Editing United Press International (section)

===British United Press===
In 1923, UP founded '''British United Press''' as its Canadian subsidiary with headquarters in [[Montreal]]. It soon expanded to the [[United Kingdom]] and [[India]], and was one of several news agencies supplying news bulletins to the [[BBC]] until the broadcaster began hiring its own reporters. The BBC's decision in 1936 to use BUP as a supplier of international news reports engendered opposition from other news agencies and the [[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office|Foreign Office]] as BUP was seen as a front group for the American-based United Press and thus represented American rather than British news values.<ref>Nicholas, S. (2007). Keeping the News British: the BBC, British United Press and Reuters in the 1930s. In: Wiener, J.H., Hampton, M. (eds) Anglo-American Media Interactions, 1850–2000. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230286221_11</ref> BUP correspondents included future anchors [[Knowlton Nash]] and [[Walter Cronkite]].<ref>British broadcasting, radio and television in the United Kingdom - Page 157, by Burton Paulu - 1956 -</ref><ref>Deadline every minute: the story of the United Press , by Joe Alex Morris Editions Greenwood Press, 1968</ref> In 1936, BUP launched Canada's first coast-to-coast radio newswire service providing news copy to private radio stations across the country.<ref>{{cite web |title=News Broadcasting – "The Early Years" – (1900-1936) |url=https://broadcasting-history.ca/in-depth/news-broadcasting/news-broadcasting-the-early-years-1900-1936/ |website=Broadcasting History |publisher=History of Canadian Broadcasting |access-date=July 31, 2024}}</ref> 

In 1940, the Canadian government suspended the broadcast licenses of BUP and [[Transradio Press Service]] both of whom, unlike [[Canadian Press]], sold commercial sponsorships for its news bulletins in violation of government policy. Transport minister [[C.D. Howe]], who was responsible for broadcasting policy, announced that the two wire services must “show their news source is accurate” in order to retain their licenses. After complaints by Transradio that the move was an attempt by  “selfish publishing and monopolistic interests … to destroy independent news services throughout the Dominion”, the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]], which at the time was also responsible for regulating private radio broadcasters, agreed to reinstate Transradio's and BUP's licenses while also announcing a plan to enforce the ban on commercial news broadcasts by editing dispatches by the wire services before they were distributed to radio stations.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Press: No More Sponsors |url=https://time.com/archive/6785973/the-press-no-more-sponsors/ |access-date=July 31, 2024 |work=Time Magazine |date=July 8, 1940}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RWMCAQAAQBAJ&q=Moore&pg=PA118|title=Making National News: A History of Canadian Press|first=Gene|last=Allen|date=1 November 2018|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=9781442615328|access-date=1 November 2018|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n1HmbRcEoRYC&q=Moore&pg=PT47|title=Communicating in Canada's Past: Essays in Media History|first1=Gene|last1=Allen|first2=Daniel|last2=Robinson|date=14 November 2009|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=9781442697003|access-date=1 November 2018|via=Google Books}}</ref>  

In 1958, when United Press merged with the International News Service to become UPI, British United Press was renamed United Press International of Canada. In 1979, 80% of UPI Canada was sold to the [[Sun Media|''Toronto Sun'' newspaper chain]] and renamed '''United Press Canada'''. In 1985, UPC was sold to [[Canadian Press]], which absorbed it.<ref>{{cite news |title=United Press Canada absorbed by Canadian Press |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/02/01/United-Press-Canada-absorbed-by-Canadian-Press/1339476082000/ |access-date=July 31, 2024 |work=United Press International |date=February 1, 1985}}</ref>