The Archive · 1899

Seven Days Newspapers

The agitation against the system of nows-papers publishing on seven days in the week has grown apace, and one of the two journals which adopted the principle has surrendered. The Daily Mail has announced that its Sunday edition will appear no mre, its place being taken by a special Saturday edition containing a summary ofall the news of the week. Tt is something of a climb-down after Mr. Harmsworth's announcement that he would keep up the game as long as Sir Edward Lawson did, even: if it cost him £10,000 a week; but Mr. Harmsworth states that he has yielded in deference to the wishes of the public and an appeal from his staff. Now we are waiting to see what the

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