Collier's Weekly

Collier's Weekly was a American magazine that was published between 1888 and 1957. As a result Collier's pioneering investigative journalism, Collier's Weekly established reputation as a proponent of social reform. When attempts by various companies to sue Peter Collier ended in failure, other magazines became involved in what Theodore Roosevelt described unflatteringly as "muckraking journalism."

History

The periodical was founded as Collier's Once a Week in April 1888 as a magazine of "fiction, fact, sensation, wit, humor, news" by Peter Collier (1849–1918), an Irish immigrant who left Ireland when he was seventeen years old and founded a company producing books for the Roman Catholic market. By 1892 it had a circulation of over 250,000 and was one of largest-selling magazines in the United States. In 1895 its name was changed to Collier's Weekly: An Illustrated Journal. The magazine decided to focus primarily on news and became a leading exponent of the half-tone news picture. To fully exploit this new technology, Peter Collier recruited James H. Hare, one of the pioneers of photojournalism. Circulation continued to grow and by 1917 circulation had reached a million every week.

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Ireland - Roman Catholic - 1892 - 1895 - 1917

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By the late 1920s Collier's Weekly began to concentrate on the serialization of novels. Produced in about ten parts, the magazine ran two novels at a time. Non-fiction was also serialized. During the Second World War the circulation of Collier's had reached two and a half million. Collier's was known for its groundbreaking series of articles about space flight published in the early 1950s called Man Will Conquer Space Soon!. Circulation of Collier's began to fall after the war and in August 1953 it changed from a weekly to a biweekly magazine. Collier's continued to lose money and in January 1957 it closed down.

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1920s - Second World War - 1950s - Man Will Conquer Space Soon! - 1953

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