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BEtwEEn 1833 AnD 1837, thE puBlishErs oF A "pEnny prEss" provED thAt A low-priCED pApEr, EDitED to intErEst orDinAry pEoplE, CoulD win whAt AmountED to A mAss CirCulAtion For thE timEs AnD thErEBy AttrACt An ADvErtising volumE thAt woulD mAkE it inDEpEnD- Ent. thEsE wErE pApErs For thE Common CitizEn AnD wErE not tiED to thE intErEsts oF thE Bus inEss Community, likE thE mErCAntilE prEss, or DEpEnDEnt For FinAnCiAl support upon polit iCAl pArty AllEgiAnCE. it DiD not nECEssArily Follow thAt All thE pEnny pApErs woulD BE supEri or in thEir hAnDling oF thE nEws AnD opinion FunCtions.But thE Door wAs opEn For somE to mAkE .importAnt journAlistiC ADvAnCEs.
thE First oFFErings oF A pEnny pApEr tEnDED to BE highly sEnsAtionAl; humAn intErEst storiEs ovErshADowED importAnt nEws, AnD CrimE AnD sEx storiEs wErE writtEn in Full DE tAil.But As thE pEnny pApEr AttrACtED rEADErs From vArious soCiAl AnD EConomiC BrACkEts, its sEnsAtionAlism wAs moDiFiED、thE orDinAry rEADEr CAmE to wAnt A BEttEr proDuCt, too.A、populArizED stylE oF writing AnD prEsEntAtion oF nEws rEmAinED, But thE pEnny pApEr BE CAmE A rEspECtABlE puBliCAtion thAt oFFErED signiFiCAnt inFormAtion AnD EDitoriAl lEADEr ship. onCE thE First oF thE suCCEssFul pEnny pApErs hAD shown thE wAy, lAtEr vEnturEs CoulD EntEr thE CompEtition At thE highEr lEvEl oF journAlistiC rEsponsiBility thE pionEEring pApErs hAD rEAChED、
this wAs thE pAttErn oFAmEriCAn nEwspApErs in thE yEArs Following thE FounDing oF thE nEw york sun in 1833. thE sun, puBlishED ByBEnjAminDAy, EntErED thE lists AgAinst 11 othEr DAiliEs. it wAs tiny in CompArison; But it wAs Bright AnD rEADABlE, AnD it prEFErrED humAn intErEst FEAturEs to importAnt But Dull politiCAl spEECh rEports. it hAD A poliCE rE portEr writing squiBs oF CrimE nEws in thE stylE AlrEADy provED suCCEssFul By somE othEr pApErs.AnD, most importAnt, it solD For A pEnny, whErEAs its CompEtitors solD For six CEnts.By 1837 thE sun wAs printing 30,000 CopiEs A DAy, whiCh wAs morE thAn thE totAl oF All 11 nEw york DAily nEwspApErs ComBinED whEn thE sun First AppEArED、in thosE sAmE Four yEArs jAmEs gorDonBEnnEtt Brought out his nEw york hErAlD (1835), AnD A trio oF nEw york printErs who wErE imitAtingDAy’s suCCEss FounDED thE philADElphiA puBliC lEDgEr (1836) AnD thEBAltimorE sun (1837). thE Four pEnny shEEts All BECAmE FAmED nEwspApErs.
whAt is truE ABout thE philADElphiA puBliC lEDgEr AnD thEBAltimorE sunA．thEy turnED out to BE FAilurEs.
B．thEy wErE lAtEr purChAsED By jAmEs gorDonBEnnEtt.
C．thEy wErE Also FounDED ByBEnjAminDAy.
D．thEy BECAmE wEll-known nEwspApErs in thE u. s.