Joseph Pulitzer -IND- William Kelly

Joseph Pulitzer

Joseph Pulitzer was originally born Politzer Jozsef in Mako Hungary on April 10, 1847. He traveled to the United States in 1864 and in 1868 he became a newspaper reporter. In 1871 he bought a share of the paper and then resold it. Three years later he acquired another paper and then sold that one. Four years after that he gained control of the St. Louis-Dispatch. After the St. Louis Dispatch he shifted his ideas to New York City. Eventually he would become the voice of the United States Democratic Party. One of his many claims to fame was setting up the modern template and set up of the newspaper. His rival in the newspaper business was William Randolph Hearst who owned The Journal, where Pulitzer owned The World. Their competition was to increase circulation between their businesses. In order to do this they resorted to yellow journalism which was basically over-exaggerated writing about a certain topic. Pulitzer died October 29, 1911.