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32 Cards in this Set
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Benjamin Day
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published the New York Sun
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New York Sun
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the first penny newspaper, 1833
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broadsheet
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a newspaper format with full-size pages typically 6 columns wide and 22 or 24 inches long
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tabloid
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a newspaper format with pages half the size f a broadsheet; typically five columns wide and 14 to 18 inches long; tab for short; not necessarily sensationalistic despite a connotation the term has acquired
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New York Daily News
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defined tabloid in public thinking as a word for sensationalism; founded 1919
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shovelware
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posting newspaper stories on the web after they've been published in a print edition, thereby "shoveling" them online
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William Randolph Hearst
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newspaper chain owner who dictated the contents of all his newspapers
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newspaper chain
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a single ownership of multiple newspapers
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Gannett
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a leading U.S. newspaper chain with 90 dailies
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local autonomy
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independence from chain headquarters
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absentee ownership
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when a company's headquarters is located in a faraway city
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cluster
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jointly owned, geographically nearby newspapers
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USA Today
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a Gannett national daily founded in 1981 known for its "quick fix" on the news
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Allen Neuharth
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creator of USA Today
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Wall Street Journal
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the second-largest U.S. daily newspaper known for "thorough good writing"
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Charles Dow
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the cofounder of the Wall Street Journal in 1882
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Edward Jones
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the cofounder of the Wall Street Journal in 1882
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Barney Kilgore
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created the modern Wall Street Journal
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Mary Baker Eddy
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Founded the Christian Science Monitor in 1908
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Christian Science Monitor
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A Boston-based national U.S. newspaper known for bearer of "good" news.....only contains one plainly labeled religious article each issue
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New York Times
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the most respected U.S. hometown daily known for foreign news and research
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New York Times Heritage
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events which led to NY times journalistic reputation include: Tweed Scandal, Sullivan Libel Case, Pentagon Papers, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Wiretaps
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William Marcy Tweed
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corrupt New York leader in the 1860's and 1870's who was exposed by the New York Times
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George Jones
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New York Times reporter on the Tweed Scandal
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L.B. Sullivan
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Alabama police commissioner who sued the New York Times for libel over a 1960 anti-racial segregation advertisement
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Times v. Sullivan
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1964 case that relaxed the libel restriction on the news media in covering police policy
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Pentagon Papers
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secret government study that, when reported in the New York Times, led to a Supreme Court decision that discouraged censorship
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hometown daily
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edited primarily for readers in a defined region
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telephone book journalism
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journalism that emphasizes listing reader's names
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shopper
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an advertising paper without news
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information centers
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a Gannett concept for newsrooms designed around Web delivery of news and services
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mojos
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roving reporters with cell phones, laptops, and videocams; short for mobile journalists
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