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New York Post
The ''New York Post'' (''NY Post'') is an American Conservatism in the United States, conservative daily Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid newspaper published in New York City. The ''Post'' also operates three online sites: NYPost.com; PageSix.com, a gossip site; and Decider.com, an entertainment site. The newspaper was founded in 1801 by Alexander Hamilton, a Federalist Party, Federalist and Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father who was appointed the nation's first United States Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of the Treasury by George Washington. The newspaper became a respected broadsheet in the 19th century, under the name ''New York Evening Post'' (originally ''New-York Evening Post''). Its most notable 19th-century editor was William Cullen Bryant. In the mid-20th century, the newspaper was owned by Dorothy Schiff, who developed the tabloid format that has been used since by the newspaper. In 1976, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp bought the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daily Newspaper
A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports, art, and science. They often include materials such as opinion columns, weather forecasts, reviews of local services, Obituary, obituaries, birth notices, crosswords, editorial cartoons, comic strips, and advice columns. Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of Subscription business model, subscription revenue, Newsagent's shop, newsstand sales, and advertising revenue. The journalism organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often Metonymy, metonymically called newspapers. Newspapers have traditionally been published Printing, in print (usually on cheap, low-grade paper called newsprint). However, today most newspapers are also Electronic publishing, published on webs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Secretary Of The Treasury
The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, and is the chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States. The secretary of the treasury serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all matters pertaining to economic and fiscal policy. The secretary is, by custom, a member of the Cabinet of the United States, president's cabinet and, by law, a member of the United States National Security Council, National Security Council, and fifth in the U.S. presidential line of succession. Under the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution, the officeholder is nominated by the president of the United States, and, following a confirmation hearing before the United States Senate Committee on Finance, Senate Committee on Finance, will take the office if confirmed by the majority of the full United States Senate. The United States Secretary of State, secretary of state, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson (, 1743July 4, 1826) was an American Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father and the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. He was the primary author of the United States Declaration of Independence, Declaration of Independence. Jefferson was the nation's first United States Secretary of State, U.S. secretary of state under George Washington and then the nation's second vice president of the United States, vice president under John Adams. Jefferson was a leading proponent of democracy, republicanism, and Natural law, natural rights, and he produced formative documents and decisions at the state, national, and international levels. Jefferson was born into the Colony of Virginia's planter class, dependent on slavery in the colonial history of the United States, slave labor. During the American Revolution, Jefferson represented Virginia in the Second Continental Congress, which unanimously adopted the Declaration of Independence. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Wolcott
Oliver Wolcott Sr. ( ; November 20, 1726 December 1, 1797) was an American Founding Father and politician. He was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation as a representative of Connecticut, and the nineteenth governor of Connecticut. Wolcott was a major general for the Connecticut militia in the Revolutionary War serving under George Washington. Early life Wolcott was born in Windsor, Connecticut, the youngest of 10 children born to colonial Governor Roger Wolcott and Sarah Drake Wolcott. His elder brother was Erastus Wolcott. He attended Yale College, graduating in 1747 as the top scholar in his class. Upon graduation, New York Governor George Clinton granted Wolcott a captain's commission to raise a militia company to fight in the French and Indian Wars ( King George's War (1744–1748)). Captain Wolcott served on the northern frontier defending the Canadian border against the French until the Treaty of Aix-la-Chape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Troup
Robert Troup (1757 – January 14, 1832) was a soldier in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and a United States federal judge, United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New York. He participated in the Battles of Saratoga and was present at the surrender of British General John Burgoyne. Early life and education Troup was born in 1757, in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, Elizabethtown, in the Province of New Jersey in Colonial history of the United States, colonial-era British America. He graduated from King's College, later renamed Columbia University, in 1774, and read law, with John Jay. As a King's College student, he was the roommate of Alexander Hamilton. Career At the start of the American Revolutionary War, Troup joined the Hearts of Oak (New York militia), Hearts of Oak, a volunteer infantry unit of the New York militia. He entered as a second lieutenant in 1775, serving alongside two fellow King's College s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Coleman (1766-1829), New York Evening Post Editor
William, Will or Bill Coleman may refer to: Business * William Coffin Coleman (1870–1957), founder of the Coleman Company * William Frank Kobina Coleman (born 1922), Ghanaian engineer and director-general of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation * William T. Coleman III (1947–2020), American businessman, CEO of Veritas Technologies * William Tell Coleman (1824–1893), American pioneer and businessman * William C. Coleman (1901–1976), US railroad executive Entertainment * Bill Coleman (artist) (1922–1993), Australian artist * Bill Coleman (trumpeter) (1904–1981), jazz trumpeter * Will Coleman (storyteller) Cornish film-maker, author, and musician * William Stephen Coleman (1829–1904), English painter and book illustrator Politics * Bill Coleman (Oklahoma politician), member of the Oklahoma Senate * William Coleman (politician) (1878–?), house painter, labor activist, and Socialist politician from Milwaukee * William D. Coleman (politician) (1842–1908), pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Americana; A Universal Reference Library, Comprising The Arts And Sciences, Literature, History, Biography, Geography, Commerce, Etc
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Newspapers In The United States
, the United States had 1,279 daily newspapers that were printed and distributed in the nation. Newspapers' audiences can be nationwide, regional, local, or focused on particular demographic groups and interests. While traditionally focused on printed publications, many major newspapers now have significantly more online subscribers than print readers. Top 10 newspapers by subscribers and print circulation The following is a list of the top 10 newspapers in the United States by average weekday circulation and paid subscribers in 2023. Longest-running newspapers *'' The New Hampshire Gazette'' (1756) *''Hartford Courant'' (1764, the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United States) *''The Register Star'' (Hudson, New York, 1785) *'' Poughkeepsie Journal'' (1785) *'' The Augusta Chronicle'' (1785) *''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'' (July 1786) *'' Daily Hampshire Gazette'' (September 1784) *'' The Berkshire Eagle'' (1789) *''The Daily Mail'' (Catskill, NY, 1792) *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hollywood Reporter
''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade paper, and in 2010 switched to a weekly Wide-format printer, large-format print magazine with a revamped website. As of 2020, the day-to-day operations of the company are handled by Penske Media Corporation through a joint venture with Eldridge Industries. The magazine also sponsors and hosts major industry events. History Foundation and early years ''The Hollywood Reporter'' was founded in 1930 by William R. Wilkerson, William R. "Billy" Wilkerson (1890–1962) as Hollywood's first daily entertainment trade newspaper. The first edition appeared on September 3, 1930, and featured Wilkerson's front-page "Tradeviews" column, which became influential. The newspaper appeared Monday-to-Saturday for the first 10 years, except for a brief period, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rupert Murdoch
Keith Rupert Murdoch ( ; born 11 March 1931) is an Australian - American retired business magnate, investor, and media mogul. Through his company News Corp, he is the owner of hundreds of List of assets owned by News Corp, local, national, and international publishing outlets around the world, including in the United Kingdom (''The Sun (United Kingdom), The Sun'' and ''The Times''), in Australia (''The Daily Telegraph (Sydney), The Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun'', and ''The Australian''), in the United States (''The Wall Street Journal'' and the ''New York Post''), book publisher HarperCollins, and the television broadcasting channels Sky News Australia and Fox News (through the Fox Corporation). He was also the owner of Sky Group, Sky (until 2018), 21st Century Fox (Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney, until 2019), and the now-defunct ''News of the World''. With a net worth of billion Murdoch is the 31st richest person in the United States and the 71st richest in the wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Schiff
Dorothy Schiff (March 11, 1903 – August 30, 1989) was an American businesswoman who was the owner and then publisher of the ''New York Post'' for nearly 40 years. She was a granddaughter of financier Jacob Schiff. Schiff was interested in social services and reform, and was involved in several welfare groups. Early life Schiff was born in New York City into a prominent German Jewish banking family, the daughter of Mortimer Schiff and Adele (Neustadt) Schiff, and the granddaughter of financier Jacob Schiff. She attended secondary school at Manhattan's Brearley School and attended Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Afterward, she began living as a wealthy debutante. Marriages, ''The New York Post'' Schiff's first marriage came in 1923, in spite of strong resistance by her parents, to Richard Brown West Hall, a broker. They divorced in 1928. By October 21, 1932, when she married George Backer, a city councillor and a staunch liberal Democrat, Schiff's political s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Cullen Bryant
William Cullen Bryant (November 3, 1794 – June 12, 1878) was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the '' New York Evening Post''. Born in Massachusetts, he started his career as a lawyer but showed an interest in poetry early in his life. In 1825, Bryant relocated to New York City, where he became an editor of two major newspapers. He also emerged as one of the most significant poets in early literary America and has been grouped among the fireside poets for his accessible and popular poetry. Early life and education Bryant was born on November 3, 1794, in a log cabin near Cummington, Massachusetts; this home of his birth is commemorated with a plaque. He was the second son of Peter Bryant (August 12, 1767 – March 20, 1820), a physician and later a state legislator, and Sarah Snell (December 4, 1768 – May 6, 1847). The genealogy of his mother traces back to passengers on the '' Mayflower'', including John Alden (1599–1687), his wife Prisci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
