Wolffs Telegraphisches Bureau
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Wolffs Telegraphisches Bureau (1849–1934) was founded by the German Bernhard Wolff (1811–1879), the editor of the Vossische Zeitung and founder of the National Zeitung (1848–1938). It was one of the first press agencies in Europe and one of the three major European telegraph news monopolies until the World War II-era, along with the British Reuters and the French Havas.[1]
World War I resulted in WTB being cut off from many of its international sources and clients due to the cutting of German undersea cables by the Allies. The agency came under the control of the German government from 1917 to 1919 and then declined during the economic turmoil of the Weimar Republic, losing influence outside of Germany to competitors Reuters and Havas.[2]
The news agency came to an end soon after the creation of the Nazi government-controlled propaganda news agency Deutsches Nachrichtenbüro in 1933.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Kovarik, Bill (2015). "The first electronic revolution: telegraph and telephone". Revolutions in Communication : Media History from Gutenberg to the Digital Age. New York: Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 205. ISBN 978-1-4411-8638-6. OCLC 1151159541 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b "Wolff Telegraphic Bureau (WTB) | Britannica". www.britannica.com.
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