Bennett, James Gordon, Jr. (1841-1918), was an American journalist. The son of New York Herald founder James Gordon Bennett, he took over management of the newspaper in 1867, when his father retired. He became its owner in 1872, when his father died. As chief of the Herald, Bennett continued his father’s traditions of sensationalism and aggressive newsgathering. In addition, he expanded the paper’s coverage of foreign lands, sending his reporters on exotic expeditions around the world. He sponsored Henry M. Stanley’s search in Africa for the missing British explorer David Livingstone (see Stanley and Livingstone ).
Bennett was born on May 10, 1841, in New York City. He was educated primarily in Europe. Bennett helped John W. Mackay found the Commercial Cable Company in 1883 (see Mackay, John William ). Bennett died on May 14, 1918.
