The right to know : the rise of the world press /

Williams, Francis, 1903-1970.

The right to know : the rise of the world press / Francis Williams. - Harlow : Longmans, c1969. - vii, 336 p. ; 23 cm.

Table of Contents

Barometers of Their Time
Barnes and Bennett and the Start of Independence
Swelling Tide of Freedom
Hearst, Northcliffe and the Popular Press
The Financiers Move In
Radio-the B.B.C. Misses an Opportunity
The Rise and Fall of Cecil King
Little Guy Grows Big
Monopoly in America
Monopoly in Europe
The Press in the New Nations
What Place for Television?
The Plague of Secrecy
Public Interest and Commercial Ownership

Bibliography: p. 320-323.

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