While most sources say that Hearst simply offered more money, Pulitzer — who had grown increasingly abusive to his employees — had become an extremely difficult man to work for, and many World employees were willing to jump for the sake of getting away from him.
Dok većina izvora tvrdi da je Herst samo ponudio više novca, Pulicer – koji je sve više zlostavljao svoje zaposlene – je postao izuzetno težak čovek za saradnju, i mnogi zaposlenici u World-u su bili voljni da promene mesto rada da bi pobegli od njega.