New York World
The New York World was an American newspaper that appeared in New York City from 1860 to 1931 .
Initially, the newspaper had little success, which only changed after Joseph Pulitzer bought it in 1883. The fact that Pulitzer published sensational, sometimes sensationalistic stories in the paper contributed to the success, but most of them were up-to-date and stood out from the previously usual essay style through their direct narrative style. Nellie Bly , a journalist for the paper, embodied the new tone with her experience reports and investigative reports . In an action that was new to journalism at the time, inspired by Jules Verne's novel , she traveled around the world in 80 days and around the earth in just 72 days.
In 1895, New York World was the first newspaper ever to appear with a color supplement. At the same time, the importance of comic supplements also increased. Richard Felton Outcault's comic The Yellow Kid - one of the very first newspaper comics - had appeared in the world from 1895 under the title Hogan's Alley . However, Outcault was poached shortly afterwards by William Randolph Hearst for the New York Journal . The newspaper war between Pulitzer and Hearst determined the two newspapers in the next few years - and contributed significantly to the development of modern tabloid journalism , which is still called "yellow press" in English after the cartoon character.
After Pulitzer's death in 1911, the paper passed to his son. In December 1913, the world 's first crossword puzzle appeared in the World . In the following years the paper continued to lose circulation. In 1931 it merged with the Evening Telegram and appeared from then on under the name New York World-Telegram .
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- Edition of The World, January 25, 1898