Motion Picture Herald
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The Motion Picture Herald was an American film industry trade paper published from 1931 to December 1972. It was replaced by the QP Herald, which only lasted until May 1973.
In 1915, Martin Quigley founded the Exhibitors Herald. In 1927 he acquired and merged The Moving Picture World
, and began publishing as Exhibitors' Herald and Moving Picture World, which was later shortened to the more manageable title, Exhibitors' Herald World. After acquiring Motion Picture News
in 1930, he merged these publications into the Motion Picture Herald.(15 December 1930). Film Magazines Merge, The New York Times
In 1915, Martin Quigley founded the Exhibitors Herald. In 1927 he acquired and merged The Moving Picture World
The Moving Picture World
The Moving Picture World was an influential early trade journal for the American film industry, from 1907 to 1927. By 1914, it had a reported circulation of approximately 15,000.The publication was founded by James Petrie Chalmers, Jr...
, and began publishing as Exhibitors' Herald and Moving Picture World, which was later shortened to the more manageable title, Exhibitors' Herald World. After acquiring Motion Picture News
Motion Picture News
The Motion Picture News was an American film industry trade paper published from 1913 to 1930.The publication was created through the 1913 merger of the Moving Picture News founded in 1908 and the The Exhibitors' Times, founded only earlier in 1913.After being acquired by Martin Quigley in 1930,...
in 1930, he merged these publications into the Motion Picture Herald.(15 December 1930). Film Magazines Merge, The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...