International News Service
Industry | News media, journalism |
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Founded |
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Fate | merged with United Press May, 1958 |
Successor | United Press |
Headquarters | New York, N.Y., USA |
Key people | |
Products | Wire service |
The International News Service (INS) was a U.S.-based news agency (newswire) founded by newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst in 1909.[1]
The INS consistently ranked as the third-largest news agency in the U.S., trailing behind its major competitors, the
History
Hearst News Service
The precursor to the International News Service was the
International News Service
In May 1909, the Hearst publishing organization established the American News Service (ANS), headquartered in New York. The American News Service was formed to sell Hearst's wire reports to outside morning papers in the United States. Curtis J. Mar was appointed the first president and general manager of the ANS, succeeded the same year by Richard A. Farrelly. The service was expanded to include foreign news reporting from August 1909.[6][7]
Shortly after its establishment, the American News Service was split into two divisions to cater to morning and evening newspapers across the United States. In order to reflect its widened news field which now included reporting of the domestic and foreign news, the American News Service was renamed the International News Service (INS) in January 1910. The INS was responsible for providing overnight reports to morning newspapers seven days a week. At the same time, Hearst established the National News Association (NNA) to provide six day a week news report for evening newspapers.[8]
In 1911, the National News Association was dissolved: ultimately, the morning and evening services were integrated and operated under the INS banner.[9]
In 1916, E. Barry Faris joined the INS as a correspondent and news manager in Washington, D.C.[10] Consequently, E. Barry Faris stayed with the INS for the next forty years and became one of the key figures in the organization: he served as an assistant to editorial managers Marlen E. Pew and George G. Shor. In 1927 E. Barry Faris was promoted to general news manager and in 1932 became the editor of the INS, a position he held until the INS and United Press were merged in 1958.[11][12]
Established two years after Hearst-competitor
New York City's all-news radio station, WINS, then under Hearst ownership, took its call letters from INS,[15] as did the short-lived (1948–49), DuMont Television Network nightly newscast, I.N.S. Telenews.
Notable employees and contributors
Among those who worked for INS were future broadcasters
International News Service v. Associated Press
During the early years of World War I, Hearst's INS was barred from using Allied telegraph lines, because of reporting of British losses.[19] INS made do by allegedly taking news stories off AP bulletin boards, rewriting them and selling them to other outlets. AP sued INS and the case reached the United States Supreme Court.[20]
The case was considered important in terms of distinguishing between upholding the
INS Poll
Between 1952 and 1957, members of the International News Service conducted an annual college football poll, similar to those held by rivals at the Associated Press (
Season | INS National Champion |
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1952 | Georgia Tech |
1953 | Maryland |
1954 | Ohio State |
1955 | Oklahoma |
1956 | Oklahoma |
1957 | Ohio State |
Source:[22] |
References
- ^ Donald Liebenson, "Upi R.i.p.", Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2003, accessed 11 May 2011
- ^ Encyclopedia of Journalism. (2009). United States: SAGE Publications, pp. 775-776.
- ^ "United Press, International News Service in merger". UPI. May 24, 1958. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
- ^ Encyclopedia of Journalism. (2009). United States: SAGE Publications, p. 775.
- ^ Editor & Publisher, January 20, 1917, Volume 49, Issue 32, p. 13.
- ^ Schwarzlose, R. A. (1989). The Nation's Newsbrokers: The rush to institution, from 1865 to 1920, Northwestern University Press, p. 229.
- ^ Encyclopedia of Journalism. (2009). United States: SAGE Publications, p. 775.
- ^ Schwarzlose, R. A. (1989). The Nation's Newsbrokers: The rush to institution, from 1865 to 1920, Northwestern University Press, p. 229.
- ^ Encyclopedia of Journalism. (2009). United States: SAGE Publications, p. 775.
- ^ The Editor and Publisher, ‘International News Service. Organization Received Many Congratulations on Its Effective Work', November 11, 1916, Vol. 49, Issue 22, p. 8.
- ^ Koenigsberg, M. (1941). King News: An Autobiography. United States: F.A. Stokes Company, p. 458.
- ^ Schwarzlose, R. A. (1989). The Nation's Newsbrokers: The rush to institution, from 1865 to 1920, Northwestern University Press, p. 230.
- ^ Joe Alex Morris (1957). "Deadline Every Minute The Story Of The United Press - ARCHIVE.ORG ONLINE VERSION". Doubleday & Company.
- ^ The Press: Mouthpiece Merged, Time, August 23, 1937
- ^ "WINS History: The Early Years From The Airwaves of New York". cbslocal.com. November 4, 2008.
- ^ Weber, Bruce (March 28, 2009). "Irving R. Levine, NBC News Correspondent, Dies at 86". The New York Times. Retrieved March 28, 2009.
- ^ The Associated Press (AP): "Remembering Marion Carpenter: Pioneer White House Photographer Dies," "Marion Carpenter". Archived from the original on November 29, 2010. Retrieved November 25, 2010., retrieved November 25, 2002.
- ^ Encyclopedia of Journalism. (2009). United States: SAGE Publications, pp. 775-776.
- ^ Koenigsberg, M. (1941). King News: An Autobiography. United States: F.A. Stokes Company, p. 454.
- ^ a b "FindLaw's United States Supreme Court case and opinions". Findlaw.
- ^ Kirlin, Bob. "INS College Football Polls". Bob Kirlin's Football History Site. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
- ^ a b "2018 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 113. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
Further reading
- Harnett, Richard M. and Billy G. Ferguson, UNIPRESS: United Press International--Covering the 20th Century, Fulcrum Publishing, 2003.
- Koenigsberg, M. (1941). King News: An Autobiography. United States: F.A. Stokes Company.
External links
- "The Press: New York, May 24 (UPI)". TIME magazine. June 2, 1958. Archived from the original on January 14, 2009. (Report on United Press International/INS merger)