440 International Those Were the Days
February 10
FIT NEWS DAY

http://blog.library.si.edu/2010/09/all-the-news-thats-fit-to-print/
How did the newspaper that holds a top-ranking position in journalism get to such enviable heights? The publishers, editors and writers obviously believed in its slogan. “All the news that’s fit to print” has appeared on the front page of The New York Times since this day in 1897.

Henry J. Raymond and two associates started The New York Times in 1851. It began as a penny paper ... one cent for news vs. the six-cent political rags of the day. In October of 1896, the paper held a contest offering readers a one-hundred-dollar prize if they could come up with a better slogan ... in ten words or less ... than “All the news that’s fit to print.” No one did.

And no one has, since. As of Feb 2022, 10 million print and digital subscribers read The New York Times every day, making it one of the most-read newspapers in the U.S. and one of the top newspapers in the world.



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