"it into its sister publication and former rival. The ""London Daily News"" was the first home of the ""Alex"" cartoon, later published by ""The Independent"" and the ""Daily Telegraph"". Maxwell admitted defeat on 25 July 1987 an hour after paying undisclosed damages to Associated Newspapers for accusing it of lying about the ""Evening Standard""s circulation figures. Starting the ""London Daily News"", which published four editions a day, had cost him $40 million (then about £24.96 million), Reuters estimated. His paper was “selling less than 100,000 copies, when minimum sales targets were 200,000 by this time"", Reuters reported Maxwell as commenting."
"the paper financed Henry Morton Stanley's expeditions into Africa to find David Livingstone, where they met on November 10, 1871. The paper also supported Stanley's trans-Africa exploration, and in 1879 supported the ill-fated expedition of George W. DeLong to the arctic region. In 1874, the ""Herald"" ran the infamous New York Zoo hoax, where the front page of the newspaper was devoted entirely to a fabricated story of wild animals getting loose at the Central Park Zoo and attacking numerous people. On October 4, 1887, Bennett Jr. sent Julius Chambers to Paris, France to launch a European edition. Bennett himself"
"the paper's profile on the world stage when he provided the financial backing for the 1869 expedition by Henry Morton Stanley into Africa to find David Livingstone in exchange for the ""Herald"" having the exclusive account of Stanley's progress. In 1872, he commissioned a Manhattan building design from Arthur D. Gilman, who popularized Second Empire and cast-iron facades. The building still exists, on Nassau Street. Though he sold it in 1889 and it was greatly expanded over the following five years, it continues to be known as The Bennett Building. It was built on a site previously occupied by the"
"at his request from Ujiji were slaves. By the late 1860s Livingstone's reputation in Europe had suffered owing to the failure of the missions he set up, and of the Zambezi Expedition; and his ideas about the source of the Nile were not supported. His expeditions were hardly models of order and organisation. His reputation was rehabilitated by Stanley and his newspaper, and by the loyalty of Livingstone's servants whose long journey with his body inspired wonder. The publication of his last journal revealed stubborn determination in the face of suffering. In 1860, the Universities' Mission to Central Africa was"
"Henry Morton Stanley Sir Henry Morton Stanley (born John Rowlands; January 28th, 1841 – May 10th, 1904) was a Welsh journalist and explorer who was famous for his exploration of central Africa and his search for missionary and explorer David Livingstone. Upon finding Livingstone, Stanley reportedly asked, ""Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"" Stanley is also known for his search for the source of the Nile, his pioneering work that enabled the plundering of the Congo Basin region by King Leopold II of Belgium, and his command of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition. He was knighted in 1899. Henry Stanley was born"
"penetration of Africa. At the same time, his missionary travels, ""disappearance"", and eventual death in Africaand subsequent glorification as a posthumous national hero in 1874led to the founding of several major central African Christian missionary initiatives carried forward in the era of the European ""Scramble for Africa"". His meeting with Henry Morton Stanley on 10 November 1871 gave rise to the popular quotation ""Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"" Livingstone was born on 19 March 1813 in the mill town of Blantyre, Scotland in a tenement building for the workers of a cotton factory on the banks of the River Clyde under"
"in Denbigh (a statue of Stanley with an outstretched hand). Taxa named in honour of Stanley include: Henry Morton Stanley Sir Henry Morton Stanley (born John Rowlands; January 28th, 1841 – May 10th, 1904) was a Welsh journalist and explorer who was famous for his exploration of central Africa and his search for missionary and explorer David Livingstone. Upon finding Livingstone, Stanley reportedly asked, ""Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"" Stanley is also known for his search for the source of the Nile, his pioneering work that enabled the plundering of the Congo Basin region by King Leopold II of Belgium, and"
"and Lake Victoria. It was eventually proved to be the latter from which the Nile flowed. Henry Morton Stanley, who had in 1871 succeeded in finding and succouring Livingstone (originating the famous line ""Dr. Livingstone, I presume""), started again for Zanzibar in 1874. In one of the most memorable of all exploring expeditions in Africa, Stanley circumnavigated Victoria Nyanza (Lake Victoria) and Lake Tanganyika. Striking farther inland to the Lualaba, he followed that river down to the Atlantic Ocean—which he reached in August 1877—and proved it to be the Congo. In 1895, the British South Africa Company hired the American"
"Liverpool Mercury The Liverpool Mercury was an English newspaper that originated in Liverpool, England and circulated for over 200 years. As well as focusing on local news, the paper also reported on both national and international news allowing it to circulate in Lancashire, Wales, Isle of Man and London. Founded by Egerton Smith in 1808 the newspaper cost 7d and was published weekly, covering news relating to the city's busy port. By 1858 the newspaper switched from being a weekly paper to a daily, with an extended edition published on Fridays. The paper's second edition was claimed to be 72"
"he re-launched the newspaper on 17 September 1855, Levy used the slogan, ""the largest, best, and cheapest newspaper in the world"". Within a few weeks, the one-penny ""The Daily Telegraph"" was outselling ""The Times"", and by January 1856, Levy was able to announce that circulation had reached 27,000. The early ""Daily Telegraph"" supported the Liberal Party and progressive causes such as the campaign against capital punishment. It also urged reform of the House of Lords and the banning of corporal punishment in the armed forces. Levy was heavily involved in the production of the ""Daily Telegraph"". As well as managing"
"his partner in the new enterprise, Johnstone re-issued the ""Standard"" as a morning paper on 29 June 1857, reducing its price to twopence and doubling its size to eight large pages. On the same date he also started a high-priced ""Evening Herald"" and continued to print the ""Morning Herald"" as a fourpenny paper. On 4 February 1858 the price of the ""Standard"" was reduced to a penny and an evening issue of the paper revived on 11 June 1860. The ""Evening Herald"" was terminated on 27 May 1865 and the ""Morning Herald"" on 31 December 1869. The ""Evening Standard"" was"
"he sought the source of the Nile, and established his last mission at Ujiji on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. After having lost contact with the outside world for years, he was ""found"" there on 10 November 1871. Henry Morton Stanley, who had been sent in a publicity stunt to find him by the New York Herald newspaper, greeted him with the now famous words ""Dr Livingstone, I presume?"" In 1877, the first of a series of Belgian expeditions arrived on Zanzibar. In the course of these expeditions, in 1879 a station was founded in Kigoma on the eastern bank"
"Henry Stanley to find him, which he did, in Uganda. The success of Stanley's stories prompted Bennett to hire more of what would turn out to be investigative journalists. He also was the first American publisher to bring an American newspaper to Europe by founding the ""Paris Herald"", which was the precursor of the ""International Herald Tribune"". Charles Anderson Dana of the ""New York Sun"" developed the idea of the human interest story and a better definition of news value, including uniqueness of a story. William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer both owned newspapers in the American West, and both"
"at Milland church on 26 February. After Henry Morton Stanley succeeded in discovering Livingstone in Africa, Livingstone's journals were given to Waller for publication. They were issued in two volumes in 1874, as ""The Last Journals of David Livingstone in Central Africa, from 1865 until his death"". By omission, the image projected was of Livingstone as saintly; and the editorial line was that of anti-slavery. Waller's edition of the journals has been called ""well-intentioned but unduly reverent"". In 1891 Sir Harry Johnston criticised Waller for his lack of interest in other sides of Livingstone's work and papers. Waller also wrote:"
"the famous line ""Dr. Livingstone, I presume""), started again for Zanzibar in 1874. In one of the most memorable of all exploring expeditions in Africa, Stanley circumnavigated Victoria Nyanza and Tanganyika. Striking farther inland to the Lualaba, he followed that river down to the Atlantic Ocean—which he reached in August 1877—and proved it to be the Congo. Portuguese Serpa Pinto was the fourth explorer to cross Africa from west to east and the first to lay down a reasonably accurate route between Bié (in present-day Angola) and Lealui. In 1877, Serpa Pinto and Portuguese naval captains Capelo and Ivens explored"
"Dr. David Livingstone, of whom little had been heard since his departure for Africa in 1866 to search for the source of the Nile. Stanley travelled to Zanzibar in March 1871, later claiming that he outfitted an expedition with 192 porters. In his first dispatch to the ""New York Herald"", however, he stated that his expedition numbered only 111. This was in line with figures in his diaries. Bennett, publisher of the ""New York Herald"" and funder of the expedition, had delayed sending to Stanley the money he had promised, so Stanley borrowed money from the United States Consul. During"
"of Hell. It was not until 1867 that the Congo was explored by Europeans, and even then it was not from the sea, but from the other side of the African continent. Setting out from Zanzibar, Henry Morton Stanley, a British-born American journalist and explorer aimed to find the famous Dr. Livingstone. Livingstone had not been heard from in several years and was, in fact, exploring the upper reaches of a great navigable inland river called the Lualaba, which Livingstone hoped was connected to the Nile, but which turned out to be the upper Congo. After leaving Livingstone, Stanley sailed"
"Morning Herald The Morning Herald was an early daily newspaper in the United Kingdom. The newspaper was founded in 1780 by the Reverend Sir Henry Bate Dudley, former editor of ""The Morning Post"". It was initially a liberal paper aligned with the Prince of Wales, but later became aligned with the Tories. In 1843, it was bought by Edward Baldwin, then after his death in 1848 was acquired by James Johnstone, who also owned the ""Evening Standard"". He differentiated the two newspapers by charging 4d a copy for the ""Herald"" and only 2d for the ""Standard"". This was initially successful,"
"New York early in 1874; the newspaperman was impressed by De Long, and assured him that his Arctic ambitions would have the enthusiastic support of the ""Herald"". In the meantime De Long had applied to the Navy Department for an Arctic command, a request that he was informed would ""receive due attention"". James Gordon Bennett Jr., had succeeded his father as proprietor of the ""New York Herald"" in 1866. He had won renown in 1872, when his reporter Henry Morton Stanley, sent by Bennett to Africa in search of the British missionary-explorer David Livingstone, cabled that Livingstone had been found."
"James Johnstone (publisher) James Johnstone (26 June 1815 – 21 October 1878) was a British newspaper proprietor. He was born in London, the son of a Bankruptcy Court messenger, who he succeeded in 1842. In 1861 he became head of Johnstone, Cooper, Wintle, & Co., managers in chancery, bankrupts' accountants, and public auditors. In 1857 he bought the newspaper interests of Charles Baldwin, proprietor of the ""Morning Herald"" and the ""Standard"" for £16,500. The daily circulation of the ""Standard"" had fallen to 700 and the business was in financial difficulty. With the help of publisher John Maxwell, for a while"
"a price of one penny. The price was set to undercut rivals such as the ""Manchester Guardian"" and did so for some time until the rivals responded. Despite this competitive advantage, and in common with many other local newspapers, its influence in London was low and it suffered from difficulties in distribution. In 1856, Richard Cobden was inspired to become involved in establishing the ""Morning Star"" in London as an imitator of the ""Manchester Examiner"" that would disseminate the school of Manchester radicalism more widely, but it was of an inferior journalistic standard and had little political impact. The newspaper"
"British missionary David Livingstone in Africa in 1871, later explored the region during a journey that ended in 1877 and was described in Stanley's 1878 novel ""Through the Dark Continent"". Failing to enlist British interest in developing the Congo region, Stanley took up service with Leopold II, who hired him to help gain a foothold in the region and annex the region for himself. From August 1879 to June 1884 Stanley was in the Congo basin, where he built a road from the lower Congo up to Stanley Pool and launched steamers on the upper river. While exploring the Congo"
"platform to promote the Whig and the later Republican Parties. Quite possibly the most famous penny press paper was started in 1851 by two men: George Jones (publisher) and Henry Raymond. This paper was originally named ""The New York Daily Times"", but was later changed to ""The New York Times"" in 1857. Originally sold at one cent per paper, it became famous for incorporating journalistic standards that are common today, as well as having very high quality reporting and writing. The first issue of the ""New York Daily Times"" addressed the various speculations about its purpose and positions that preceded"
"1864. The newspaper reporter H.M. Stanley was sent to Africa in 1871 to find Dr. Livingstone who had vanished five years earlier exploring Lake Tanganyika. Together they searched unsuccessfully for the outflow till the time came for Stanley to return home. Following Livinstone’s death Stanley returned in 1874 to map all three lakes but was prevented from completing his work by warring tribes. He returned in 1881 and discovered Lake Edward that he concluded creates a vast reservoir system with the other lakes that feeds the Nile. The Mountains of the Moon between the humid forest of the Congo basin"
"of London's first daily newspaper, the ""Daily Courant"", was published in Fleet Street. It was followed by the ""Morning Chronicle"". The publisher John Murray was founded at No. 32 Fleet Street in 1762 and remained there until 1812, when it moved to Albemarle Street. The popularity of newspapers was restricted due to various taxes during the early 19th century, particularly paper duty. Peele's Coffee-House at No. 177–8 Fleet Street became popular and was the main committee room for the Society for Repealing the Paper Duty, starting in 1858. The society was successful and the duty was abolished in 1861. Along"
"print the newspaper. The venture was not a success and when Sleigh was unable to pay his printing bill, Levy took over the newspaper. In 1855, there were ten newspapers published in London. ""The Times"", at sevenpence, was the most expensive and had a circulation of 10,000. Its two main rivals, the ""Daily News"" and the ""Morning Post"", both cost fivepence. Levy believed that if he could produce a cheaper newspaper than his main competitors, he could expand the size of the overall market. Levy decided that his son, Edward Levy-Lawson, and Thornton Leigh Hunt, should edit the newspaper. When"
"time in Johannesburg as The Eastern Star. It was founded in Grahamstown under that title on 6 January 1871 (as a resurrection of the previous Great Eastern paper), and was moved to the Witwatersrand sixteen years later by its owners, brothers Thomas and George Sheffield. In 1889, the name ""Eastern Star"" was changed to the one currently in use. The Star (South Africa) The Star is a daily newspaper based in Gauteng, South Africa. It is one of the titles under the Independent News & Media South Africa group recently acquired by Sekunjalo Media Consortium led by founder and chairman"
"in a backlash that led to major reforms especially in the provision of nursing, led by Florence Nightingale. The ""Manchester Guardian"" was founded in Manchester in 1821 by a group of non-conformist businessmen. Its most famous editor, Charles Prestwich Scott, made the ""Guardian"" into a world-famous newspaper in the 1890s. ""The Daily Telegraph"" in 1856 became the first penny newspaper in London. It was funded by advertising revenue based on a large audience. Opportunities for leisure activities increased dramatically as real wages continued to grow and hours of work continued to decline. In urban areas the nine-hour workday became increasingly"
"written by freelancer Tom Burgis. Problems securing funding and advertising in the wake of the launch two daily freesheets (the Associated Newspapers’ ""London Lite"" and News International’s ""thelondonpaper"") meant that the paper ceased publication shortly after the second issue. After the paper closed, Wendling worked for BBC Radio, while Christensen founded the London-based social networking website FridayCities.com. The Penny The Penny was a planned free alternative newspaper for London, based on the model of New York’s ""Village Voice"" and other North American alternative weeklies. The paper’s initial launch team including publisher Savannah Christensen and editor Mike Wendling produced a pilot"
"The Morning Post The Morning Post was a conservative daily newspaper published in London from 1772 to 1937, when it was acquired by ""The Daily Telegraph"". The paper was founded by John Bell. According to Historian Robert Darnton, The Morning Post consisted of paragraph-long news snippets, most of it false. Its original editor, the Reverend Sir Henry Bate Dudley, earned himself nicknames such as ""Reverend Bruiser"" or ""The Fighting Parson"", and was soon replaced by an even more vitriolic editor, Reverend William Jackson, also known as ""Dr. Viper"". Originally a Whig paper, it was purchased by Daniel Stuart in 1795,"
"remain a separate title and it was absorbed into the ""Telegraph"". The Morning Post The Morning Post was a conservative daily newspaper published in London from 1772 to 1937, when it was acquired by ""The Daily Telegraph"". The paper was founded by John Bell. According to Historian Robert Darnton, The Morning Post consisted of paragraph-long news snippets, most of it false. Its original editor, the Reverend Sir Henry Bate Dudley, earned himself nicknames such as ""Reverend Bruiser"" or ""The Fighting Parson"", and was soon replaced by an even more vitriolic editor, Reverend William Jackson, also known as ""Dr. Viper"". Originally"
"Africa to make an open path for Commerce and Christianity; do you carry out the work I have begun. I leave it with you"". Following Livingstone's death in 1873, at Ilala by the shores of Lake Bangweulu in North Eastern Zambia, and the subsequent development of preventatives and cures for malaria based on quinine, mission societies stepped in to take up where he had left off by establishing Christianity in Central Africa. In a report on the Church and development in Zambia the London Missionary Society (LMS) was the first organisation to establish a mission station based at Niamikolo close"
"1851 and 1856, he traversed the continent from west to east, discovering the great waterways of the upper Zambezi River. In November 1855, Livingstone became the first European to see the famous Victoria Falls, named after the Queen of the United Kingdom. From 1858 to 1864, the lower Zambezi, the Shire River and Lake Nyasa were explored by Livingstone. Nyasa had been first reached by the confidential slave of António da Silva Porto, a Portuguese trader established at Bié in Angola, who crossed Africa during 1853–1856 from Benguella to the mouth of the Rovuma. A prime goal for explorers was"