Magazines are publications that run on a regular schedule and are funded by subscription rates. The first magazine ever printed was published in Germany in the late 17th century. Less than 100 years later, with the idea of the magazine haven taken off as a form of journalism, a younger Ben Franklin decided to embrace […]
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A brief history of the first American magazine
Posted by: bbukovic | September 29, 2014 | No Comment |Yellow Journalism: Born from one War, Fueling Others for Decades
Posted by: bbukovic | September 22, 2014 | 1 Comment |Yellow Journalism was born in the late nineteenth century out of the competition between publishing moguls Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst. Competition between the two came to a peak when Hearst hired the Cartoonist Richard F. Outcault away from Pulitzer after Outcault’s popular cartoon “Hogan’s Alley” boost Pulitzer’s sales. Outcault’s most popular character from […]
When most Americans hear the word “tabloid” they automatically associate it with entertainment journalism and the ferocity of which we pounce on celebrity gossip. However, entertainment journalism is not what has fueled the history of the tabloid. Tabloids originated in as a unique form of British journalism. Utilizing sensationalism, British tabloids focus on breaking hard news […]
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Since William Randolph Hearst named himself “Proprietor” of the San Francisco Examiner in 1887, the Hearst Company had held a long reputation as a publishing machine always in search of the next “big thing.” In 2014, the company has grown to be the home of over 300 magazine titles, with 21 of those in the US […]