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This is a list of online newspaper archives and some magazines and journals, including both free and pay wall blocked digital archives. Most are scanned from microfilm into pdf, gif or similar graphic formats and many of the graphic archives have been indexed into searchable text databases utilizing optical character recognition (OCR) technology.
Crime news featured big bold headlines, and startling graphic art. [76] The approach worked, and as the Journals circulation jumped to 150,000, Pulitzer had to cut his price to a penny, hoping to drive his young competitor (who was subsidized by his family's fortune) into bankruptcy. In a counterattack, Hearst raided the staff of the World in ...
1950 – NBC airs Broadway Open House a late-night comedy, variety, talk show through 1951. Hosted by Morey Amsterdam and Jerry Lester and Dagmar, it serves as the prototype for The Tonight Show; 1950 – Failed assassination attempt by two Puerto Rican nationals on President Harry S. Truman while he was living at Blair House.
Timeline of United States history (1950–1969) ... February 26 – Bill Ritter, news anchor; March 2 – Karen Carpenter, pop singer and drummer (d. 1983)
1950 (United States) Congress of Industrial Organizations expelled nine unions for alleged communist influence. [41] 1950 (United States) United Auto Workers and General Motors reached agreement on a contract that provided pensions and wage increases over the duration of the signed contract. [41] 1950 (United States)
The 1950s (pronounced nineteen-fifties; commonly abbreviated as the "Fifties" or the "' 50s") (among other variants) was a decade that began on January 1, 1950, and ended on December 31, 1959. Throughout the decade, the world continued its recovery from World War II , aided by the post-World War II economic expansion .
The new news writing style first spread to the provincial press through the Midland Daily Telegraph around 1900. [31] By the early 19th century, there were 52 London papers and over 100 other titles. In 1802, and 1815 the tax on newspapers was increased to three pence and then four pence.
December 22: Bernhard Goetz shoots and wounds four unarmed black men on a 2 train on the subway who tried to rob him, generating weeks of headlines and many discussions about crime and vigilantism in the media. New York Center for Independent Publishing founded. Philip Johnson's 550 Madison Avenue is completed. Paper magazine begins publication.