International News Agencies

Michael Beaussenat Palmer is Emeritus Professor at the Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle, France. He is the author of 150 academic journal articles and twelve books in French and English, including Des petits journaux aux grandes agences (1983), with Jeremy Tunstall, Media Moguls (1991) and, with Oliver Boyd-Barrett, Le trafic des nouvelles (1981).

• Chapter I. Before the Birth, and the First Steps of News Agencies: The (London) Times and the First International News Agencies, 1830–50s.- Chapter 2. Reuter’s S. Engländer and Intra-European Agency Negotiations, 1847–90s.- Chapter 3. A Widening World? Agencies and International News in an Age of Empire, 1848–1914.- Chapter 4. World War I and the Agencies.- Chapter 5. Inter-war Years: Towards the End of “The Cartel”—Inter-agency and International Strife.- Chapter 6. World War II and the Cold War: News in a Worldwide Age of Censorship and Propaganda.- Chapter 7. The US Agencies 1944–82: Expansionist AP; the Changing Fortunes of UP(I).- Chapter 8. Agence France-Presse and Reuters, 1944–91: Beginnings and Renewal- Chapter 9. “Money, Money, Money”: Bloomberg, Reuters and a Changing Agency Scene; International News-Reporting a Continuing Priority. Agencies Monitor Performance. (77I4).- Chapter 10. CoveringUS Presidential Elections: 2000—Bush vs. Gore.- Chapter 11. The End of the “British” Reuters.- Chapter 12.  News Technology: All Together?; On the News Front—“Yes” and “No”.- Chapter 13. By Way of Conclusion: Final Remarks.