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Benjamin Henry Day (April 10, 1810 – December 21, 1889) was an American newspaper publisher who founded the New York Sun, the first penny press newspaper in the United States, in 1833. Biography. Day was born in Springfield, Massachusetts on April 10, 1810, to Henry Day, a hatter, and Mary Ely.
Apr 6, 2024 · Founder: “New York Sun”. Benjamin Henry Day (born April 10, 1810, West Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.—died December 21, 1889, New York, New York) was an American printer and journalist who founded the New York Sun, the first of the “penny” newspapers in the United States.
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Mar 3, 2019 · PhotoQuest/Getty Images. By. Robert McNamara. Updated on March 03, 2019. Benjamin Day was a printer from New England who started a trend in American journalism when he founded a New York City newspaper, The Sun, which sold for a penny.
views 1,369,751 updated. Benjamin Henry Day, 1810–89, American journalist. He learned the printer's trade in the office of the Springfield (Mass.) Republican and opened a printing office in New York City. Lack of work during a financial depression led him to begin publishing (1833) the New York Sun.
Ben-Day dots. An inexpensive mechanical printing method developed in the late 19th century and named after its inventor, illustrator and printer Benjamin Henry Day, Jr. The method relies upon small colored dots (typically cyan, magenta, yellow, and black) that are variously spaced and combined to create shading and colors in images.
The Sun began publication in New York on September 3, 1833, as a morning newspaper edited by Benjamin Day (1810–1889), with the slogan "It Shines for All". It cost only one penny (equivalent to 32¢ in 2023), was easy to carry, and had illustrations and crime reporting popular with working-class readers.
Day, Benjamin Henry, 1810–89, American journalist. He learned the printer's trade in the office of the Springfield (Mass.) Republican and opened a printing office in New York City. Lack of work during a financial depression led him to begin publishing (1833) the New York Sun.
