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The News Chronicle was a British daily newspaper. It ceased publication in 1960, being absorbed into the Daily Mail.
History
The News Chronicle was formed by the merger of the Daily News and the Daily Chronicle on 2 June 1930.1
The Daily News was founded in 1846 by Charles Dickens, who also served as the newspaper's first editor. It was conceived as a radical rival to the right-wing Morning Chronicle.
The Daily Chronicle was founded in 1872. Purchased by Edward Lloyd for £30,000 in 1876, it achieved a high reputation under the editorship of Henry Massingham and Robert Donald, who took charge in 1904.
The News Chronicle ceased publication in 1960 when the title was absorbed by the Daily Mail2. The News Chronicle's editorial position was considered to be in broad support of the British Liberal Party. This was in contrast to the right-wing Daily Mail.
As part of the same takeover, the London evening paper The Star was incorporated into the Evening News.
Notable contributors
Notable contributors to the News Chronicle and its predecessors included:
- Vernon Bartlett - diplomatic correspondent
- James Cameron - war correspondent
- G. K. Chesterton - weekly opinion column in the Daily News
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – war correspondent for the Daily Chronicle during World War I
- Geoffrey Cox - former editor and chief executive of ITN began his career with the News Chronicle in 1932
- E. S. Dallas - Paris correspondent
- Thomas Kettle - war correspondent for the Daily News during the early part of World War I
- Arthur Koestler - writer and political activist
- H. G. Wells – contributor to the Daily News
External links
- DMGT Associated Newspapers - www.dmgt.co.uk
- Concise History of British Newspaper in the 20th Century - www.bl.uk
- History of the Daily News - www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk
- History of the Daily Chronicle - www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk
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