Timeline Tuesday 3 September 1833

Events on Tuesday 3 September 1833 1

• 1833 The New York Sun begins publication First successful penny newspaper launches in the United States Benjamin Day founded The New York Sun on 3 September 1833, selling it for one cent and relying on advertising and street sales rather than subscriptions. Its low price and focus on local news and crime reports made it a commercial success and a model for the mass-circulation "penny press." The paper helped transform American newspaper publishing.