Originally published in 1963. This book tells the story of the
closure of the News Chronicle and its London evening companion The
Star as seen by two journalists on the News Chronicle. They
describe the Daily News tradition, record some of its finest hours
and write about some of the greatest journalists who served their
employers loyally. They endeavour to unravel what went on in
Bouverie Street immediately before, at the moment of the crash and
afterwards. The merger of these two prominent organs of public
opinion with the Daily Mail and Evening News made splash headlines
and was widely discussed in the press, on television and radio.
Faithful readers were dismayed, politicians were alarmed, and the
staff of the newspapers were indignant. For 114 years the Daily
News and its modern successor the News Chronicle had weathered
financial storms and overcome gales of prejudice and political
opinion to become one of the most respected morning papers. The
Star had, since 1888, fought the cause of the underdog and earned
the affection and gratitude of many Londoners. This book highlights
the feelings of men and women who were proud to work for their
paper but did not know till almost the very last that they were
fighting a losing battle, and how and why some of them kept the
secret.
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