The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-01
GENERAL NEWS ASSOCIATIONS.
some misrepresentation Cleared up--Where
New England Newspapers Get Their Gen
eral News Service.

In view of certain misleading publica-
tions in regard to the United Press and
the Associated Press, it may be of
sufficient public interest to state the
| facts with regard to these two organiza-
tions. What has been for years known
as the Associated Press consisted of an
association of prominent New York city
newspapers, including the Herald, Trib-,
une, Times, Sun, World and some others
This association was formed many years
ago. 1t collected the news from all parts
of this country and Europe, and sold it
to papers all over the country. At first
it dealt with individual newspapers
directly, but gradually the newspapers
of different sections formed themselves
into associations, and then it dealt with
these associations. These newspaper
associations generally assumed the name
of Associated Press, with prefix indi-
cative of their sections. Thus there was
the Western Associated Press, composed
Of papers in the central west the
Southern Associated Press, composed of
papers south of Mason and Dixon's
line, the Pacific Associated Press, COM
posed of papers published on the Pacific
coast, and the New England Associated
Press, composed of papers published in
New England. The New York Asso-
ciated Press however continued to be the
central association, and these various
sectional associations all had contracts
with the New York assoc iation. Some
two years ago difficulties, largely of
personal character, sprang up in the
| New York association, which lead finally
to the withdrawal of several powerful
members, and the esta blishment of
new service, known as the United Press
service. The Associated Press continued
to exist for some time, but the upshot of
the differences was a compromise, in
which the Associated Press was merged
in the United Press, and the situation
! became practically the same as before
the secession with this difference, that
the new association was called the
United Press instead of the Associated
Press. Subsequently, differences sprang
up between part of the member of
the Western Associated Press and the
United Press, and as an organization
! the Western Associated Press refused to
| make a contract with the United Press,
and set up to gather the news from the
| whole country and furnish it in all
| sections on its own account. When it did
this it dropped the prefix western" and
called itself simply The Associated
Press. This is the organization which
| is now figuring as the Associated Press
1t is very different organization from
| what has been known for many years
past as the Associated Press. Indeed,
the only newspaper of much prominence
which belonged to the New York Asso-
ciated Press which is a member of the
new concern is the New York World.
The Herald, Tribune. Times, Sun, Press
and Recorder are all members of the
United Press. The association known
as the New England Associated Press,
which includes the Boston Herald,
Globe, Journal, Advertiser and Post, the
Springfield Republican, the Providence
Journal, the Hartford Courant and
Unrestricted all the prominent papers
of New England-has a contract with
the United Press and takes it's news
from that association. The only client
in Boston which the new Associated
Press has is the Boston Traveller, and
outside of Boston it's only client in
Massach usetts is the Springfield Morn
ing Union. The Maine Associated Press,
which is composed of the Portland
PRESS, Argus and Advertiser, the Ken
nebec Journal, the Bangor Wing and the
Lewiston Journal has a contract with
the New England Associated Press, and
is entitled to all the dispatches received
by that association from the United
Press. The Bangor Commercial enjoys
the same right, and SO does the Portland
Sunday Times on Saturday night. The
only papers in New England at present
receiving the service of the new Asso-
ciated Press are the Boston Traveller,
Springfield Morning Union, Lewiston
Sun and Bangor News. All the other
New England papers which receive a
regular news service get it through the
United Press.
A list of the papers served by the
United Press would occupy far more
space than is available, and we must
be content with presenting.the names of
some of the most prominent of
them as follows: New York Her.
aid, Tribune, Sun, Times,
Press, and Recorder; Philadelphia
Ledger, North American. Times, Press,
Inquirer; Baltimore Sun, American,
Journal and Herald; Washington Post,
and Star; Chicago Tribune, Herald,
Mail, Staats-Zeitung and Post; Cincin-
natl Commercial-Gazeute, Enquirer and
Post; Indianapolis News; Minneapolis
Press and Times; Kansas City Journal,
and Times; Milwaukee Journal; Port
land Oregonian, and Times; Tacoma News,
and Ledger; Denver Sun; Des Moines
Leader, and News; Helena Independent;
New Orleans Times-Democrat, Picayune
E! and States; Louisville Courier-J ournal;
| Atlanta Constitution, Journal and
Herald; Charleston News and Courier;
Galveston News; Richmond Times,