The New York Journal American was a newspaper purchased by William Randolph Hearst in 1895 (at the time called the New York Morning Journal, then the New York Journal). Mr. Hearst, the priveleged and entitled son of a wealthy mining tycoon, was already established in the newspaper business in San Fransisco and ventured to New York to expand his empire. Reading the newspaper: Brookgreen Gardens in Pawleys Island, South Carolina. ... William Randolph Hearst (April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951) was an American newspaper magnate, born in San Francisco, California. ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The El Chino Mine located near Silver City, New Mexico is an open-pit copper mine Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually (but not always) from an ore body, vein, or (coal) seam. ... A business magnate, sometimes referred to as a mogul or a tycoon, is a person who controls a large portion of a particular industry and whose wealth derives primarily from said control. ... This article is about the city in California. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ...

Having purchased the newspaper, Hearst entered into a circulation war with the New York World, the newspaper run by his former mentor Joseph Pulitzer and from whom he stole Richard F. Outcault. It was Outcault who brought the comic strip "The Yellow Kid" to the New York Journal. This was the first comic strip to be printed in colour and was to lend its name to the term yellow journalism, used to describe the sensationalist and often dishonest articles which helped, along with a price reduction to one cent, to greatly increase circulation of the newspaper. Many believed as part of this that Hearst initiated the Spanish-American War of 1898 to increase sales. The New York World was a newspaper published in New York from 1860 until 1931. ... Joseph Pulitzer (April 10, 1847 - October 29, 1911), born in Makó, Hungary, immigrated to the United States and became an American newspaper man and journalist. ... Richard Felton Outcault (January 14, 1863-September 25, 1928) was an American comic strip scriptwriter, sketcher and painter. ... This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ... Mickey Dugan, better known as The Yellow Kid, was the lead fictional character in Hogans Alley, one of the first comic strips and the very first to be printed in color. ... Yellow journalism is a type of journalism in which sensationalism triumphs over factual reporting. ... The Spanish-American War took place in 1898, and resulted in the United States of America gaining control over the former colonies of Spain in the Caribbean and Pacific. ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

The newspaper ceased publishing in 1966.-1...

External links

• Guide to an Archived Collection of the Journal-American (http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/collections/books/holdings/nyja/)