United Press Association

Japanese: United Press Association(英語表記)UnitedPressAssociation
United Press Association

…Before and after World War II, the three major news agencies, AP, UP, and INS, competed in the United States, but in 1958 UP and INS merged to form UPI. UP is the abbreviation for United Press Association, and was founded in 1907 by Edward Wyllis Scripps (1854-1926) as a Scripps-Howard-affiliated news agency. Because it was outside the framework of the prewar world division (the Triple Pact) by Reuters, Habas, and Wolff, it lacked both the quantity and quality of news compared to AP, which was affiliated with them. On the other hand, it expanded its sphere of activity with a freer stance, and even in the UK it organized BUP (British United Press) to challenge Reuters. …

*Some of the terms mentioned in the United Press Association are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…第2次世界大戦前後アメリカではAP,UP,INSの三大通信社が競争していたが,1958年UPとINSが合併してUPIとなった。UPはUnited Press Associationの略称で,スクリップス・ハワード系の通信社として,1907年スクリップスEdward Wyllis Scripps(1854‐1926)により創設された。戦前のロイター,アバス,ウォルフによる世界分割〈三社協定〉の枠外にあったため,それらと提携していたAPよりも,ニュースの量,質ともに不足していたが,反面,自由な立場で活動領域を拡張し,イギリスにおいてもBUP(British United Press)を組織して,ロイターに挑戦した。…

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