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era of press baron
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The Era of Press Baron UNIVERSITY COLLEGE KENSINGTON MEDIA INDUSTRIES Geoffrey Thomas Carla E. Islas February 2007 The Era of Press Baron Ownerships and Circulation In the first decades of the twentieth century the era of the press barons had an increasing chain of ownerships, this came when the circulation of the newspapers was growing rapidly, Britain readers increase from 3.1 millions to 10.6 millions (1918). Some of them where, the three Harmsworth brothers. Alfred Harmsworth = Lord Northcliffe Controlled the The Daily Mail, The Weekly Dispatch, The Times and The London Evening Week. Vere Harmsworth = Lord Rothermere Controlled The Daily Mirror, The Sunday Pictorial in Scotland, The Daily Record, Sunday Mail, The Glasgow Evening News. Both owned the Almagated Press, the largest magazine group. Lester Harmsworth Controlled a chain of local newspapers in the southwest of England. They had over six million of circulation papers. Max Aitken = Lord Beaverbrook Owned of Express Group controlled the The Daily Express, Sunday Express and Evening Standard, with circulation...
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