7-478: Central Press may refer to: Central News Agency (London) , an English news distribution service founded as Central Press in 1863 Central Press Association , an American newspaper syndicate that operated from 1910 to 1971 Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Central Press . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
14-500: A later postcard called the "Saucy Jacky" postcard , also supposedly written by the killer. The journalist was named as "Tom Bullen" in a letter from one of the investigating inspectors to another journalist. "Tom Bullen" was almost certainly Thomas John Bulling, who worked for Central News and claimed to have received a third letter from the Ripper in a message to police in October 1888. "Jack
21-551: The Central News Agency of embellishing its reports, and published a comparison between the original telegrams received by the agency and those that were distributed by it. A 200-word dispatch about a naval battle in the Far East had been expanded with details of the battle though hardly any information was given in the original. The agency confirmed that words had been added, and The Times declared that: "More than two-thirds of
28-542: The Ripper" was adopted as a name to refer to the murderer, and the international media frenzy, partly fed by Central News, bestowed enduring notoriety on the killer. That story also helped establish CNA, forcing the Press Association and all newspapers wanting to use the letters to advertise the Agency. This was under the general management and later chairmanship of John Moore, who was said by at least one London journalist of
35-407: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Central_Press&oldid=449263208 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Central News Agency (London) The Central News Agency
42-520: The message was, therefore, admittedly manufactured in London." One of its sensational and probably invented stories involved the so-called "Dear Boss" letter , dated 25 September 1888, in which a figure calling himself " Jack the Ripper " claimed responsibility for the Whitechapel murders . Police officials later claimed to have identified a specific journalist as the author of both the "Dear Boss" letter and
49-513: Was a news distribution service founded as Central Press in 1863 by William Saunders and his brother-in-law, Edward Spender. In 1870–71, it adopted the name Central News Agency. By undercutting its competitors, the Press Association and Reuters , and by distributing sensational and imaginative stories, it developed a reputation amongst newsmen for "underhand practices and stories of dubious veracity". In 1895, The Times directly accused
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