New York World-Telegram
Daily newspaper | |
Format | Broadsheet |
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Founder(s) | James Gordon Bennett |
Founded | 1867 Renamed New York World-Telegram and The Sun in 1950 |
Ceased publication | 1966 |
Headquarters | New York City, U.S. |
The New York World-Telegram, later known as the New York World-Telegram and The Sun, was a New York City newspaper from 1931 to 1966.
History
Founded by
The newspaper became the World-Telegram in 1931, following the sale of the
The World-Telegram enjoyed a reputation as a liberal paper for some years after the merger, based on memories of the Pulitzer-owned World. However, under Scripps Howard the paper moved steadily to the right, eventually becoming a conservative bastion described by the press critic
In 1940, the paper carried a series of articles entitled "The Rape of China," which used Walter Judd's experiences with Japanese soldiers as the basis of support for a campaign to boycott Japanese goods. Publisher Roy Howard, an expert of sorts after travelling to Manchuria and Japan in the early 1930s, gave extensive coverage of Japanese atrocities in China.[3] The paper's headline of December 8, 1941, read "1500 Dead in Hawaii" in its coverage of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.
New York World-Telegram and The Sun
In 1950, the paper became the New York World-Telegram and The Sun after Dewart and his family sold Scripps the remnants of another afternoon paper, the New York Sun.[4] Liebling once described The Sun on the combined publication's nameplate as resembling the tail feathers of a canary on the chin of a cat.
New York World Journal Tribune
Early in 1966, a proposal to create New York's first
The archives of the paper are not available online, but they can be accessed at the Library of Congress, the University of Wisconsin-Madison,[6] and several research facilities in the state of New York.
Gallery
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World-Telegram photo of Louis Armstrong
See also
- Media of New York City
References
- ^ a b (February 12, 1927).The Telegram Sold to Scripps-Howard, The New York Times
- ISBN 0-394-74849-2.
- ^ Edwards, Lee (1990). Missionary for Freedom: The Life and Times of Walter Judd. Paragon House. pp. 72–73.
- ^ (January 4, 1950). World-Telegram and Sun Merged in Transaction, Prescott Evening Courier (Associated Press)
- ^ (April 24, 1966). New York Newspaper Strike Set, Sarasota Herald=Tribune (Associated Press)
- ^ "New York world-telegram".
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