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Making national news : a history of Canadian Press / Gene Allen.
LIBRA PN4908 A45 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Allen, Gene, 1952- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Canadian Press--History--20th century.
- Canadian Press.
- News agencies--Canada--History--20th century.
- News agencies.
- Press--Canada--History--20th century.
- Press.
- Journalism--Canada--History--20th century.
- Journalism.
- History.
- Canada.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 443 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2013]
- Summary:
- For almost a century, Canadian newspapers, radio and television stations, and now internet news sites have depended on the Canadian Press news agency for most of their Canadian and, through its international alliances, foreign news. This book provides the first-ever scholarly history of CP, as well as the most wide-ranging historical treatment of twentieth-century Canadian journalism published to date. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Uneasy Allies 17
- 2 Subsidies and Survival 54
- 3 News on the Air 102
- 4 "A Great Responsibility": CP in Wartime 133
- 5 "No Middle Ground" 182
- 6 Being National in the 1960s 211
- 7 Covering the News, 1920-1970 255.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-429) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781442647169
- 1442647167
- 9781442615328
- 144261532X
- OCLC:
- 842499928
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