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He Broadway Journal ( Broadway diary In English) it was a newspaper of short publication founded in New York by Charles Frederick Briggs and John Bisco in 1844. A year later, Edgar Allan Poe bought the publication, being the only newspaper he owned, although he ended up decaying after only A few months under his leadership.

Edgar Allan Poe, who later acquired the publication.

Briggs, who was previously known as a satirical novelist under the pseudonym “Harry Franco”, wrote a letter to James Russell Lowell on December 7, 1844, announcing his intentions to start a newspaper. “The name will be, for the sake of individuality and in addition to other people, the Broadway, or critical, or chronicle, or the Broadway.” ^{[ first ]} ​ ^{[ 2 ]} Already founded the Broadway Journal , Briggs dealt with editorial tasks and request collaborators and his partner John Bisco of publication and financial issues. ^{[ 3 ]} ​

On February 21, 1845, Edgar Allan Poe signed a contract for one year to become editor of the publication. He also agreed to write at least one original material page per week. That is why he would receive a third of the profits. ^{[ 4 ]} Soon the reputation of Poe’s scathing critic began to bother Briggs so he wanted to get rid of both him and Bisco. However, he failed to find new financial support when Bisco raised his price. Poe, on the other hand, considered for a while to sell his portion of the newspaper to Evert Augustus duyckinck or Cornelius Mathews. ^{[ 5 ]} Briggs tried to buy Bisco, who asked for more money than Briggs was willing to pay. ^{[ 6 ]} For June, Briggs resigned from financial difficulties, and, in October, Bisco sold his part to Poe for 50 dollars, who paid with a note endorsed by Horace Greley. ^{[ 7 ]} Thus, Poe was in full editorial control and in possession of the Broadway Journal .

Poe published new versions of several of his works, including “the mask of red death”, “the oval portrait”, among others. He also continued in his role as literary critic, where his accusation of plagiarism against Henry Wadsworth Longfellow stands out. He also used the Broadway Journal For a very public flirting with French Srgent Osgood ^{[ 8 ]} And to join money for finally never made a dream of a new magazine entitled The Stylus . ^{[ 9 ]} ​

Poe was unable to make publication a financial success, although he had hoped to reverse this situation. A loan of 50 dollars from Rufus Wilmot Griswold in October 1845 helped him keep it for a brief period. ^{[ ten ]} In a letter to his friend and poet Thomas Holley Chivers, dated November 15, 1845, he swore “I will still fortune of him.” ^{[ 11 ]} ​ ^{[ twelfth ]} Even so, the publication officially culminated with a final edition of January 3, 1846, which included the following farewell:

Unsuspected commitments demand my complete attention, and the objectives without carrying out what they are personally concerned, for which the Broadway Journal , I, now, like its editor, say goodbye – as cordially of enemies as friends.

After taking total control of the newspaper, Poe had asked for the help of his friends. Cornelia Wells Walter of Boston Evening Transcript He wrote a poem referring to the situation after the closure of the publication:

To trust in friends is but so so
Especially when cash is low;
The Broadway Journal’s proved ” no go ” –
Friends would not pay the pen of POE.

Trusting in friends is more or less
Especially when money is missing;
The Broadway Journal tried ” are from is “–
The friends They would not pay Poe’s pen.

He Broadway Journal He tried to be a more intellectual newspaper compared to his contemporaries, which earned him a smaller number of readers and less financial success. He emphasized literary criticism, but also presented art, theater and music criticisms, as well as poetry and political articles. ^{[ 17 ]} ​

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