Joseph Pulitzer

Pulitzer, Joseph (1847–1911), Hungarian-born U.S. publisher who created the Pulitzer Prizes. In 1883 he bought the New York World and raised the circulation tenfold in seven years by aggressive reporting (the term yellow journalism was coined to describe its style). In the 1890s Pulitzer was involved in a circulation war with William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal. He regularly ran liberal crusades. He also endowed the school of journalism at Columbia University.