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New York Atlas
The ''New York Atlas'' was a Sunday newspaper in New York City which was published from 1838 until the 1880s. The paper was founded as a Sunday-only paper in 1838 by Anson Herrick and Jesse A. Fell as the ''Sunday Morning Atlas''.Frederic Hudson, Hudson, FredericJournalism in the United States, from 1690-1872 p.338 (1873) It began publication on August 12, 1838.Alfred McClung Lee, Lee, Alfred McClungThe Daily Newspaper in America: The Evolution of a Social Instrument p.392 (1937) Frederick West soon joined as an editor and partner in the paper, Fell departed, and John F. Ropes also joined as a publisher, and the publishers then were known as "Herrick, West, and Ropes". By November 1842, its reported circulation was 4,500, ranking it second (after the ''New York Herald'') among the five New York papers who were publishing on Sunday at the time. The paper continued operation under Herrick's sons Carleton Moses and Anson after Anson Sr. died in 1868, and ceased publication someti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newspaper
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports and art, and often include materials such as opinion columns, weather forecasts, reviews of local services, obituaries, birth notices, crosswords, editorial cartoons, comic strips, and advice columns. Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of subscription revenue, newsstand sales, and advertising revenue. The journalism organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often metonymically called newspapers. Newspapers have traditionally been published in print (usually on cheap, low-grade paper called newsprint). However, today most newspapers are also published on websites as online newspapers, and some have even abandoned their print versions entirely. Newspapers developed in the 17th century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
