New York World

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newspaper

New York World was a prominent late-19th- and early-20th-century American newspaper known for pioneering mass-circulation journalism and sensational reporting.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
New York World canonical	32
New York World-Telegram	2
The New York World	2
New York Evening World	1
New York World Sunday edition	1
The New York World (travel series)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T370892 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New York World
Context triple: [Joseph Pulitzer, employer, New York World]

A. Harper's Weekly
Harper's Weekly was a widely read 19th-century American political and literary magazine known for its illustrations, news coverage, and influence during the Civil War era.
B. The Washington Times-Herald
The Washington Times-Herald was a Washington, D.C. daily newspaper known for its conservative editorial stance and coverage of national politics before its eventual merger into The Washington Post.
C. The New York Times
The New York Times is a leading American newspaper renowned for its influential journalism, extensive global coverage, and role as a newspaper of record.
D. Frank A. Munsey Company
Frank A. Munsey Company was an American publishing firm best known for pioneering pulp magazines and mass-market fiction in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
E. Free Press
Free Press is an American publishing imprint known for releasing influential works of nonfiction, including titles in politics, history, and current affairs.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New York World
Target entity description: New York World was a prominent late-19th- and early-20th-century American newspaper known for pioneering mass-circulation journalism and sensational reporting.

A. Harper's Weekly
Harper's Weekly was a widely read 19th-century American political and literary magazine known for its illustrations, news coverage, and influence during the Civil War era.
B. The Washington Times-Herald
The Washington Times-Herald was a Washington, D.C. daily newspaper known for its conservative editorial stance and coverage of national politics before its eventual merger into The Washington Post.
C. The New York Times
The New York Times is a leading American newspaper renowned for its influential journalism, extensive global coverage, and role as a newspaper of record.
D. Frank A. Munsey Company
Frank A. Munsey Company was an American publishing firm best known for pioneering pulp magazines and mass-market fiction in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
E. Free Press
Free Press is an American publishing imprint known for releasing influential works of nonfiction, including titles in politics, history, and current affairs.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	newspaper ⓘ
building	New York World Building ⓘ
circulationArea	New York metropolitan area ⓘ
city	New York City ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
employed	Frank Irving Cobb ⓘ Heywood Broun ⓘ Irvin S. Cobb ⓘ Nellie Bly ⓘ Richard Harding Davis ⓘ Stephen Crane ⓘ
endTime	1931 ⓘ
foundedBy	Joseph Pulitzer ⓘ
genre	mass-circulation journalism ⓘ sensational journalism ⓘ yellow journalism ⓘ
hasAwardNamedAfterOwner	Pulitzer Prize ⓘ
hasPart	New York World self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: New York Evening World New York World self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: New York World Sunday edition
headquartersLocation	New York City ⓘ New York World Building ⓘ
influenced	modern investigative reporting ⓘ tabloid journalism ⓘ
knownFor	illustrated Sunday supplements ⓘ investigative exposés of corruption ⓘ pioneering mass-circulation techniques ⓘ sensational headlines ⓘ stunt journalism ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	New York ⓘ
mediaType	print ⓘ
mergedInto	New York World self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: New York World-Telegram
notableEditor	Herbert Bayard Swope ⓘ Joseph Pulitzer ⓘ Ralph Pulitzer ⓘ
notableJournalist	Nellie Bly ⓘ
ownedBy	Joseph Pulitzer ⓘ Pulitzer family ⓘ
politicalAlignment	Democratic Party ⓘ surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
publicationFrequency	daily ⓘ
publisher	Joseph Pulitzer ⓘ
significantEvent	Circulation war with New York Journal ⓘ Pulitzer–Hearst circulation war ⓘ Spanish–American War coverage ⓘ
startTime	1860 ⓘ
successor	New York World self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: New York World-Telegram
timePeriod	early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (39)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Joseph Pulitzer → employer → New York World ⓘ

Joseph Pulitzer → owned → New York World ⓘ

Walter Lippmann → employer → New York World ⓘ

Nellie Bly → employer → New York World ⓘ

Nellie Bly → publisherOf → New York World ⓘ

this entity surface form: The New York World (travel series)

New York World → hasPart → New York World self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York Evening World

New York World → hasPart → New York World self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York World Sunday edition

New York World → successor → New York World self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York World-Telegram

New York World → mergedInto → New York World self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York World-Telegram

Charles Edward Russell → workedFor → New York World ⓘ

Robert Benchley → employer → New York World ⓘ

this entity surface form: The New York World

Maxwell Anderson → employer → New York World ⓘ

Park Row newspaper district → hadNewspaper → New York World ⓘ

Everett Shinn → employer → New York World ⓘ

John Reed → employer → New York World ⓘ

this entity surface form: The New York World

Pulitzer–Hearst circulation war → hasKeyPublication → New York World ⓘ

Pulitzer–Hearst circulation war → hasRivalNewspaper → New York World ⓘ

Heywood Broun → employer → New York World ⓘ

New York World Building → namedAfter → New York World ⓘ

New York World Building → occupant → New York World ⓘ

Pulitzer family → associatedNewspaper → New York World ⓘ

New York Journal → competitor → New York World ⓘ

Elizabeth Jane Cochran → employer → New York World ⓘ

Ten Days in a Mad-House → publisher → New York World ⓘ

Irvin S. Cobb → employer → New York World ⓘ

Ralph Pulitzer → notableWork → New York World ⓘ

Ralph Pulitzer → employer → New York World ⓘ

Ralph Pulitzer → owned → New York World ⓘ

Ralph Pulitzer → publisherOf → New York World ⓘ

Herbert Bayard Swope → employer → New York World ⓘ

New York Inquirer → inspiredBy → New York World ⓘ

The Inquirer → inspiredBy → New York World ⓘ

Elizabeth Jane Cochrane → employer → New York World ⓘ

Frank Irving Cobb → employer → New York World ⓘ

Richard Grant White → employer → New York World ⓘ

Swope → employer → New York World ⓘ

subject surface form: Herbert Bayard Swope

Russel Crouse → employer → New York World ⓘ

Elizabeth Cochran Seaman → employer → New York World ⓘ

Madeleine Zabriskie Doty → employer → New York World ⓘ

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Referenced by (39)

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