''The Daily News'' was a national daily

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in the United Kingdom. The ''News'' was founded in 1846 by

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, who also served as the newspaper's first

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. It was conceived as a

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rival to the right-wing ''

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''. The paper was not at first a commercial success. Dickens edited 17 issues before handing over the editorship to his friend John Forster, who had more experience in journalism than Dickens. Forster ran the paper until 1870.''London Daily News: General Description'', Rossetti Archive.Undated
Accessed: 2007-09-14. Charles Mackay, Harriet Martineau,

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, H. G. Wells, G. K. Chesterton and Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina were among the leading reformist writers who wrote for the paper during its heyday. In 1870, the ''News'' absorbed the ''

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''. In 1876, ''The Daily News'' and its correspondents Edwin Pears and (later) Januarius MacGahan sounded the first alarm respecting the Turkish atrocities in Bulgaria. In 1901,

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chocolate manufacturer

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bought ''The Daily News'' and used the paper to campaign for old age pensions and against sweatshop labour. As a pacifist, Cadbury opposed the

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, and the ''Daily News'' followed his line. In 1906, the ''News'' sponsored an exhibition on

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at the Queen's Hall. This exhibition was credited with strengthening the

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movement. In 1909,

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and

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resigned from the paper when it refused to condemn the force feeding of

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s.Elizabeth Crawford, ''The Women's Suffrage Movement'', p.453. In 1912, the ''News'' merged with the ''Morning Leader'', and was for a time known as the ''Daily News and Leader''. In 1928, it merged with ''

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'', and in 1930, with the '' Daily Chronicle'' to form the centre-left ''

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''. The chairman from 1911 to 1930 was Edward Cadbury, eldest son of George Cadbury.

Editors

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:1846: John Forster :1847:

Eyre Evans Crowe Eyre Evans Crowe (1799February 25, 1868) was an English journalist and historian. Life The son of an Army officer of Anglo-Irish ancestry, Crowe was born in Southampton and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. In the 1820s he turned to writing no ...

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Frederick Knight Hunt Frederick Knight Hunt (1814–1854) was an English journalist and author, known for '' The Fourth Estate'', a history of journalism. Life Hunt was born in Buckinghamshire, to a humble family background. At the time of his father's death, around ...

:1854: William Weir :1858: Thomas Walker :1869: Edward Dicey :1869: Frank Harrison Hill :1886:

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Edward Tyas Cook Sir Edward Tyas Cook (12 May 1857 – 30 September 1919) was an English journalist, biographer, and man of letters. Biography Born in Brighton, Cook was the youngest son of Silas Kemball Cook, secretary of the Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, a ...

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Rudolph Chambers Lehmann Rudolph Chambers "R.C." Lehmann (3 January 1856 – 22 January 1929) was an English writer and Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1906 to 1910. As a writer he was best known for three decades in which he was a major ...

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Alfred George Gardiner Alfred George Gardiner (2 June 1865 – 3 March 1946) was an English journalist, editor and author. His essays, written under the alias "Alpha of the Plough", are highly regarded. He was also Chairman of the National Anti-Sweating League, an a ...

:1921:

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:1926: Tom Clarke

References

External links

"London Daily News"
at the British Newspaper Archive {{DEFAULTSORT:Daily News (Uk) 1846 establishments in the United Kingdom Charles Dickens Defunct newspapers published in the United Kingdom Publications disestablished in 1931 Publications established in 1846