īut what became known as the Paris Herald did not start until its first issue came out on October 4, 1887. It had a European edition, which by 1958 had a circulation of some 2,000 copies. Its ability to entertain the public with timely daily news made it the leading circulation paper of its period.ĭuring the time of original publisher Bennett, the New York Herald was perhaps the best-known American paper in Europe.
When the Herald was still under the authority of its original publisher Bennett, it was considered to be the most intrusive and sensationalist of the leading New York papers. In 1959, the New York Herald Tribune and its European edition were sold to John Hay Whitney, then the U.S. In 1924, after James Jr.'s death, the New York Herald was acquired by its smaller rival the New York Tribune, to form the New York Herald Tribune. In 1916 a Saturday issue of the paper reported that a major financier was found dead from poisoning it added that in 1901 he was "mysteriously poisoned and narrowly escaped death." Bennett later moved to Paris, but the New York Herald suffered from his attempt to manage its operation in New York by telegram. sent Julius Chambers to Paris, France to launch a European edition. In 1874, the Herald ran the New York Zoo hoax, in which the front page of the newspaper was devoted entirely to a fabricated story of wild animals getting loose at the Central Park Zoo and attacking numerous people. In 1879 it supported the ill-fated expedition of George W. The paper also supported Stanley's trans-Africa exploration. Under James Jr., the paper financed Henry Morton Stanley's expeditions into Africa to find explorer David Livingstone, where they met on November 10, 1871. In April 1867, Bennett turned over control of the paper to his son James Gordon Bennett Jr. Frederic Hudson served as managing editor of the paper from 1846 to 1866. During the American Civil War, Bennett's policy, as expressed by the newspaper, was to staunchly support the Democratic Party. But he was not as anti-immigrant as the Know-Nothing party were. In 1861, it circulated 84,000 copies and called itself "the most largely circulated journal in the world." Bennett stated that the function of a newspaper "is not to instruct but to startle and amuse." His politics tended to be anti-Catholic and he had tended to favor the Know-Nothing faction. īy 1845, it was the most popular and profitable daily newspaper in the United States. The Herald distinguished itself from the partisan papers of the day by the policy that it published in its first issue: "We shall support no party-be the agent of no faction or coterie, and we care nothing for any election, or any candidate from president down to constable." Bennett pioneered the "extra" edition during the Herald's sensational coverage of the Robinson–Jewett murder case.
The first issue of the paper was published by James Gordon Bennett Sr., on May 6, 1835.
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