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2. Sensationalism - Wikipedia

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   The attention-grasping rhetorical techniques found in sensation fiction were also employed in articles on science, modern technology, finance, and in historical accounts of contemporary events. [7] Sensationalism in nineteenth century could be found in popular culture, literature, performance, art history, theory, pre-cinema, and early cinema.

3. New York World - Wikipedia

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   32646018. The New York World was a newspaper published in New York City from 1860 to 1931. The paper played a major role in the history of American newspapers as a leading national voice of the Democratic Party. From 1883 to 1911 under publisher Joseph Pulitzer, it was a pioneer in yellow journalism, capturing readers' attention with sensation ...

4. Jazz journalism - Wikipedia

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   Jazz journalism was a term applied to American sensational newspapers in the 1920s. Focused on entertainment, celebrities, sports, scandal and crime, the style was a New York phenomenon, practiced primarily by three new tabloid-size daily newspapers in a fight for circulation. Convenient for readers on subways, the small-format papers were ...

5. The Illustrated Police News - Wikipedia

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   Founded. 1864. Ceased publication. 1938. Headquarters. London. The Illustrated Police News was a weekly illustrated newspaper which was one of the earliest British tabloids. It featured sensational and melodramatic reports and illustrations of murders and hangings and was a direct descendant of the execution broadsheets of the 18th century.

6. Newsboys' strike of 1899 - Wikipedia

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   The newsboys' strike of 1899 was a U.S. youth-led campaign to facilitate change in the way that Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst 's newspapers compensated their force of newsboys or newspaper hawkers. The strikers demonstrated across New York City for several days, effectively stopping circulation of the two papers, along with the ...

7. Yellow journalism - Wikipedia

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   In journalism, yellow journalism and the yellow press are American newspapers that use eye-catching headlines and sensationalized exaggerations for increased sales. The English term is chiefly used in the US. In the United Kingdom, a similar term is tabloid journalism. Other languages, e.g. Russian ( Жёлтая пресса zhyoltaya pressa ...

8. Truth (Melbourne newspaper) - Wikipedia

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   Truth was a Melbourne tabloid newspaper established in 1902 as a subsidiary of Sydney's Truth. [1] It was "a sensational weekly paper with a large circulation, delighting while shocking its readers with its frequent exposure of personal scandal and social injustice. Detailed police and court reports, illustrated by drawings and photographs of ...

9. Peaches Browning - Wikipedia

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   Peaches Browning (born Frances Belle Heenan; June 23, 1910 – August 23, 1956), was an American actress. [1] She was married to New York City real estate developer Edward West "Daddy" Browning (1875 – 1934). Their story became one of the most sensational "scandals" of the Roaring Twenties. It is often cited in journalism history texts as an ...