New York American

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New York American was a prominent early 20th-century New York City daily newspaper known for its sensationalist, Hearst-owned journalism.

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New York American canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf daily newspaper
defunct newspaper
newspaper
ceasedPublication 1937
circulationArea New York metropolitan area
city New York City
country United States
dateOfMerger 1937
format broadsheet
foundedBy William Randolph Hearst
genre sensationalist journalism
yellow journalism
hasCompetitor New York Herald
New York Tribune
linked to: New-York Tribune

New York World
The New York Times
hasEdition Sunday American
hasOwner Hearst Communications
hasPublisher Hearst Newspapers
inception 1902
language English
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity New York
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
locationOfHeadquarters Manhattan
mainSubject celebrity and society news
crime reporting
news
politics
mediaType print
mergedInto New York Journal-American
notableFor aggressive circulation wars
sensationalist coverage
tabloid-style headlines
operatedInTimePeriod early 20th century
ownedBy Hearst Corporation
owner William Randolph Hearst
partOf Hearst newspaper chain
politicalAlignment sensationalist populism
publicationFrequency daily
publisher William Randolph Hearst

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Irvin S. Cobb employer New York American
Damon Runyon employer New York American
Winsor McCay employer New York American