Moses Yale Beach | |
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| Born | January 15, 1800[1] |
| Died | July 19, 1868 (aged 68) |
| Known for | New York Sun Associated Press |
| Children | Alfred Ely Beach Moses S. Beach William Yale Beach |
| Relatives | Elihu Yale, cousin James Murray Yale, cousin Arthur Yale, cousin William Yale, cousin Edwin R. Yale, cousin Frederick C. Beach, grandson Charles Yale Beach, grandson Emma Beach Thayer, granddaughter Stanley Yale Beach, great-grandson Brewster Yale Beach, great-great-grandson |
| Family | Yale |
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Moses Yale Beach (January 15, 1800 – July 19, 1868)[2] was an American inventor, entrepreneur, philanthropist and publisher, who founded the Associated Press, and is credited with originating print syndication.[3][4] His fortune, as of 1846, amounted to $300,000 ($10.2 million in 2023), which was about 1/4 of the fortune of Cornelius Vanderbilt at the time, and was featured in a book that he published named the Wealthy citizens of the City of New York.[5]
His newspaper, the New York Sun, became the most successful newspaper in America, and was a pioneer on crime reporting and human-interest stories for the masses.[6][7][8][9]
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- ^ Moses Y. Beach Obituary, New York Times, July 21, 1868, p. 2
- ^ Beach, Stanley, Archives at Yale, Stanley Yale Beach papers, Number: GEN MSS 802, 1911-1948
- ^ Moses Yale Beach (May 22, 1855). "The Wealth and Biography of the Wealthy Citizens of the City of New York, Page 4 and 29". Sun office. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
- ^ Understanding Media and Culture: An Introduction to Mass Communication, Newspapers as a Form of Mass Media; The Penny Press, Libraries Publishing
- ^ Wm. David Sloan. "George W. Wisner: Michigan Editor and Politican [sic]". tandfonline.com. doi:10.1080/00947679.1979.12066929. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
- ^ "Benjamin Henry Day, American journalist and publisher". Encyclopaedia Britannica. September 5, 2022.
- ^ Bird, S. Elizabeth. For Enquiring Minds: A Cultural Study of Supermarket Tabloids. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1992: 12-17.