The international distribution of news : the Associated Press, Press Association, and Reuters, 1848-1947 / Jonathan Silberstein-Loeb.

"Based on newly available and extensive archival evidence, this book traces the history of international news agencies and associations around the world from 1848 to 1947. Jonathan Silberstein-Loeb argues that newspaper publishers formed news associations and patronized news agencies to cut the costs of news collection and exclude competitors from gaining access to the news. In this way, cooperation facilitated the distribution of news. The extent to which state regulation permitted cooperation, or prohibited exclusivity, determined the benefit newspaper publishers derived from these organizations. This book revises our understanding of the operation and organization of the Associated Press, the BBC, the Press Association, Reuters, and the United Press. It also sheds light on the history of competition policy respecting the press, intellectual property, and the regulation of telecommunications"-- Provided by publisher

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Cover; The International Distribution of News; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Conceiving Cooperation among American Newspapers, 1848-1892; Conduits, Content, and Collusion: The Combination of the NYAP and Western Union; The Advent and Growth of Regional Cooperation; From Regional to National Cooperation: The Importance of Leased Lines; 3 Cooperation, Competition, and Regulation in the United States, 1893-1945; The Formation and Ascendance of the AP.

The Legal Limits of Exclusivity: Inter-Ocean v. AP and the Membership Corporations Law of New YorkHow Property Rights Reinforced Exclusivity: The Case of INS v. AP; Competition Contrived and Cooperation Expanded: The AP and the UP; Freedom of the Press and Freedom of Contract: AP v. US; 4 The "Rationalist Illusion," the Post Office, and the Press, 1868-1913; Forging the Settlement of 1868; Cooperation and Exclusion under a Postal-Telegraph Regime; Private Wires, Telephony, and the Dissolution of the Settlement of 1868.

5 Private Enterprise, Public Monopoly, and the Preservation of Cooperation in Britain, 1914-1941The Consequences of World War I; From Private Wire to Private Network: Leased Lines in Britain; The PA-Reuters Merger: A Further Subsidy for the Provincial Press; The Threat of the BBC, the Combination of Conduits and Content, and the Shift of the Press Subsidy to Radio; 6 Reluctant Imperialist? Reuters in the British Empire, 1851-1947; Forging Partnership in South Africa; Between Raj and Revolt: Reuters's Operations in India; A Duel of Three: Reuters and the Australian Press.

The Threat of Imperial BroadcastingA Strategy of Diversification: Reuters, Radio, and the Rise of Market Intelligence; 7 Cartel or Free Trade: Supplying the World's News, 1856-1947; Forging International Cooperation; Competition and Cooperation: The Threat of the UP; Toward an AP of APs; Cooperative Competition; 8 Conclusion; Bibliography; List of Archives; American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, OH; Associated Press Corporate Archives, New York, NY; Bancroft Library, Berkeley University, Berkeley, CA; BBC Written Archives Centre, Caversham; British Telecom Archives, London.

Cantigny Park, Robert McCormick Archives, Wheaton, ILE. H. Butler Library, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY; Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, IN; Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; London Metropolitan Archives, London; National Archives, Washington, DC; National Archives, Public Record Office, Kew Gardens; New York Historical Society, New York, NY; New York Public Library, New York, NY; Newberry Library, Chicago; Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, OH; Post Office Archives, London.

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