The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-07-08
Newspapers In the United States

Newspapers In the United States.
Newspapers in the United States are
now so numerous that 1t is well nigh
for any one tn remember a
fraction Of the list, and it is therefore
with pleasure that we note that George
p. ROwell and CO.. publishers of
New York. have issued new and COM
pletely revised edition of their News
paper Directory. A trade so immense
'as that Of newspapers has had but little
attention called to 1t, and we have as u
people but very little knowledge of the
immense degree of capital required to
carry it on. Journalists, it is true,. have
,dilated much upon the dignity and the
value OF the ptcss, but have studiously
iabstained from touching on material
considerations 1t is the poetry, and not
1.-The prose Of newspaper life which at
jtracts the attention of our fraternity
GENERALLY. Yet even at this we hear
much mtrustworthy gossip relating to
newspapers, and the public evidently
believe what ia said Of it. We propose
to supply our readers with some Of the
Iplums we have extracted from this work,
perhaps supplemented by some things
ont Of our own knowledge.
Tie largest paper in the United States
lis the New York INDEPENDENT" and
it has also the largest advertising patron
age of any weekly paper in the country.
1t editor is the best paid Of any editor
of periodical other than daily. The
largest daily is either the New York
"Tribunc" or the New York journal
of Commerce !" which, it is difficult to
decide. The smallest daily is the Ithaca
" Leader" at Ithaca, New York. The
N. Y. Weekly and Bonner's Ledger
have each more than three hundred
Thousand circulation, and 6xsccd any
lDthcrs in the L. States In this respect
Amone the newspapers which arc prin-
tied with news the n. Y.. Tribune and
P0mcrOy's Democrat have the greatest
issue -about two hundred thousand each
- but, OH the contrary some newspapers
in the South do not claim over one hum
drcd and twenty. The average circula-
!tioa of weekly country paper in the
Westc err States ~ about six hundred and
fifty, in the South five hundred and fifty,
land in the East about nine hundrcd.- =
There is. . weekly co&antry paper in Rhode
Iof over seven thousand. Th6re is one
idsily in New Y ork wlIiah amuslly -
Icdvee U2Br eight Aundrcd thousand dol.
|larS ~ fear from advertisements, and
There aae two others which receive over
flour hundred thousand. The total mum.
her of newspapers is 5,4i9. out OF which
about five hundred and fifty are. daily
Two hundred and fifty-eight German
newspapers are printed in the United
States and British Provinces, Of which
labOut one-quarter come from Pennsyl.
lvania forty eight are issued in French
fifteen i'm the. Scandinavian languages
Iten i'm Spanish, five in Dutch, four in
Italian, three in Welsh, two in Bohcm-
ian, one in Russian and English. and one
lin Chinese and English. San Francisco
has the greatest proportion of pcriOdi.
Gals published in foreign languages, nj.
Though the aggregate number is in this
proportion reversed. New York has siy
Herman dailics, two French, and ono
.iSeandinaviln. besides twcnty-three in
English. The highest salary paid to an
leditor in America is ten thousand o
lyear we would not dare TO say how
} small the lowest is.
j For full information on these and 9th.
Ter topics we desire to recommend this
book. 1t has, in addition, a Newspaper
!. Rate Book, giving the rates Of advertis
Ling i'm all the prominent newspapers OF
, America, from which we learn that il
: costs thirty dollars to insert an adver
| tiscment one inch long in certain New
i York paper one time; and a number O.
sketches Of Men Who Advertise. Mel
fwho advertise and make money by i
: must Of necessity know something, anG
: the story Of their lives shows how they
1 gained such knowledge and such cxpe
: ricnce as to make their powers available
! Altogether this volume is useful botl
/, lfor entertainment and for business.