Word: news
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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JUSTIN McACHON New York City Astor Case Sirs: ... I should think you would fear intervention of the postal authorities for sending obscenity through the mails, after your super-scandal-mongering of the Mary Astor-George Kaufman case [TIME, Aug. iyj. What, please, is the news value of such an article? FREDERICK W. STERN Cincinnati, Ohio Sexy but not obscene, the Astor case testimony had this news value : It was the biggest Hollywood scandal in 14 years...
...many Americans are of an early outbreak of war in Europe. You see, although we are 3,000 miles away, our able American press supplies us every morning with reports of interesting occurrences in every capital of Europe. And we are so impressed with the bad side of the news that we are apt to forget the peace-loving millions in their homes and fields and factories, and to leap a few hurdles and exclaim: 'Oh, Europe is on the verge of another great...
Nine radio devotees out of ten have doubtless heard or read somewhere that KDKA was the first regular broadcasting station in the U. S. Great, therefore, was their surprise one night last week when WWJ, operated by the Detroit News, splashed over the air a 16th anniversary program in which it claimed seniority over hoary KDKA...
Striking for recognition of the American Newspaper Guild and better working conditions, 29 editorial workers walked out of the newsrooms of William Randolph Hearst's Milwaukee Wisconsin News last February. The management slipped enough writers through the picket lines to fill the News's columns. The mechanical staff stuck by its contracts and jobs. Guildmen circularized and picketed News advertisers & subscribers. Now, after six months, they claim that they have managed to reduce News circulation some 50%, appreciably curtail advertising lineage. Nevertheless, the Milwaukee Wisconsin News continues to appear on the newsstands six afternoons a week...
...irregular. The Hearst pressmen were remaining away from work in violation of their "contractual obligations" and without consent of their international officers. The picketing was being largely conducted by unions, which had no legitimate interest in the dispute. Moreover, Seattle's Mayor sent no police to escort the News's 650 technically nonstriking employes to their work...