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The Washington Post 19 The New York Times 15 The Los Angeles Times 15 The Wall Street Journal 13 the Miami Herald 12 USA Today 11 Kansas City Star 11 The Christian Science Monitor 9 The Chicago Tribune 9 The Boston Globe 8 the Sun 8

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Must-Know (9)
The Washington Post 19x 5.3% stumper $637 avg J:7 DJ:12
J $100 1995 In 1973 this newspaper won a Pulitzer Prize for its investigation of the Watergate scandal
J $500 DD 1995 In 1946 financier Eugene Meyer turned the operation of this newspaper to his son-in-law Philip Graham
DJ $1,500 DD 1985 Newspaper for which John Philip Sousa wrote this march:[Instrumental music plays]
The New York Times 15x 13.3% stumper $400 avg J:5 DJ:10
J $100 1995 This newspaper is headquartered at 229 West 43rd Street in Manhattan
DJ $600 1990 This newspaper's articles about Boss Tweed's theft of public funds led to his arrest & conviction
DJ $1,000 1986 Editor J. Reston said its main responsibility isn't to current readers but to historians 50 years from now
The Los Angeles Times 15x 13.3% stumper $513 avg J:8 DJ:7
J $100 1991 It's the only west coast newspaper with a Sunday circulation exceeding 1 million
DJ $800 1992 This California daily is the largest circulation paper owned by the Times Mirror Co.
DJ $1,000 1984 West Coast newspaper that owns Long Island's "Newsday"
The Wall Street Journal 13x 27.3% stumper $564 avg J:8 DJ:3 FJ:2
J $200 1996 Newspapers in Milwaukee, Providence & Atlanta share this name
J $800 2018 This financial paper tore the lid off Teapot Dome with the 1922 headline "Sinclair Consolidated in Big Oil Deal with U.S."
J $1,000 2016 The Louisville Courier- or the Akron Beacon...
the Miami Herald 12x 9.1% stumper $745 avg J:4 DJ:7 FJ:1
J $400 2016 The Omaha World-...
DJ $600 1994 This Miami newspaper publishes a Spanish- language daily edition
J $1,000 2006 Miami, Boston, Sydney Morning
USA Today 11x 18.2% stumper $509 avg J:3 DJ:8
J $200 2010 This national newspaper was first distributed in 1982 in the Baltimore & Washington areas
DJ $600 1990 This Gannett newspaper is now available in 80 countries, not just the U.S.
J $200 2004 With a No. 1 daily circulation of about 2.2 million, it truly is "The Nation's Newspaper"
The Chicago Tribune 9x $538 avg J:7 DJ:1 FJ:1
J $300 1991 Until 1976 this Chicago paper called itself the "World's Greatest Newspaper"
J $800 2016 The San Diego Union- or the Minneapolis Star...
FJ 2021 Used as a newspaper name from New York to San Diego, it was an ancient Roman official who represented the people's interests
The Boston Globe 8x 12.5% stumper $675 avg J:3 DJ:5
J $200 1996 This Boston daily has New England's highest circulation at about 500,000
J $600 2004 Tulsa has The World; Boston has this depiction of the world
DJ $1,000 DD 1997 This paper has the largest Sunday circulation in New England
the Sun 8x 14.3% stumper $471 avg J:4 DJ:3 FJ:1
J $400 1994 In 1986 this Baltimore paper was bought by Times Mirror
DJ $800 2013 The slogan of this Baltimore paper is "Light for All"
FJ 2013 On July 23, 2013 this bestselling British tabloid re-spelled its name on its masthead to honor big British news
Should-Know (16)
the Inquirer 6x $533 avg J:2 DJ:4
DJ $400 2013 This Philadelphia paper is nicknamed "Inky"
J $800 2019 A Philly paper got this name in 1829 because "there should always be" one "asking on behalf of the people"
DJ $400 2015 Jesper Harding, publisher of what's now this Philly newspaper, was for a time the USA's largest Bible publisher
Gannett 6x 33.3% stumper $1,200 avg J:2 DJ:4
J $300 1996 Founder of the newspaper chain that owns USA Today, his empire began with the Elmira, N.Y Gazette
DJ $600 1991 Former CEO Al Neuharth said you pronounce this media co.'s name with the emphasis "on the net"
DJ $2,000 2013 This media company owns over 80 newspapers, including USA Today & the Des Moines Register
New Orleans 5x $680 avg J:1 DJ:4
J $200 2009 From its Times-Picayune:"Basin Street sampler benefits Louis Armstrong... Jazz Camp"
DJ $800 2011 From its Times-Picayune: "Capitol projects director left after long dispute over hurricane recovery spending"
DJ $1,200 2017 The Lagniappe is a helpful section in this city's Times-Picayune
The Plain Dealer 5x 20.0% stumper $1,280 avg J:1 DJ:4
DJ $800 2011 Cleveland, Ohio
DJ $1,000 1996 1 of 2 Ohio newspapers that exceed 250,000 in daily circulation
J $1,000 2019 A Cleveland paper's 1842 first issue said it had rejected the truth teller in favor of this more modest name
the Bee 5x $660 avg J:2 DJ:3
DJ $400 2018 Buzz in if you know it's the name shared by Fresno's & Sacramento's main newspapers
J $500 1996 In 1935 & 1992 this Sacramento daily won Pulitzer Prizes for meritorious public service
DJ $800 1997 "The Sierra In Peril" series by Tom Knudson won this Sacramento paper a 1992 Pulitzer Prize
The National Enquirer 5x $980 avg J:1 DJ:4
DJ $200 1989 Its circulation is among the largest among U.S. supermarket tabloids
J $800 2004 If you're wondering, Cincinnati spells this newspaper with an "E"; Philadelphia does it with an "I"
DJ $1,200 2022 The Cincinnati this was first published in 1841, more than a century before the "National" tabloid
St. Louis 4x 25.0% stumper $550 avg DJ:4
DJ $200 2000 The Post-Dispatch, est. 1878
DJ $800 2009 The Post-Dispatch
DJ $400 2002 On July 12, 1808 this city's Missouri Gazette became the first newspaper published west of the Mississippi
Pravda 4x $425 avg J:2 DJ:2
DJ $200 1988 At about 11 million, this Russian newspaper has, it's claimed, the world's biggest daily circulation
J $600 2010 This paper was shut down in 1991 by Boris Yeltsin, but there have been recent incarnations
J $300 2000 No lie, it was the Soviet Union's Communist Party newspaper
Honolulu 4x 25.0% stumper $750 avg J:2 DJ:2
DJ $200 1996 This city's Star-Bulletin & Advertiser newspapers have the largest circulation in Hawaii
J $1,000 2004 The only newspaper not in the continental U.S. to make the Top 100 is this city's Advertiser at No. 79
J $200 1992 The 1st English- Language newspaper published in this state capital was the Sandwich Island Gazette
Denver 4x $200 avg J:2 DJ:2
J $100 2001 It's no news this city's home to the Rocky Mountain News
J $100 1994 The Rocky Mountain News, not the Post, is this capital city's largest newspaper
DJ $200 1995 The Rocky Mountain News was founded in this capital city in 1859
the New York Post 4x 25.0% stumper $700 avg J:2 DJ:2
DJ $400 2011 From its post: "Dummy uses dummy as weapon in Macy's melee"
J $600 2018 After "JFK Jetblue Pilot Goes Nuts in Midair", this Rupert Murdoch tabloid subtly headlined "This Is Your Captain Freaking"
DJ $1,000 1988 A rider in the recent federal spending bill forced Rupert Murdoch to sell this paper
the Daily News 4x $650 avg J:2 DJ:2
J $400 1991 Begun in 1919 this New York City newspaper was the first tabloid picture paper in the U.S.
J $600 2006 Denver Rocky Mountain, San Antonio Express-, Dallas Morning
DJ $800 1996 When this New York tabloid appeared in 1919, it had "Illustrated" in its name
(William Randolph) Hearst 4x $1,000 avg DJ:4
DJ $800 2006 Charles Foster Kane published the Inquirer; this model for Kane published the Examiner
DJ $1,000 1992 He bought the New York Morning Journal in 1895 with money his mother gave him
DJ $1,200 2015 His father acquired the San Francisco Examiner in 1880 as payment for a gambling debt & later gave it to him to run
The Free Press 4x $500 avg J:1 DJ:3
J $200 1998 Meaning of the name of Nicaragua's La Prensa, or what Nicaragua hasn't always had "freedom of"
DJ $600 1992 It first appeared in 1831 as the "Democratic Free Press & Michigan Intelligencer"
DJ $400 2012 Detroit, Michigan
British Columbia 4x 50.0% stumper $1,000 avg DJ:4
DJ $800 1994 This Canadian province's first newspaper, the Victoria Gazette, was published in 1858
DJ $1,600 2013 The Victoria News
DJ $800 2021 Matt Bai, Judith Crist & Steve Kroft have been honored as distinguished alumni of this university's School of Journalism
The Des Moines Register 4x $1,025 avg J:2 DJ:2
J $500 1994 Newspapers in Des Moines, Iowa & Orange County, California share this name
DJ $1,600 2018 In names of newspapers, it follows Des Moines & Orange County
J $1,000 2012 It grew out of the Iowa Star, begun in 1849
Worth Knowing (64)
The L.A. Times 3 The Denver Post 3 Paris 3 North Dakota 3 Little Rock 3 Japan 3 Detroit 3 Dallas 3 China 3 Chicago 3 the New York Daily News 3 The Hartford Courant 3 Pulitzer 3 The Atlanta Constitution 3 Rupert Murdoch 3 Vienna 2 Vatican City 2 Utah 2 USC 2 truth 2 The Washington Star 2 the St. Louis Post-Dispatch 2 the San Jose Mercury News 2 The San Francisco Examiner 2 the London Times 2 the lead 2 The Chronicle 2 South Korea 2 Seattle 2 Nova Scotia 2 Nashville 2 Mike Royko 2 Manchester 2 London 2 Le Monde 2 John Reed 2 Izvestia 2 Indiana 2 Hartford 2 Harrisburg 2 Ebola 2 Doonesbury 2 Connecticut 2 Baltimore 2 Atlanta 2 Adolph Ochs 2 a scoop 2 a byline 2 = 2 (Daniel) Pearl 2 Women's Wear Daily 2 Walter Cronkite 2 The Tulsa World 2 the telegraph 2 the Post-Dispatch 2 the Herald-Examiner 2 the Chicago Sun-Times 2 The Arizona Republic 2 a tabloid 2 Scripps 2 Le Figaro 2 Harding 2 Edward R. Murrow 2 Ben Bradlee 2

American Literature

1 answers | 11 clues
Must-Know (1)
Kansas City Star 11x 18.2% stumper $982 avg J:3 DJ:8
DJ $400 1997 Name shared by newspapers in Lincoln, Kansas City & Toronto
J $500 2000 One of Ernest Hemingway's first newspaper jobs was on this Missouri newspaper
DJ $1,000 1990 After graduating from high school, Ernest Hemingway worked as a reporter of this Kansas City newspaper

British Literature

2 answers | 11 clues
Must-Know (1)
The Christian Science Monitor 9x 11.1% stumper $600 avg J:5 DJ:4
DJ $200 1992 Erwin D. Canham edited this paper, founded by Mary Baker Eddy, from 1945-1964
J $600 2012 Now web only, this paper founded by Mary Baker Eddy features only one religious article per issue
DJ $1,200 2009 Jill Carroll, a journalist for this paper founded by a religion, was kidnapped but released in Iraq
Worth Knowing (1)
Alexander Hamilton 2
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