The New York World

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The New York World

NEWSPAPER

Founded in 1860 and purchased by Joseph Pulitzer in 1883 for $346,000. In 1931 the World merged with the Evening Telegram, which combined to form the New York World-Telegram.

Location:
New York City

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Franklin Pierce Adams Columnist 15-Nov-1881 23-Mar-1960 New York columnist, The Conning Tower

Nellie Bly Journalist 5-May-1864 27-Jan-1922 Ten Days in a Mad-House

Heywood Broun Journalist 7-Dec-1888 18-Dec-1939 Muckraking reporter of the 1920s and '30s

James M. Cain Novelist 1-Jul-1892 27-Oct-1977 The Postman Always Rings Twice

Henry Chadwick Journalist 5-Oct-1824 20-Apr-1908 Father of baseball

Reginald De Koven Composer 3-Apr-1859 16-Jan-1920 Oh, Promise Me

A. J. Liebling Journalist 18-Oct-1904 28-Dec-1963 The New Yorker

Walter Lippmann Journalist 23-Sep-1889 14-Dec-1974 Today and Tomorrow

Charles Merz Journalist 23-Feb-1893 31-Aug-1977 Editor of the New York Times, 1938-61

Richard F. Outcault Cartoonist 14-Jan-1863 25-Sep-1928 Yellow Kid

David Graham Phillips Journalist 31-Oct-1867 24-Jan-1911 Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise

Joseph Pulitzer Business 10-Apr-1847 29-Oct-1911 Established the Pulitzer Prize

Alexander Woollcott Critic 18-Jan-1887 23-Jan-1943 The Man Who Came to Dinner

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