McClure’s Magazine
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McClure's Magazine was a pivotal American periodical established by Samuel Sidney McClure in 1893. It was a pioneer in the popular magazine market, selling for a lower price of 15 cents an issue, which significantly increased its circulation and advertising revenue.1
The magazine became particularly known for its role in the muckraking journalism movement. In its January 1903 issue, McClure's published groundbreaking articles on municipal government, labor, and trusts by Lincoln Steffens, Ray Stannard Baker, and Ida M. Tarbell, who are considered the first muckrakers. This trend grew out of the public's appetite for sensational news and the rise of popular magazines.2
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John D. Rockefeller…was released in installments by McClure’s Magazine between 1902 and 1904.
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Ida TarbellMcClure, founder of McClure’s Magazine, hired her in 1894. The History of the Standard Oil Company, originally a serial that ran in McClure’s, is one of the most thorough accounts of the rise of a business monopoly and its use of unfair practices; her reporting contributed to the…
Read MoreMcClure, founder of McClure’s Magazine, hired her in 1894. The History of the Standard Oil Company, originally a serial that ran in McClure’s, is one of the most thorough accounts of the rise of a business monopoly and its use of unfair practices; her reporting contributed to the…
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history of publishingGeneral periodicals…Sidney McClure, who began publishing McClure’s Magazine in 1893, which he sold for 15 cents an issue instead of the usual 25 or 35 cents. John Brisben Walker, who was building up Cosmopolitan (founded 1886) after acquiring it in 1889, cut his price to 12 1/2 cents, and in October…
Read More…Sidney McClure, who began publishing McClure’s Magazine in 1893, which he sold for 15 cents an issue instead of the usual 25 or 35 cents. John Brisben Walker, who was building up Cosmopolitan (founded 1886) after acquiring it in 1889, cut his price to 12 1/2 cents, and in October…
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muckraker…the January 1903 issue of McClure’s Magazine by articles on municipal government, labour, and trusts, written by Lincoln Steffens, Ray Stannard Baker, and Ida M. Tarbell.
Read More…the January 1903 issue of McClure’s Magazine by articles on municipal government, labour, and trusts, written by Lincoln Steffens, Ray Stannard Baker, and Ida M. Tarbell.
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Samuel Hopkins Adams…capacities with McClure’s syndicate and McClure’s Magazine.
Read More…capacities with McClure’s syndicate and McClure’s Magazine.
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Willa Cather…was appointed managing editor of McClure’s, the New York muckraking monthly. After building up its declining circulation, she left in 1912 to devote herself wholly to writing novels.
Read More…was appointed managing editor of McClure’s, the New York muckraking monthly. After building up its declining circulation, she left in 1912 to devote herself wholly to writing novels.
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…appointment as managing editor of McClure’s Magazine, a New York monthly.
Read More…appointment as managing editor of McClure’s Magazine, a New York monthly.
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…after becoming managing editor of McClure’s Magazine, he began to publish the influential articles later collected as The Shame of the Cities (1904), a work closer to a documented sociological case study than to a sensational journalistic exposé. His later books included The Struggle for Self-Government (1906) and Upbuilders (1909).…
Read More…after becoming managing editor of McClure’s Magazine, he began to publish the influential articles later collected as The Shame of the Cities (1904), a work closer to a documented sociological case study than to a sensational journalistic exposé. His later books included The Struggle for Self-Government (1906) and Upbuilders (1909).…
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Boss Tweed…in a 1902 article for McClure’s magazine called “Tweed Days in St. Louis,” Lincoln Steffens and Claude H. Wetmore wrote:
Read More…in a 1902 article for McClure’s magazine called “Tweed Days in St. Louis,” Lincoln Steffens and Claude H. Wetmore wrote:
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