New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-09
English Journalism
ABOUT THE CRISIS AND NOTE ON GERMAN DIPLOMACY
rcopyr,gh, 1912. by George W. smslieyl
London. May ~.

writer in The Daily Mall fron
,rbom am going to borrow freely, tells
US;
.,rt &c mistake to suppose that the
,rbIj. as a rule either know or care to
r,ow anything about the making ana
ownership Of newspapers
Then. in the most widely circulated
,,orar IN Great Britain, he proceeds 70
Give his public Of near daily million Il
cory interesting account Of that "cris.s
l., modern journalism recently dis
o,seed IN The English Review and,
;,ridentally, in these columns. | suo-
,ose the explanation is that, whether the
r,bIic cares or not. the profession cares,
md Z. is always worth while to appeal TO
a srecial public. used to urge that
,iew on editors in old days when l
wanted to write on subject which in
,erested me but presumably not the gen
oral public.
The present discussion, however, was
bsrun. not 10y The Daily Mail" but ~
"Tbe Pan Mall Gazette" which, under
its new editor, Mr.. Garvin, has a way of
hejDg first 10 put into print matters
which have a peculiar interest or posi-
zion The immediate cause OF it was the
.r,olqaration Of THE Daily News" aud
,Tbe Morning Leader And the i'm
mediate cause of the amalgamation was.
imagine. the rivalry between The
Dauv News" and The Daily Chronicle"
FOR the supreme place in halfpenny Rad
zeal Journalism. The general tendency
o. iournalism. as I'm business. is toward
corrortratior. II is toIerably obvious
,bot if Won double Your circulation and
bs.yc vour salary list YOU can make
te-rcr light than under the old condi-
inns. The Leader" was perhaps iuN-
,r, am not good Judge. because I
am = bad newspaper reader and look az
90, Eau. ,,,,are as nossiblo / did moi. I'm
..o, of,en So. THE Leader" though i,
80, -, t,,..,,t,. ,.sars j., ovisterco and
"a ,.o.t i,,s,,e,,oe and abuit, with "a
e,-l,,,,,io,, oo,,,,,,,a5 81 eo,,atrirr los
-. r.,,,,,ar ~ o. million "Tba Daily
,-a,.s., c,air,sd ahout 400 0nn and since
&C. ,bsor,,+io,, If .orbe Leader" claims
700 Onn. which perbans is a sarcuiao
estimate + has endured many yicissi-
,,,dAs since $50 when IT, formed that
alliance with The New-York Tribune
which pava # In the early months Of the
war an asccndancv over all other Eng
'isb rarars in The all imrnrtart matter
% var ra,re Now that II has reoreao-
s-oa i,sole md come f., for q 6rbt - m.
f,ish with TN, Chronicle, il has rc-
I'm. l,.arrigbt O. moro i,onortent and
,,,oro interesting journal than befor,
.rt. ,,hroso ec,,+ ~ t,,, finish ,rbicb e.,
,,,,.ra,io, 90 Al, Poo.a,cIt norro,,
r,o,o Tho nriza ring &c NOT really - .o,d
- 60. ,,,r.,.,,, ,,,,rros,e :, g r-ot.
-, -. q. -, IF, 30. ,,,i,.
,..,r..,rio,, I'D to,,, GROW. s,ro,,e,,,. .,,i
49, r.ro-~orc,,s raob If ,bcso tv-o
iharal organs assures its DuhIic that u
10 . large, saro than any. other T,ibsr,I
raDcr. Ii * difficult 10 see how both
sfaieuepts can no accurate f. may ID.
,eedf,l N remind the American reader
ibs, ",rbs Dsp,. Mail" ,,bicb adnittedrv
g.. -. 90. IT,. ,,o,,.,,-,r.,,. -, ,.i,
-. ~. ,..-..u,.,.3,.. "a r,.,+ nj
-, -, T., ,.;ro,,r.
ion 10 crte Illustrated Dai,y Mirror d,
,rri.b "a. ,ot o rr,.sr because if bolorrs
Oh, eroot - the same nrorrfctarv.
Tho difference batv.ocp - rernv and Z
taIrrern, between Two cents and one
cents not enormous but II IS enough
- hs,-, rcyolufiouizod English journal
ism. and not English journalism only.
II has made the figures Of modern news
raper circulation possible, and It is
truisn that the fortunes Of most papers
derend on their circulation, since adyer-
Using depends on circulation. The
Daily Mail" points out that not only
have other conditions changed but the
nature oc newspaper ownership has
changed. The tnancier as such' mas
stepped out, and the owners OF Cocoa
mustard and chemical WORKS ana 'Ho
millionaire generally have stepped H. Inc
fnancier had financial axes 70 6rIHu' iHe
new owners are independent ana I4eH
papers are independent both or the mar
ket and or pohtIcal coH'rlpu'loHS' ms
writer quote say ivy % '''''i
even 81 'he 'uNti 'i97'' "''',i. 80
doctrlIe' bu' "ufP''' MN
that IN wealthy paper l''e a'N'l 'i''''
~ kept In ms proper pIdc'' al" "''
vomiting house with NM ana hellheI II
allowed to control Or influence inc co'-
iorial or news Columns ihe"'
by strange anomaly the cheapehihH
IL newspapers has been accompanied oJ