Abstract

The Press Today: VI. The Philadelphia Cabbage Patch

The article discusses the moribund press of America. Like Pittsburgh and Chicago, Illinois, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania shows clearly the devastating effects of the drift toward consolidations and disappearances in the newspaper field. Since 1897, there have perished the following dailies: the "Press," the "North American," and the "News," in the morning field, and the evening "Times," "Item," "Star," "Call," and "Telegraph." There remain the "Inquirer" and "Public Ledger" the "Record," the "Evening Ledger," the "Bulletin," and the tabloid "Daily News." There are, however, only four owners left: Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis, who owns the two "Ledgers" and has just purchased the "Inquirer;" J. David Stern, an able publisher, who two years ago bought the "Record;" the McLean family, owners of the "Bulletin;" and Bernarr Macfadden, proprietor of the "Daily News."