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On 17 October 1960, the News Chronicle "finally folded, inappropriately, into the grip" [7] of the right-wing Daily Mail despite having a circulation of over a million. [1] [3] The News Chronicle's editorial position was considered at the time to be in broad support of the British Liberal Party, in marked contrast to that of the Daily Mail. As part of the same takeover, the London evening paper The Star was incorporated into the Evening News. Following Koestler's release, the paper sent him to Mandatory Palestine, then convulsed by the Arab revolt. In a series of articles in the paper, Koestler urged adoption of the Peel Commission's recommendation for partition of Palestine, as "the only practical way of ending the bloodshed". In his autobiography Koestler notes that en route to Palestine he had stopped in Athens and had clandestine meetings with Communists and Liberals opposing the then Metaxas dictatorship, but the News Chronicle refused to publish his resulting strongly worded anti-Metaxas articles. [6] In 1956, the News Chronicle opposed the UK's military support of Israel in invading the Suez canal zone, a decision which cost it circulation. According to Geoffrey Goodman, a journalist on the newspaper at the time, it was "one of British journalism's prime casualties of the Suez crisis". [7] Folding [ edit ]

Editors [ edit ] 1930: Tom Clarke [9] 1933: Aylmer Vallance 1936: Gerald Barry [4] 1948: Robin Cruikshank [10] 1954: Michael Curtis 1957: Norman Cursley See also [ edit ] Barry, Gerald; Brodie, Marc (23 September 2004). "Cruikshank, Robert James". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (onlineed.). Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/32652. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) Owned by the Cadbury family, with Laurence Cadbury as chairman, [2] the News Chronicle was formed by the merger of the Daily News and the Daily Chronicle on 2 June 1930, [3] with Walter Layton appointed as editorial director. [2] Politics [ edit ] The paper earned a name by vehemently opposing Franco throughout the 1930s. Putting their staff where their presses were, the Daily Chronicle sent two separate correspondents to Spain. One of these men, Arthur Koestler, ended up captured at the fall of Malaga. His release was immediately followed by another trip abroad to a Palestine caught during an Arab revolt. The well-traveled journalist urged the adoption of the Peel Commission’s recommendation to partition Palestine throughout his time in the papers. Trying to understand history without reading newspapers will result in a view of history that’s flat, skewed, and almost completely devoid of personality. For centuries, printed media has been influencing the world and reflecting the viewpoints of the people within it. Even a defunct paper, like the News Chronicle, offers a unique voice and perspective that should be documented and understood.The News Chronicle was the first to break the story of DNA in an article entitled, “Why You Are You. Nearer Secret of Life".

a b Dennis Griffiths (ed.) The Encyclopedia of the British Press 1422–1992, London and Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1992, p.437 The News Chronicle was founded in 1872. After less than four years of operations, its original owner sold the newspaper to Edward Lloyd for 30,000 pounds. The new owner would then invest an additional 190,000 pounds to buy an office on Fleet Street and set up the initial print run. Under Lloyd and his highly-ranked editing team, the paper developed a reputation for success and honesty. Throughout the 1890s, the paper sold more than the Times, Telegraph, Morning Post, Daily Graphic, and Evening Standard combined. This was helped along by Lloyd’s devotion to reporting only the facts and providing the best in up-to-date reporting. On June 2 nd of 1930, the paper merged with the Cadbury family’s Daily News to become The Daily Chronicle. For the next 30 years, the paper continued its unbiased reporting on politics at home and abroad

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Geoffrey Cox – war correspondent in the Spanish Civil War (in Madrid); former editor and chief executive of ITN. Began his career with the News Chronicle in 1932 Hunter, Fred (2009). "Clarke, Thomas". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (onlineed.). Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/32433. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)