The
New York World-Telegram was formed by the
1931 merger of the
New York World[?], formerly owned by
Joseph Pulitzer and sold to
Scripps-Howard[?] in
1930, and the
Evening Telegram. In
1950, it merged with the
New York Sun to become the
New York World-Telegram and Sun, which in turn merged with the
Journal-American and
Herald-Tribune in
1966 to become the short-lived
New York World-Journal-Tribune, which ceased to exist on
May 5,
1967.
The closure of the World-Journal-Tribune left New York City with three newspapers: The New York Times, New York Post, and New York Daily News[?].