Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-06
NEWS BY TELEPHONE.
Budapest Bureau Distributes informa
ton by Wire.

Budapest. long known to the globe
trotter' as one of the gayest show
cities of Europe, famous for it's cosmo-
politanism, now comes into prominence
in new way. 1t has a telephone
newspaper.
The name, of the sheet is the Tele-
phone Hirmondo, which translated into
English, means Telephone Journal.
There is central Office. connected
with over l5,O01 subscribers to the pa
per. All the news of the day, from
all parts Of the world, is sent out over
the telephone to every one of the sub
scribers. This news service is given
at frequent intervals from A. NJ. I'M
til midnight.
Tho paper has its reporters. who
gather the local news just as they do
in American cities. and who are trained
to u.s. the highest degree of brevity
anu cOnciseness in writing up their
copy. This local news is then approved
by the news editor, after which it is
passed on to the news distributor,
whose position differs entirely from
anything in our American newspaper
organizations.
There is also telegraph. society and
financial editors. each of them per-
forming duties similar to what is done
by corresponding members of our own
newspaper staffs. The news of these
different departments. after the final
approval of their editors. goes on to
the news distributor.
This news distributor holds a posi-
ton that had to be specially created for
ta1., i.,
man who repeats. into a transmitter
newly designed for the purpose, all of
the news which is heard by the sub
sscribcrs at their end of the telephone
circuits. He must have good "tcle-
phOpe voice." which will be heard with
the greatest distinctness over the tele-
phone circuit. There are at present
three of these news distributors on the
Budapest paper. and they take turns
in announcing the news.
Definite kinds of news are sent out at
f1xed times during the day. For ex-
ample. from to $50 A. NJ. a condensed
summary of the news that ordinarily
appears in our morning papers is sent
out The subscriber may have his tele-
phone located in the dining room of his
house, and large niouthpiece, similar
to small photographic horn, attached
to the receiver. BY placing this on a
corner of the table the whole family
may read the news repeated to it while
at breakfast
Financial news is sent out at 10 A. NJ.
II 80 A. NJ. and P. NJ. Political news
is issued at ll.i5 \. NJ. go p. NJ. and
315 p. NJ. Theatrical news is issued at
II Is A. NJ. and Bis =. M. By following
i schedule of this sort subscribers may
take up the telephone at the appropri-
ate times to hear what news they are
interested in, and many disregard it at
other times.
A summary of the news of the day is
sent over the wires from until $50 =.
NJ. so that a man of the household may
receive it while dressing for dinner
II there is important news to commune
cate at any time during the day a snec-
ial bell is rung to call the subscribers to
the telephone.
The paper also has it's advertising de-
paitment which receives ads to be
read over the telephone between the
news items, at rate of 50 cents for 10
seconds.
rhe cost of operating newspaper,
after the preliminary expenses of the
telephone installation and the appara-
tus have been met. is said to be less
than Eve cents per day per subscriber.
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