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Corbis via Getty Images Marvin R. Shanken, the longtime editor and publisher of Wine Spectator magazine who was instrumental in elevating the profile of American wine business, died Thursday in Manhattan. He was 83.
Shanken started his career in 1972 when he bought a small industry newsletter named Impact, which became a key resource for the wine and spirits industries. He purchased the struggling Wine Spectator newspaper in 1979, which he turned into a glossy magazine with more than 100,000 subscribers.
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