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Robert M. Hall (September 27, 1909 – December 21, 1998) was an American media executive, founder of Publishers-Hall Syndicate and later Hall Communications. Born and raised in Providence, Rhode Island, Hall graduated from Brown University in 1934 and from Columbia School of Journalism in 1936. After working as a salesman for United Features Syndicate, he formed the Post Syndicate with the New York Post in 1944, soon renamed Post-Hall Syndicate. In 1955 he bought out the Post and renamed it Hall Syndicate.