Manchester University Press
6 The rise of modern crime reporting
Abstract
This chapter focuses on the period of intense competition, roughly between 1840 and 1870, which ultimately witnessed the climax of several traditional and new genres of popular print and their take-over by the new Sunday press. During the 1840s, a steady stream of new weekly newspapers became available: Lloyd's Weekly London Newspaper, News of the World, Weekly Times and Reynolds's Weekly Newspaper. The chapter examines how Edward Lloyd deliberately incorporated styles and features from other genres, especially broadsides, into his newspaper in order to ensure its success. It explores the styles of crime reporting used by the new weekly newspapers. By 1860 a number of genres that formed part of the 'culture of violence' had begun to decline. The chapter discusses how Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper (LWN) was able to survive and thrive while other popular genres fell into decline.
Abstract
This chapter focuses on the period of intense competition, roughly between 1840 and 1870, which ultimately witnessed the climax of several traditional and new genres of popular print and their take-over by the new Sunday press. During the 1840s, a steady stream of new weekly newspapers became available: Lloyd's Weekly London Newspaper, News of the World, Weekly Times and Reynolds's Weekly Newspaper. The chapter examines how Edward Lloyd deliberately incorporated styles and features from other genres, especially broadsides, into his newspaper in order to ensure its success. It explores the styles of crime reporting used by the new weekly newspapers. By 1860 a number of genres that formed part of the 'culture of violence' had begun to decline. The chapter discusses how Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper (LWN) was able to survive and thrive while other popular genres fell into decline.
Chapters in this book
- Front matter i
- Dedication v
- Contents vii
- List of figures, tables and diagrams ix
- Acknowledgements xiii
- Prologue 1
- 1 London 1800–1850 15
- 2 About town with Mr Punch 39
- 3 From scaffold culture to the cult of the murderer 75
- 4 The ‘Blood-Stained Stage’ revisited 124
- 5 Selling Sweeney Todd to the masses 160
- 6 The rise of modern crime reporting 209
- Epilogue 257
- Bibliography 272
- Index 293
Chapters in this book
- Front matter i
- Dedication v
- Contents vii
- List of figures, tables and diagrams ix
- Acknowledgements xiii
- Prologue 1
- 1 London 1800–1850 15
- 2 About town with Mr Punch 39
- 3 From scaffold culture to the cult of the murderer 75
- 4 The ‘Blood-Stained Stage’ revisited 124
- 5 Selling Sweeney Todd to the masses 160
- 6 The rise of modern crime reporting 209
- Epilogue 257
- Bibliography 272
- Index 293
