Power of News The History of Reuters, 1849-1989

Name: Power of News The History of Reuters, 1849-1989
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ISBN: 9780198217763

ISBN-10: 0198217765

ISBN-13: 9780198217763

Edition: 1992

Authors: Donald Read

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In 1851 Julius Reuter moved from Berlin to London where he and his staff of one office boy set up the telegraph office that was to evolve into one of the most powerful news agencies in the world. For over a century, Reuters, as it came to be named, was the news agency of the British Empire, committed to providing "truth in news" and doing so quickly, two standards of reporting that it maintains to this very day. And for over 150 years, Reuters has been a part the great revolution in world communications, from the days of overland and undersea telegraphs, to modern computer links and satellites. In The Power of News, Donald Read presents the history of this communications giant, from its…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/3/1992
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 480
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.31" tall
Weight: 2.112
Language: English

List of Plates
List of Figures
List of Tables
Key Dates
Introduction
Julius Reuter: Before and After 1851
`The Great Reuter'
An Imperial Institution 1865-1914
The World's News 1865-1914
Wartime Reconstruction 1914-1918
War News 1914-1918
The Autocracy of Roderick Jones 1919-1934
The Decline and Fall of Roderick Jones 1934-1941
News between the Wars 1919-1939
War News 1939-1945
`In the Nature of a Trust' 1941-1945
Making the New Reuters 1963-1981
Achieving Wordwide Presence 1963-1981
Going Public 1981-1984
The World's News 1945-1989
Retrospect 1849-1989
Appendix
Picture Acknowledgements
Glossary
References
Select Bibliography
Index
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