Newspaper Strike! (1945) w/ Jane Coaston

This Day in Esoteric Political History

Jody Avirgan & Radiotopia

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🗓️ 30 June 2020

⏱️ 11 minutes

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It’s June 30th. Jody Avirgan and Nicole Hemmer are joined by Jane Coaston of Vox to discuss the NYC newspaper strike of 1945. There were eight daily newspapers serving millions and millions each day. When delivery workers went on strike, it revealed a lot about the media environment, labor, and more.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to this day in esoteric political history from Radiotopia.
0:08.8	My name is Jody Avergan. This day June 30th, 19-14. African.
0:13.0	This day, June 30th, 1945, 1700 New York City newspaper delivery workers walked out at the beginning of what would end up being a 17-day strike by newspaper
0:24.5	delivery men and women during the final days of World War II and at the peak of
0:28.4	newspapers power in New York and around the country. This was also sort of the beginning of an era marked by numerous
0:34.5	labor strikes including several in the news industry. So a bit of a forgotten moment this
0:39.0	newspaper strike but one that touches on a lot of big mid-century themes.
0:43.4	So here to discuss it all is, as always,
0:46.0	Nicole Hemmer of Columbia.
0:47.2	Hello Nicky.
0:47.8	Hey Jody.
0:48.8	And Jane Kosten of Vox is with us again
0:51.1	for one more episode.
0:52.1	Hello, Jane.
0:52.8	Hello thanks for having me.
0:54.0	So this is one of those episodes where we can just try and recreate the moment
0:57.8	because it is you know in so many ways a different time.
1:00.5	Jane first of all we're talking about a New York City in which there are eight daily
1:04.8	newspapers.
1:05.8	So I will ask you of The Sun, the World Telegraph, the Journal American, the Daily News,
1:10.3	the Post, the New York Times, the Herald Tribune, and the Mirror, which would you have preferred to work for?
1:15.6	It's challenging because my first thought was like, oh, the New York Times.
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