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Ted Thackrey
Theodore Olin Thackrey (November 17, 1901 – October 24, 1980) was an American journalist and publisher, best known as the editor of the ''New York Post'' in the 1940s, and the founder of the leftist New York City newspaper '' The Daily Compass''. Biography Following the demise of the leftist New York City newspaper '' PM'', published from June 1940 to June 22, 1948, and that paper's first successor, the '' New York Star'', published from June 23, 1948, to January 28, 1949, Ted Thackrey founded ''The Daily Compass''. Thackrey had been the features editor of the ''New York Post'' before marrying ''Post'' owner Dorothy Schiff in 1943, after which the two became co-publishers/co-editors. Sheehy, Gail"The Life of the Most Powerful Woman in New York" ''New York Magazine'', December 10, 1973 In 1948, he became solo publisher of the ''Post'' at the behest of his wife, leading to a disastrous three-month tenure in which major advertisers dropped the paper and Schiff returned to take over. ...
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New York Post
The ''New York Post'' (''NY Post'') is a conservative daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City. The ''Post'' also operates NYPost.com, the celebrity gossip site PageSix.com, and the entertainment site Decider.com. It was established in 1801 by Federalist and Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, and became a respected broadsheet in the 19th century under the name ''New York Evening Post''. Its most famous 19th-century editor was William Cullen Bryant. In the mid-20th century, the paper was owned by Dorothy Schiff, a devoted liberal, who developed its tabloid format. In 1976, Rupert Murdoch bought the ''Post'' for US$30.5 million. Since 1993, the ''Post'' has been owned by Murdoch's News Corp. Its distribution ranked 4th in the US in 2019. History 19th century The ''Post'' was founded by Alexander Hamilton with about US$10,000 () from a group of investors in the autumn of 1801 as the ''New-York Evening Post'', a broadsheet. Hamilton's co-investors included other New ...
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Los Angeles Times
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Los Angeles Examiner
The ''Los Angeles Examiner'' was a newspaper founded in 1903 by William Randolph Hearst in Los Angeles, California. The afternoon ''Los Angeles Herald-Express'' and the morning ''Los Angeles Examiner'', both of which had been publishing in the city since the turn of the 20th century, merged in 1962. For a few years after this merger, the ''Los Angeles Herald Examiner'' claimed the largest afternoon-newspaper circulation in the country, publishing its last edition on November 2, 1989. Founding The first edition was issued on Sunday, December 13, 1903, under the business managership of L. C. Strauss, who had managed the New York City office of the ''San Francisco Examiner,'' the first Hearst-owned newspaper. It was predicted to be Democratic Party of the United States, Democratic in politics and to compete with the Republican Party of the United States, Republican-supporting ''Los Angeles Times,'' another morning newspaper. The ''Examiner'' published a preview edition on Friday, ...
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''The Daily Compass'', which included the weekend ''Sunday Compass'', was a 1949-1952 successor to the leftist New York City newspaper '' PM'', published from June 1940 to June 22, 1948, and that paper's first successor, the ''
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