Richard R. John is a Professor of History and Communications at Columbia Journalism School, Columbia University. He is a historian who specializes in the history of business, technology, communications, and American political development. He teaches and advises graduate students in Columbia's Ph.D. program in communications, and is member of the core faculty of the Columbia history department, where he teaches courses on the history of capitalism and the history of communications.Jonathan Silberstein-Loeb was Senior Lecturer in History at Keble College, Oxford. He is now a barrister of the Inner Temple.

• Introduction: 'Making News' ; 1. The Rise of the Newspaper ; 2. News in the Age of Revolution ; 3. The Urban Newspaper and the Victorian City ; 4. International News in the Age of Empire ; 5. Broadcast Journalism in the Interwar Period ; 6. Journalism since 1945 ; 7. Protecting News Before the Internet ; 8. Protecting News Today

This absolutely essential book combines meticulous, original research from leading authorities with a finely tuned editorial sensibility to reinforce the centrality to journalism of the political economy.

Richard R. John is a Professor of History and Communications at Columbia Journalism School, Columbia University. He is a historian who specializes in the history of business, technology, communications, and American political development. He teaches and advises graduate students in Columbia's Ph.D. program in communications, and is member of the core faculty of the Columbia history department, where he teaches courses on the history of capitalism and the history of communications.Jonathan Silberstein-Loeb was Senior Lecturer in History at Keble College, Oxford. He is now a barrister of the Inner Temple.

• Introduction: 'Making News' ; 1. The Rise of the Newspaper ; 2. News in the Age of Revolution ; 3. The Urban Newspaper and the Victorian City ; 4. International News in the Age of Empire ; 5. Broadcast Journalism in the Interwar Period ; 6. Journalism since 1945 ; 7. Protecting News Before the Internet ; 8. Protecting News Today

This absolutely essential book combines meticulous, original research from leading authorities with a finely tuned editorial sensibility to reinforce the centrality to journalism of the political economy.

Richard R. John is a Professor of History and Communications at Columbia Journalism School, Columbia University. He is a historian who specializes in the history of business, technology, communications, and American political development. He teaches and advises graduate students in Columbia's Ph.D. program in communications, and is member of the core faculty of the Columbia history department, where he teaches courses on the history of capitalism and the history of communications.Jonathan Silberstein-Loeb was Senior Lecturer in History at Keble College, Oxford. He is now a barrister of the Inner Temple.

• Introduction: 'Making News' ; 1. The Rise of the Newspaper ; 2. News in the Age of Revolution ; 3. The Urban Newspaper and the Victorian City ; 4. International News in the Age of Empire ; 5. Broadcast Journalism in the Interwar Period ; 6. Journalism since 1945 ; 7. Protecting News Before the Internet ; 8. Protecting News Today

This absolutely essential book combines meticulous, original research from leading authorities with a finely tuned editorial sensibility to reinforce the centrality to journalism of the political economy.