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The World of PulitzerBorn in Hungary, Joseph Pulitzer suffered the repercussions of being an immigrant during his first years in the United States. After experimenting with odd jobs in order to survive the foreign country, Pulitzer eventually found himself in the newspaper business, and later bought the moribund New York World. 
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It was not long until after Pulitzer's purchase that The World experienced revival and rapid success, bringing him great wealth.
The Westliche Post - a German language newspaper and where Pulitzer first worked in the field.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch - the first newspaper that Pulitzer purchases.
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Built in 1890, the World building was the tallest in the city at the time.
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William Randolph HearstOriginally serving as a reporter under Pulitzer, William
Hearst began his own career in San Fransisco, implementing similar styles, and eventually competed with Pulitzer in New York when he purchased The Journal. Hearst aimed to rival Pulitzer in all aspects of the newspaper business. As a result, an intense circulation war erupted. |
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Hearst with left-shoe labeled "The Examiner" and
right-shoe labeled "The Journal" - his two journals. Davenport, Homer. 1896. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (Click to enlarge.) |
The brightly colored New York Journal,
owned by William Randolph Hearst. Marschall, Richard. New York Journal American, 1898. (Click to enlarge.) |
As two men with very comparable ideas and motives, they both worked
to transform New York during their time as competing newspaper pioneers.
to transform New York during their time as competing newspaper pioneers.