News Chronicle

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The News Chronicle was a British daily newspaper. It ceased publication in 1960, being absorbed into the Daily Mail.

[edit] History

The News Chronicle was formed by the merger of the Daily News and the Daily Chronicle on 2 June 1930.

The Daily News was founded in 1846 by Charles Dickens, who also served as the newspaper's first editor. The Daily News was conceived as a radical rival to the right-wing Morning Chronicle.

The Daily Chronicle was founded in 1872. Purchased by Edward Lloyd for £30,000 in 1876, it achieved a high reputation under the editorship of Henry Massingham and Robert Donald who took charge in 1904.

The News Chronicle ceased publication in 1960 when the title was absorbed by the Daily Mail. The News Chronicle's editorial position was considered to be in broad support of the British Liberal Party. This was in contrast to the right-wing Daily Mail.

[edit] Notable Contributors

Notable contributors to the News Chronicle included:

H. G. Wells – contributor to the Daily News
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – war correspondent for the Daily Chronicle during World War I
Arthur Koestler - writer and political activist
James Cameron - war correspondent
E. S. Dallas - Paris correspondent