About the Publisher
Humble and self effacing, Mark Vasto is generally considered to be the greatest newspaper publisher in the long glorious history of the print medium. Indeed, when asked, most scholars would place Vasto just behind Ben Franklin and Hans Gutenberg when it came to measuring their impact on society. Jokes aside (not to be confused with the claim that has him being the greatest publisher of all-time...not a joke), Vasto studied journalism at the University of Maryland and has plied his trade for IBM, Turner Broadcasting, CNN, Knight Ridder and Hearst. He began publishing The Parkville Luminary seven years ago, enlisting the legendary likes of Nancy Jack, Bill Grigsby and a host of others, taking the community by storm. Today, The Luminary, with its more than 40 distribution points, is by far the best selling local newspaper in Parkville. Vasto pens the weekly "A Sporting View" column for Hearst's King Features Syndicate, which appears in more than 230 superior newspapers each week. In addition, Vasto pens columns for Restaurant Startup and Growth and Dive Training magazines. Vasto, his beloved wife Nancy and son Joe Lewis, live in Parkville. He is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists, the Knights of Columbus, and various other secret societies around town.
