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Joseph Pulitzer

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Industrialists, Publishers and Executives
Rolled Newspaper with a Laurel Sprig

Hungarian-born American publisher whose New York World built the modern mass-circulation newspaper: crusading investigations, illustrations, sports pages and stunt journalism. His will endowed the Columbia University school of journalism and the Pulitzer Prizes, awarded since 1917.

Facts
Birth Year
1847 1
Death Year
1911 1
Nationality
Hungarian-born American 1
Defining Contribution
The mass-circulation New York World; the Pulitzer Prizes and the Columbia journalism school 1
Connections

Associated With

Comics, Media Forms

Richard Outcault's The Yellow Kid, the strip usually credited as the medium's popular origin, appeared in Joseph Pulitzer's New York World from 1895.

Source Wikipedia
Additional Source The Yellow Kid (Wikipedia)The Yellow Kid, Origin
Source Encyclopedia Britannica
Sources
1. Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.View the Source
The Yellow Kid (Wikipedia)
Associated With: Comics, The Yellow Kid, OriginView the Source
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