Title The power of news : the history of Reuters / Donald Read

Edition Second edition Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999

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Description xvii, 540 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Contents 1. Julius Reuter: Before and After 1851 -- 2. 'The Great Reuter' -- 3. An Imperial Institution, 1865-1914 -- 4. The World's News, 1865-1914 -- 5. Wartime Reconstruction, 1914-1918 -- 6. War News, 1914-1918 -- 7. The Autocracy of Roderick Jones, 1919-1934 -- 8. The Decline and Fall of Roderick Jones, 1934-1941 -- 9. News Between the Wars, 1919-1939 -- 10. War News, 1939-1945 -- 11. 'In the Nature of a Trust', 1941-1963 -- 12. Making the New Reuters, 1963-1981 -- 13. Achieving Worldwide Presence, 1963-1981 -- 14. Going Public, 1981-1984 -- 15. The World's News, 1945-1989 -- 16. Retrospect, 1849-1989 -- Appendix. Comparison of Results 1952-1989 1. Julius Reuter: Before and After 1851 -- 2. 'The Great Reuter' -- 3. An Imperial Institution, 1865-1914 -- 4. The World's News, 1865-1914 -- 5. Wartime Reconstruction, 1914-1918 -- 6. War News, 1914-1918 -- 7. The Autocracy of Roderick Jones, 1919-1934 -- 8. The Decline and Fall of Roderick Jones, 1934-1941 --9. News Between the Wars, 1919-1939 -- 10. War News, 1939-1945 -- 11. 'In the Nature of a Trust', 1941-1963 -- 12. Making the New Reuters, 1963-1981 -- 13. Achieving Worldwide Presence, 1963-1981 -- 14. Going Public, 1981-1984 -- 15. The World's News, 1945-1989 -- 16. Retrospect, 1849-1989 -- Appendix. Comparison of Results 1952-1989 Summary This is the story of Reuters, the international news agency. In 1851 Julius Reuter set up the London organization which was eventually to extend throughout most of the world. Over a century later, Reuters was first with the news of the erection of the Berlin Wall in 1961, and then first with the story of its breaching in 1989. The Power of News is a fascinating account of the company which for almost 150 years has brought us history as it is being made Notes Bibliography: p512-518. - Includes index Previous ed.: 1992 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [490]-518) and index Notes Also issued online Subject Reuters Limited -- History. Reuters Limited. News agencies -- Great Britain -- History. LC no. 98036926 ISBN 0198207689 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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