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Northcliffe's Legacy P. Catterall

Northcliffe's Legacy By P. Catterall

Northcliffe's Legacy by P. Catterall

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The essays in Northcliffe's Legacy explore the popular press since 1896 - from Harmsworth's Daily Mail to Maxwell's Mirror . Topics include: the sorry tale of the Daily Herald ; The history of the popular press has always been about more than big headlines and big profit margins, as this volume successfully demonstrates.

Northcliffe's Legacy Summary

Northcliffe's Legacy: Aspects of the British Popular Press, 1896-1996 by P. Catterall

The essays in Northcliffe's Legacy explore the popular press since 1896 - from Harmsworth's Daily Mail to Maxwell's Mirror . Topics include: the sorry tale of the Daily Herald ; early dealings with the BBC; the role of photojournalism; the contribution of Reuters; and the roots of financial journalism for a mass market. The history of the popular press has always been about more than big headlines and big profit margins, as this volume successfully demonstrates.

Northcliffe's Legacy Reviews

'This well-balanced collection of essays does a good job.' - J.Lee Thompson, Albion

About P. Catterall

PETER CATTERALL is Director of the Institute of Contemporary British History and Lecturer in History at Queen Mary and Westfield College, London. He has recently edited The Making of Channel 4.

COLIN SEYMOUR-URE is Professor of Government at the University of Kent at Canterbury. He has published widely in the field of political communication and mass media, including press history. He is author of The British Press in Broadcasting (2nd edition, 1996).

ADRIAN SMITH is Senior Lecturer in Historical Studies at University of Southampton New College. His various publications in the field of modern British history include The New Statesman Portrait of a Political Weekly, 1913-1931 (1996).

Table of Contents

General Editor's Preface Notes on the Contributors Introduction Northcliffe's Legacy; C.Seymour-Ure Northcliffe: Proprietor as Journalist; J.Chalaby Popular Press and Empire: Northcliffe, India and the Daily Mail 1896-1922; C.Kaul 'Where There's a Tip There's a Tap': The Popular Press and the Investing Public 1900-1960; D.Porter Circles of Confusion and Sharp Vision: British News Photography 1919-1939; P.Twaites All the News that's Fit to Broadcast: The Popular Press versus the BBC 1922-9145; S.Nicholas The Relationship of Reuters and Other News Agencies with the British Press 1858-1984; D.Read The Fall and Fall of the Third Daily Herald 1930-1964; A.Smith

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NPB9780333919972
9780333919972
0333919971
Northcliffe's Legacy: Aspects of the British Popular Press, 1896-1996 by P. Catterall
P. Catterall
Contemporary History in Context
New
Paperback
Palgrave Macmillan
2000-07-13
237
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