Word: circe
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Laborite London DAILY MIRROR, world's largest daily newspaper (circ...
Manhattan publishers worried little about any possible loss in prestige. But they were deeply concerned about the continuing slide in profits. Said Daily News President F. M. Flynn, boss of the nation's biggest (circ. 2,039,799) and one of the richest U.S. papers: "Anyone who isn't concerned is living in a dream world...
...Morning Tribune. The paper's editors took a fatherly interest in their bright young employee, not only taught him journalism but prescribed a rigorous course of self-education plus college extension courses. When his family moved to Denver, Neophyte Smith got a job as editor of the tiny (circ. 2.800) Denver Catholic Register, which was then privately owned, although it has since been taken over by the Denver diocese. Its property consisted of two battered desks, a deficit of $4,000 and a tattered mailing list. Editor Smith went to work to transform the paper. "I was only...
...years-to all outward appearances-the two daily papers in Jackson, Miss. bitterly competed with each other. The afternoon News (circ. 41,361) was run by fire-breathing Fred Sullens, who liked to boast how he beat up his complainants, was once caned by former Governor Paul B. Johnson. He also liked to attack the morning Clarion-Ledger (circ. 47,396), owned by the Hederman family. But despite the appearance of editorial rivalry in the state capital, the two papers worked as one on business and advertising matters...
...upstart young magazine was Vogue, whose circulation was hovering around 5,000. Since then Vogue has boosted its circulation (now 415,400), added the successful British (circ. 140,000) and French (circ. 25,000) editions and has become the world's No. 1 fashion magazine. The credit goes largely to Edna Woolman Chase, who at 77 has spent 59 years on the magazine, most of them as Vogue's editorial boss and arbiter of good taste. Last week, with an assist from her actress-author daughter Ilka Chase (Past Imperfect), Editor Chase published her autobiography, Always in Vogue...