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Encyclopedia > Frank Munsey

Frank Andrew Munsey (21 August 1854, Mercer, Maine, U.S. - 22 December 1925, New York City) was an American newspaper and magazine publisher and author. When he died he left his money to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, located in New York. None of his money went to the his remaing family wich currently reside in Manchester New Hampshire. Today it is estimated that his money would build up to many millions of dollars for his work left he behind August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Mercer is a town located in Somerset County, Maine. ... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... December 22 is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nickname: The Big Apple Motto: Official website: City of New York Location Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area Total 468. ... The central lobby of the museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art, often referred to simply as The Met, is one of the worlds largest and most important art museums, located on the eastern edge of Central Park in Manhattan, New York, United States. ...


Munsey was a former telegraph operator who went to New York City in 1882 to become a publisher and is credited with the idea of using new high-speed printing presses to print on inexpensive pulp paper to mass produce consumer magazines. Munsey used the technique of cutting cover prices to increase circulation and often closed down magazines when they became unprofitable, quickly starting new ones in their place. After his death, the Frank A. Munsey Company continued on publishing various magazines, including pulp detective fiction, such as (Flynn's) Detective Fiction and All-Story Love. Nickname: The Big Apple Motto: Official website: City of New York Location Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area Total 468. ... 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The printing press is a mechanical device for printing many copies of a text on rectangular sheets of paper. ... Piece of paper Paper is a thin, flat material produced by the compression of fibers (or fibres). ...


He edited and published;

He worked on the following New York based newspapers; Argosy Magazine is an American pulp magazine. ...

He wrote the following novels: The Washington Times is a daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C.. It was founded in 1982 as a conservative alternative to the Washington Post by members of the controversial Unification Church. ... The modern New York Sun is a daily newspaper published at New York City which debuted April 16, 2002. ...

  • Afloat in a Great City (1887)
  • The Boy Broker (1888)
  • A Tragedy of Errors (1889)
  • Under Fire (1890)
  • Derringforth (1894)

External links

  • Fact Monster People: Frank A. Munsey
  • Encyclopaedia Britannica: Frank Andrew Munsey
  • "The Pulps" by Peter Haining


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Munsey's Magazine St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture - Find Articles (896 words)
Munsey, who had grown up poor in rural Maine, recognized that most of the growing American middle class could not afford magazines, so he dropped the cover price of his failing literary monthly from twenty-five to ten cents per copy.
Munsey's Magazine jumped in readership overnight, becoming the world circulation leader by 1907, and came to be recognized as the prototype of the modern popular magazine.
Frank Munsey was born on August 21, 1854,; and grew up on a series of struggling farms near Augusta, Maine.
Frank Andrew Munsey Biography | Encyclopedia of World Biography (460 words)
Frank Andrew Munsey (1854-1925), American publisher, built a newspaper and magazine empire in the early 20th century.
Frank Munsey was born in Mercer, Maine, on Aug. 21, 1854, the son of poor but hardworking parents.
Munsey's was less distinguished than most of these, but in 1893 Munsey made the magazine more salable by cutting his price to 10 cents.
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