douglas F. Attaway, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Douglas F. Attaway

Louisiana newspaper publisher and television station owner

Date of Birth: 10-Sep-1910

Place of Birth: Shreveport, Louisiana, United States

Date of Death: 21-Feb-1994

Profession: editor, journalist, newspaper editor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Douglas Fisher Attaway, Jr., known as Doug Attaway (September 10, 1910 – February 21, 1994), was the president and publisher from 1957 to 1976 of the since defunct Shreveport Journal, a daily newspaper in northwest Louisiana.
He was chairman of the board of KSLA-TV, the Shreveport CBS affiliate from 1966 until the channel was sold in 1979 to Viacom.
He was a former chairman of the board of Newspaper Production Company and the Attaway Newspaper Group, Inc.