US$30.6 million at the time of his death (about 0.09% of US GNP)[1]
Signature
Military service
Allegiance
United States of America
Branch/service
Union Army
Years of service
1864–1865
Unit
1st New York Cavalry Regiment
Battles/wars
American Civil War Battle of Dinwiddie Court House Battle of Five Forks Third Battle of Petersburg Battle of Sailor's Creek Battle of Appomattox Station Battle of Appomattox Court House
Joseph Pulitzer (/ˈpʊlɪtsər/PUUL-it-sər;[2][a] born Pulitzer József, Hungarian:[ˈpulit͡sɛrˈjoːʒɛf]; April 10, 1847 – October 29, 1911) was a Hungarian-American politician and newspaper publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the New York World. He became a leading national figure in the Democratic Party and was elected congressman from New York.
In the 1890s the fierce competition between his World and William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal caused both to develop the techniques of yellow journalism, which won over readers with sensationalism, sex, crime and graphic horrors. The wide appeal reached a million copies a day and opened the way to mass-circulation newspapers that depended on advertising revenue (rather than cover price or political party subsidies) and appealed to readers with multiple forms of news, gossip, entertainment and advertising.
Pulitzer's name is best known for the Pulitzer Prizes established in 1917 as a result of his endowment to Columbia University. The prizes are given annually to recognize and reward excellence in American journalism, photography, literature, history, poetry, music, and drama. Pulitzer founded the Columbia School of Journalism by his philanthropic bequest; it opened in 1912.
^Klepper, Michael; Gunther, Michael (1996), The Wealthy 100: From Benjamin Franklin to Bill Gates – A Ranking of the Richest Americans, Past and Present, Secaucus, New Jersey: Carol Publishing Group, p. xiii, ISBN 978-0-8065-1800-8, OCLC 33818143
^"The Pulitzer prizes – Answers to frequently asked questions". Pulitzer.org. Archived from the original on August 1, 2016. Retrieved August 10, 2009.
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JosephPulitzer (/ˈpʊlɪtsər/ PUUL-it-sər; born Pulitzer József, Hungarian: [ˈpulit͡sɛr ˈjoːʒɛf]; April 10, 1847 – October 29, 1911) was a Hungarian-American...
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Pulitzer Preston (May 31, 1928 – October 28, 2011) was an American fashion model, socialite and philanthropist. The granddaughter of JosephPulitzer,...
The Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting is a Pulitzer Prize awarded for a distinguished example of breaking news, local reporting on news of the...
The Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography is one of the American Pulitzer Prizes annually awarded for journalism. From 2000 it has used the "breaking...
Ralph Pulitzer was born on June 11, 1879, in St. Louis, Missouri. He was the son of Katherine "Kate" (née Davis) Pulitzer and JosephPulitzer, the newspaper...
The Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting has been presented since 1998, for a distinguished example of explanatory reporting that illuminates a significant...
Journalism is located in Pulitzer Hall on the university's Morningside Heights campus in New York City. Founded in 1912 by JosephPulitzer, Columbia Journalism...
The Pulitzer Prize for Memoir of Autobiography is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes annually awarded for Letters, Drama, and Music. The award honors...
Pulitzer Fountain is an outdoor fountain located in Manhattan's Grand Army Plaza in New York. The fountain is named after newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer...
1885 work on the pedestal was threatened by lack of funds. Publisher JosephPulitzer, of the New York World, started a drive for donations to finish the...
The Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are awarded annually for the "Letters, Drama, and Music" category...
The 2023 Pulitzer Prizes were awarded by the Pulitzer Prize Board for work during the 2022 calendar year on May 8, 2023. Winners and finalists for the...
acquired the New York Journal and fought a bitter circulation war with JosephPulitzer's New York World. Hearst sold papers by printing giant headlines over...
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