POWER OF THE PRESS.
BRITISH NEWSPAPER GROWTH
Some idea of the influence of the British newspapers on public opinion, and of the huge financial deals that resulted in the growth of the major chains of papers, was given to members of the Auckland Rotary Club in an address by Mr. F. W. Doidge, M.P., yestterday. Mr. Doidge pointed out that, though a great deal of freedom had been surrendered in England in order that the battle for freedom might be waged, the freedom of the Press was still intact.
Just what influence the Press had might be judged, he said, from the fact that the papers controlled by the group known as the "Press Lords"—Lord Beaverbrook, Lord Rothermere, Lord Cam rose and Lord Southwood—had a total circulation of 7,000.000 a day. Thev probably had double that numbtr of readers. Af> thev were of varying policy that influence was. of course, not all in one direction. Mr. Doidgc dealt with the careers of those notable newspaper figures.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 197, 20 August 1940, Page 11
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