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Impy's Ideas. As for the mayoralty, the bosses' choice was New York Supreme Court Justice Ferdinand Pecora. But rangy, smiling Vincent Impellitteri ("Impy" to tabloid headline writers), who will serve in the interim as acting mayor, had other ideas. Impellitteri wanted his temporary lease to the mayor's mansion extended for another four years...
Last February Hearst started putting out a Sunday tabloid to buck the Sunday Tribune's 170,803 circulation, but it was a flop, and by June, the Tribune's advertising lead had jumped to three to one. To make matters worse, Hearst met rising production costs by cutting down on news coverage in the face of exhaustive, conscientious coverage by the Tribune. How much Hearst lost in Oakland, no Hearstling would say. (A healthy chunk went to cover severance pay, vacations, and two weeks' pay in lieu of notice.) But the loss was big enough so that...
...Editorialized New York's tabloid Daily News last week: "Whether Dr. Howell did it or whether Nature deserves the credit, the fact remains that it happened . Let's by all means renew [Howell's contract...
Early Bird. In the impasse, New Yorkers, thirsting for war news, lapped up Hearst's Journal-American, and the tabloid Post. Wall Streeters were also sending out for the Newark (N.J.) News, the only nearby afternoon paper that prints the complete stock market tables. All that the W-T & S could offer were daily sports broadcasts with this hopeful commercial: "Brought to you by the New York World-Telegram and Sun-a newspaper worth waiting...
...tabloid New York Daily News splashed big pictures of bride and family across Page One, headlined its top news spot inside: HEIRESS WEDS NEGRO SOCIAL WORKER TODAY...