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NEW YORK SUN

The New York Sun was the first successful penny paper established in the United States. It was founded in September, 1833, by Benjamin H Day, a printer, who promised in his prospectus to publish all the news of the day for one penny. The success of the paper was due rather to the demand of the people for such a journal than to its able management. The first number was a folio of twelve columns, ten inches to the column. The price was raised to two cents per copy after the American Civil War.
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