Chicago American

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The Chicago American was a major early 20th-century Chicago daily newspaper known for its sensationalist, tabloid-style journalism.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chicago American canonical 4
Chicago’s American 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf daily newspaper ⓘ
newspaper ⓘ
tabloid newspaper ⓘ
circulationArea Illinois ⓘ
city Chicago ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
editorialApproach populist tone ⓘ
sensationalism ⓘ
format broadsheet ⓘ
foundedBy William Randolph Hearst ⓘ
genre sensationalist journalism ⓘ
tabloid journalism ⓘ
hasCompetitor Chicago Daily News ⓘ
Chicago Herald and Examiner ⓘ
Chicago Tribune ⓘ
hasEdition evening edition ⓘ
morning edition ⓘ
headquartersLocation Chicago ⓘ
inception 1900 ⓘ
industry newspaper publishing ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Cook County, Illinois ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
mainCoverageArea Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
notableFor celebrity gossip ⓘ
sensational crime coverage ⓘ
sports coverage ⓘ
yellow journalism style ⓘ
owner William Randolph Hearst ⓘ
partOf Hearst newspaper chain ⓘ
politicalAlignment Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Party
publicationFrequency daily ⓘ
publisher Hearst Corporation ⓘ
publisherType commercial newspaper ⓘ
startTime 1900 ⓘ
state Illinois ⓘ
subject crime ⓘ
entertainment ⓘ
local news ⓘ
national news ⓘ
sports ⓘ
successor Chicago Today ⓘ
Chicago’s American ⓘ
linked to: Chicago American
targetAudience mass-market readership ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

William Randolph Hearst → owned → Chicago American ⓘ
Chicago American → successor → Chicago’s American ⓘ
linked to: Chicago American
Chicago Today → predecessor → Chicago American ⓘ
Chicago Today → follows → Chicago American ⓘ
Chicago Herald and Examiner → successor → Chicago American ⓘ