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n 1883, Hungarian immigrant Joseph Pulitzer bought the troubled New York World. His readership was "the common man," and he succeeded in reaching readers with light, sensationalistic news coverage, extensive use of illustrations, and circulation-building stunts and promotions. This brand of journalism became known as

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In 1883, Hungarian immigrant Joseph Pulitzer bought the troubled New York World. His readership was "the common man," and he succeeded in reaching readers with light, sensationalistic news coverage, extensive use of illustrations, and circulation-building stunts and promotions. This brand of journalism became known as yellow journalism.

This kind of journalism focused on extreme or sensationalistic news or was reported in a sensationalistic way to capture the attention of readers. Pulitzer had a fierce competitor in Hertz, another newspaper owner and they competed for more readers. The way the found it better was not more objective news but sensationalistic news that entertained the readers.