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Frank A. Munsey, great newspaper consolidator, must be disgusted. During the past year, he spent several millions?just how many millions is not known???in buying up evening newspapers in Manhattan. He bought the Globe and the Mail and consolidated them respectively with his Sun and his Telegram. Where there had been seven generally circulating evening newspapers in Manhattan he reduced them to five?at his own expense. He did it in the interest of what he believed was sound business. He probably believes that even five are too many for one city. Now the announcement is made that within...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spreading | 6/2/1924 | See Source »

...Stearns felt that they were being left in the cold that the announcement of Butler's choice was hastened. It was possibly because of the disclosure that officers of the present National Committee had made an attempt to discredit Senator Wheeler, that the President let Butler's selection be known???to show that the Coolidge organization would be a different group. It was possibly because the President had long been on close terms with Butler, relied on him, wanted his type...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pre-Convention | 5/12/1924 | See Source »

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