Word: publicity
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Publisher Copley admitted that he was once president and director of Western United Corp., now Insullated, but that he had resigned, sold his interests to buy newspapers at about the same time Mr. Insull acquired large holdings in Western United. He said: "I have no securities whatever in public utilities. There is not a dollar of utility money invested in my newspapers." He did say he still holds 12.500 shares of Western United in trust for his wife, his sister and one W. W. Tracy of Springfield...
Every so often, newspaperdom becomes agitated over Free Publicity, which is the game between producers and publishers. When the two sides are evenly matched, producers get themselves or their products or services mentioned in public print, without charge, in exact proportion to their news value. Determining that value is, of course, almost entirely up to the publisher. A potent factor, however, is retaining the producer's goodwill so that he will buy advertising space. Feuds arising out of the Free Publicity game are often as not entirely within the publisher's province, between the advertising and editorial departments...
Only a hint of what went on in private leaked out during the public Council sessions. Famed sleepy-eyed Pacifier Aristide Briand exerted himself to keep harmony...
...spoke M. Briand: "The German delegate is shaking the foundations of the League for domestic political advantage," he rasped. "He is abusing the confidence of the public and giving the League a black eye before the world for inferring that it has not been doing its fullest duty toward minorities...
Herr Stresemann uttered no word. Chairman Adatci of Japan had already persuaded the Council to accept unanimously a compromise minorities plan, having three main features: 1) The Council's subcommittee on Minorities shall make its proceedings public; 2) shall meet more often; 3) and in case of a world-shaking dispute shall have its members increased from three to four. Herr Stresemann's challenge was only a warning that Germany would consider this plan purely temporary...