The Morning Telegraph

The Morning Telegraph
Type Daily newspaper
Format broadsheet
Owner(s) Triangle Publications, Inc.
Publisher Stewart Hooker
Founded 1839
Ceased publication 1972
Headquarters 525 West 52nd Street, Manhattan
OCLC number 9609206

The Morning Telegraph (1839- April 10, 1972) (sometimes referred to as the New York Morning Telegraph) was a New York City broadsheet newspaper owned by Moe Annenberg's Cecelia Corporation that was first published in 1839 then as the Sunday Mercury from 1839-1897 before becoming The Morning Telegraph in December, 1897.[1]

The paper was devoted mostly to theatrical and horse racing news. It published a Sunday edition as the Sunday Telegraph. On closing, it was replaced by an Eastern edition Triangle's sister publication, the Daily Racing Form.[2]

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