Milestones of American Press History

This volume presents in compact form main persons and press organs in the history of the American media system, described by Pulitzer Prize Winners. There are personality profiles of press tycoons like Joseph Pulitzer, William Randolph Hearst and Henry Luce as key figures. There are other press founders like Alexander Hamilton, creator of the `New York Evening Post', or Henry Raymond who established the `New York Times'. There also are sketches about originally bankrupt newspapers sold at auctio