BENNET, JAMES GORDON
\bˈɛnɪt], \bˈɛnɪt], \b_ˈɛ_n_ɪ_t]\
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(1795-1872), of New York, journalist, came to America in 1819, established the Herald in 1835. He first introduced the "Money Article,"the employment of regular European correspondents, and the systematic sale by newsboys. During the Civil War he employed sixty-three war correspondents. The Herald sometimes yielded him an income of $100,000 a year.
By John Franklin Jameson
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