Joseph Pulitzer: The Inventor of Mass Media

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Pulitzer’s advantage was not mainly journalistic innovation. It was recognizing hidden value and acting before others did.
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Twenty-three years after a hotel expelled Pulitzer as a homeless man, he bought that hotel.
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Severely disabled, Pulitzer ran his newspaper remotely through hundreds or thousands of telegrams each week.
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Pulitzer crowdfunded the Statue of Liberty’s pedestal through his newspaper, attracting 120,000 donors and meeting the target in under five months.
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Pulitzer sold the Associated Press access attached to a German newspaper for about $20,000 in under 48 hours.
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Joseph Pulitzer fooled auction crowds by bidding publicly, withdrawing, and having a secret proxy win the paper.
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Pulitzer bought a failing German newspaper primarily to obtain its Associated Press membership, not to run the paper.
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A century from now, not one person alive today will still be here. What are we making permanent?
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At the height of his power, Pulitzer’s right retina detached, his left was endangered, and blindness threatened to progress.
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By his early forties, relentless work had left Pulitzer with insomnia, indigestion, severe anxiety, depression, and probable hypochondria.
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Pulitzer used a proxy bidder to hide his interest and prevent competitors from driving up the price.
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Joseph Pulitzer championed labor’s aims in public, yet rejected unions and challenges to his authority inside his company.
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Joseph Pulitzer aimed to publish at least one intriguing, provocative article daily, something people would discuss at the dinner table.
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Pulitzer trusted his judgment enough to make investments others considered foolish, including betting on evening newspapers.
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Joseph Pulitzer managed his St. Louis newspaper remotely with concise, one-page daily reports on circulation, advertising, expenses, and press performance.
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Pulitzer wandered St. Louis at all hours, visiting schools, public institutions, meetings, and reluctant sources in pursuit of news.
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Pulitzer’s aggressive journalism made him distinctive, but heated controversies repeatedly pushed his disputes toward personal violence.
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Relentless curiosity and intensive reading developed Joseph Pulitzer’s intelligence, conversational ability, and force of mind.
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A German immigrant aid society president noticed Joseph Pulitzer’s diligence and helped him obtain his first newspaper job.
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Diligence and resolute effort overcome a lack of experience when someone gets a chance.

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