James Gordon Bennett ca. 1851
   
Tribune staff ca. 1844, Greeley seated third from left
   
Old Mother Bank, 1832 lithograph
   

The Penny Press

Fred. Koenig's 2-cylinder steam press by London Times 1814 - 1100 sheets/hr.

Fourdrinier paper machine in France 1828 with new bleaching process for rags.

Richard Hoe & Co. press did 4000 sheets/hr - able to lower cost from 6 to 1 cent.

Seba Smith's Portland Daily Courier 1829 - cheaper $4 per yr., "Jack Downing"

Charles Knight's Penny Magazine 1832 in Britain - to educate the poor, grew to 20,000.

Horace Greeley's NY Morning Post Jan. 1, 1833 - 2-cent weekly, newsboys on st.

Benjamin Day's NY Sun Sep. 3, 1833 - 1-cent by newsboys, 4 pp., 10 x 11 in.

James Gordon Bennett's NY Herald May 6, 1835 - 77,000 by 1860 - largest in U.S.

Horace Greeley's NY Tribune 1841 - serious editorials - clipped by other editors

Andrew Jackson's Post Office was the fastest growing federal agency

Samuel F. B. Morse's telegraph contributed to a growing global network



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revised 9/12/05 by Steven Schoenherr at the University of San Diego | A Nationalizing Power | reserve