''The Daily News'' was a national daily

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in the United Kingdom published from 1846 to 1930. 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.

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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

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and (later)

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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

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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

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. This exhibition was credited with strengthening the

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movement. In 1909, H. N. Brailsford and H. W. Nevinson resigned from the paper when it refused to condemn the

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s. Crawford, Elizabeth. (1999) ''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 ''

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'' to form the centre-left ''

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''. The chairman from 1911 to 1930 was

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, eldest son of George Cadbury.

Editors

Source: :1846:

:1846: John Forster :1847: Eyre Evans Crowe :1851: Frederick Knight Hunt :1854: William Weir :1858: Thomas Walker :1869:

Edward Dicey Edward James Stephen Dicey, CB (15 May 18327 July 1911) was an English writer, journalist, and editor. Life He was born on 15 May 1832 at Claybrook, near Lutterworth, Leicestershire. He was the second son of Thomas Edward Dicey, of an old Le ...

:1869: Frank Harrison Hill :1886:

Sir John Richard Robinson Sir John Richard Robinson (2 November 1828 – 30 November 1903) was an English journalist, manager and editor of the ''Daily News''. He was also a prominent member of the London based Reform Club and Guild of Literature and Art. Early life ...

:1896: Edward Tyas Cook :1901:

Rudolph Chambers Lehmann Rudolph Chambers Lehmann (3 January 1856 – 22 January 1929) was an English writer and Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons from 1906 to 1910. As a writer he was b ...

:1902:

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 ad ...

:1921: Stuart Hodgson :1926: Tom Clarke

References

External links

"London Daily News"
at the British Newspaper Archive {{DEFAULTSORT:Daily News (Uk) 1846 establishments in England Charles Dickens Defunct newspapers published in the United Kingdom Publications disestablished in 1930 Newspapers established in 1846 1930 disestablishments in England