New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-01
Merger Becomes Ef-
feCtiVe i'm Issue
Of July 3.
PRICE WILL BE
CUT TO | CENT
"Old Sun Men" to Stay
Associated Press to
Serve Combination.

Charles A. Dana's "Sun" has becom,
the property of Frank A. Munsey. Mr.
Munsey, who buys and sells newspaper:
with far more nonchalance than IN,
corner newsic, has bought "The Sun
and THE Evening Sun" Incidentally
THE sun" bought The Press" Mr.
Munsey's current New York newspaper
and with it the right TO The Associated
Press news, which The Sun" assailec
as biassed during the West Virgins
mine strikes.
The Sun" and "The Press" will b,
merged and published as "The Sun" be
ginning Monday morning. Mr. Munsey
will reduce the price to one cent. 1t il
now two.
1t is Mr.. Munsey's second venture
with New York newspapers within foul
years. In September. 1912. he bsugh'
"The Press" then a Republican paper
and used j.. % push Colonel Roose
velt's campaign.
Changes Many to Sun"
Back in 1901 he bough. The New
York Daily News" then an evening
paper, changed it TO a morning paper
and conducted il Cor several years be
fore discontinuing IL.
William c. Reick. publisher OF 9TH,
Sun" for nearly FIVE years, will con.
tinue his connection with il under tn,
new ownership, AS will Edward P
Mitchell, head of the editorial staff
Mr.. Munsey announced yesterday.
Changes have been coming rapidly
for THE Sun" of late. 1t is only a few
weeks since it moved from the historic
old red brick building at 10 Nassau
Street, overlooking City Hall Park. tc
the building at 150 Nassau Street
which is almost far enough to remove
it from the old Newspaper Row.
Now THE Sun" is to have Associated
Press service. For years THE Sun
has conducted its own news bureau. tn.
Laffan Bureau, buying and selling new.
in competition with the Associated
Press. Rivalry WAS bitter at times
and two years ago "The Sun" declared
that the Associated Press constituted
a news monopoly and sought the aid Of
Attorney-General McReynolds TO dis
solve il.
Munscy's Ventures Many.
Mr.. Munsey has made many venture.
in the newspaper world. and not all OF
them have been successful He is nov
the owner OF THE Washington Times. :
his other papers having passed out OF
his hands for one reason or another.
In two cases he admitted that ever
his somewhat radical efforts to reviv,
newspapers had failed In June, 1914
he discontinued publication OF tn,
Philadelphia Evening Times" admit
ting that the paper was a failure. lr
March, 1918, he sold "The Bostor
journal" after ten years of ownership
during which, as he wrote 10 a friend
che tried many expedients."
The Washington Times" he ha,
owned since November, 1901. AnotheI
newspaper which he bought and sole
after a few years as proprietor wa,
"The Baltimore News" He bought It n
February, 1908, and sold it las
August.
William c. Reick was newspaper
correspondent In New Jersey when h,
got his start in the big newspaper
world through James Gordon Bennett
and his own news sense. Mr. Bennett
proprietor OF "The Herald" always mac
liking for a good "dog stories" ir
his paper.
A New Jersey town was visited By ar
epidemic of rabies Mad dogs bit sew
eral children. Reck covered" tn,
story. In the course Of his work on il
a liking for good dog stories" in hi'
ment, then comparatively new anc
most thoroughly understood in Paris.
Bennett Bags Reick.
Reick proposed 10 "The Herald
owner that the children who had beer
bitten be sent TO Paris and undergo tn,
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