History
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- Daily Bugle founded in 1897 and begins publication for a penny an issue. Owner and Publisher Nathaniel Porter is a former Army Bugler and Civil War Veteran. The paper focuses on the spectacular stories, amazing inventions, sensational events, as well as friendly neighborhood gossip.
- Nathaniel Porter dies and his son Daniel Porter takes over the Daily Bugle.
- The Daily Bugle tries to hang on after the stock market crash but ends up being sold to David Goodman.
- In 1936, The Goodman Building is built for the Daily Bugle at 39th Street and Second Avenue by David Goodman, the Bugle's new owner.
- William Goodman takes over for his father as owner of the Daily Bugle. Takes a strong stance towards rooting out Communism wherever it may be, following the viewpoints of Joseph McCarthy.
- Jack Jameson becomes Editor in Chief of the Daily Bugle. He re-directs the focus of the paper towards the Civil Rights movement.
- Goodman Building is renamed The Daily Bugle building.
- J. Jonah Jameson's wife Joan is murdered by masked assailants. JJJ begins his tirades against masked heroes and villains alike.
- WTDB Radio, 570AM is established in a News Talk radio format.
- DailyBugle.com website started featuring portions of the paper for free viewing on the web. Subscription service allows for complete viewing.
- Robbie Robertson joins the Daily Bugle as the City Editor
- WJJJ TV station begins operation on channel 63-7. It shows a variety of old war movies, classic 1950's TV shows and News programs four times a day. Also an interview-format show called JJJ-Chat featuring none other than J. Jonah Jameson.
- Fisk Industries attempts a hostile takeover of the money-strapped newspaper. J. Jonah Jameson appoints Robbie Robertson as the Editor-in-Chief so he can focus his attention on keeping control of his paper.
- J. Jonah Jameson remains as the Publisher and Owner of the paper, though he's decided to leave Robertson as the Editor-in-Chief as Robertson's more moderate viewpoints seem to have raised subscriptions again. JJJ still submits articles and writes his own editorial column as well as his TV show on WJJJ.
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