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Organization One of the most important developments in
newspaper organization during the first part of the twentieth century
(46) , which are known as wire services. Wire-service
companies employed reporters, who covered stories all over the world. Their news
reports were sent to papers throughout the country by telegraph. The papers paid
an annual fee for this service. Wire services continue (47) .
Today the major wire services are the Associated Press (AP) and United Press
International (UPI). You will frequently find AP or UPI at the beginning of a
news story. Newspaper chains and mergers began to appear in the
early 1900s. A chain consists of two or more newspapers (48)
. A merger involves combining two or more papers into one. During the
nineteenth century many cities had more than one competitive independent paper.
Today in most cities there are only one or two newspapers, and (49)
. Often newspapers in several cities belong to one chain. Papers have
combined (50) . Chains and mergers have cut down production
costs and brought the advantages of big-business methods to the newspaper
industry. A. to play an important role in newspaper operations B. was the
growth of telegraph services C. and they usually enjoy great prestige D.
they are usually operated by a single owner E. in order to survive under the
pressure of rising costs F. owned by a single person or organization