United Press

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United Press

news agency

Also known as: UP

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United Press International
…upon the merger of the United Press (UP; 1907) with the International News Service (INS). UPI and its precursor agencies pioneered in some key areas of news coverage, including the wired transmission of news photographs in 1925.
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…upon the merger of the United Press (UP; 1907) with the International News Service (INS). UPI and its precursor agencies pioneered in some key areas of news coverage, including the wired transmission of news photographs in 1925.
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Fremont Lawson
…its news to the rival United Press (UP).
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…its news to the rival United Press (UP).
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Roy W. Howard
…it was consolidated into the United Press (UP) agency in 1907, Howard became its vice president and general manager. As president of UP from 1912, he greatly expanded that news agency and also interviewed many leading European political figures. In 1918, reporting from Europe, he broke the news of the…
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…it was consolidated into the United Press (UP) agency in 1907, Howard became its vice president and general manager. As president of UP from 1912, he greatly expanded that news agency and also interviewed many leading European political figures. In 1918, reporting from Europe, he broke the news of the…
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