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CONTENTS
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Early dependence of press on authors 103
Change in press interests 104
Change in literary style of the press 104
Crude form does not necessarily vitiate material 104
Opposite literary tendencies seen 105
Important literary works in the newspaper 106
Disadvantages of collecting newspaper articles into book form 106
Differences between journalism and literature 107
Effect of headline on English language 108
The headline and spelling 109
Catling on the headline 109
Headlines and the historian 109
Services of the press to language 110
The newspaper and the library 110
Press records library development 110
Library interested in the material newspaper 111
W. C. Ford on preservation of newspaper files 111
Early indifference of library to newspaper files 112
Concern of historian with these questions 113
Interdependence of press and all human activities 113
Chapter V
News-Collecting and News-Distributing Organizations
Ben Jonson's "staple of newes" 115
Bureaux et pelotons 116
Edward Cave and his exchange 116
Alaric Watts and Blackwood 116
The "partly-printed newspapers" of Watts 116
Organization of the Central Press 117
The Press Association 118
Reuters 118
Importance of news collecting agencies 118
Beginnings of news collecting in America 119
The Journal of Commerce 119
Development of the Associated Press 119
Its plan of organization 120
News collecting agencies and the historian 121
Criticisms made of the Associated Press 121
Examination of these criticisms 121
Charge of "suppressing the facts" dismissed by Court 124
Infallibility not claimed by or for the Associated Press 124
Associated Press not responsible for changes made by others 125
Precautions and preparation of Associated Press 126