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SINCE the first issue of the Transatlantic Times, which appeared hi the form of a leaflet on the s.s. St. Paul on Nov. 15, 1899, maritime journalism has made great progress. All newspapers issued on British ships are now published by an organisation known as the Wireless Press. In the first place, it supplies ships with copies of the journals prepared in such a way that the news can be printed on board ship as it is received by the ship's radio operator. Rugby Radio, the G.P.O. wireless station, daily transmits three news bulletins—in the early morning, at midday, and during the evening. It also transmits a Saturday night message giving the League football results. This message is in keen demand among the crews on cargo boats all over the world. In the case of general elections, big races, and other events of world-wide interest, it often happens that a passenger in mid-Atlantic is reading the results before they have been distributed on land. The special bulletins, broadcast throughout the day, are exhibited prominently for the passengers to read. Foreign stations also bombard the ship with news. The ship's purser has the task of sub-editing the newspaper. In an interesting paper on maritime journalism, by E. C. Thomson, hi the Wireless World for March 23, it is stated that there are indications that the ‘wireless news’ will give place, possibly at no distant date, to a replica of a journal printed on land. This could be achieved without much difficulty by means of facsimile telegraphy. A complete page printed on land could be reproduced on board ship in a shorter time than would be required to carry the actual newspaper from one end of Fleet Street to the other.
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Ocean Newspapers. Nature 129, 573 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/129573b0
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