The Origins of Television News in America: The Visualizers of Cbs in the 1940s
Journalism History › Vol. 35 Nbr. 4, January 2010
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[...] most of the higher-ups at CBS seemed not to care what was happening above Grand Central Terminal, and the network's radio journalists viewed television with disdain. [...] the visualizers were able to push the envelope as it were, experimenting and inventing new ways of reporting the news. [...] by election night in the latter year, CBS's radio operation had essentially taken over the television newscasts.
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The Origins of Television News in America: The Visualizers of Cbs in the 1940s
Conway, Mike. The Origins of Television News in America: The Visualizers of CBS in the 1940s. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2009. 398 pp. $99.95.
In the traditional view, the origin of television news is traced to the 1950s w...See the full content of this document
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