After World War II, Reuters was struggling to maintain its status as a leading world news agency. The prospect of Indian independence threatened a crucial source of income. Reuters faced vigorous competition from US agency, Associated Press, which was in a phase of rapid global expansion. In response, Reuters sought to consolidate its position by re-constituting itself as a ‘British Commonwealth’ agency which would be jointly owned by the national press associations of the UK, Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand and South Africa. This article analyses Reuters’ Commonwealth plan and the reasons for its very limited success.

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路透社和二战后成立英联邦通讯社的想法

二战后，路透社一直在努力保持其作为世界领先新闻机构的地位。印度独立的前景威胁到了一个重要的收入来源。路透社面临来自美国机构美联社的激烈竞争，美联社正处于全球快速扩张阶段。作为回应，路透社试图通过将自己重组为“英联邦”机构来巩固其地位，该机构将由英国、澳大利亚、加拿大、印度、新西兰和南非的国家新闻协会共同拥有。本文分析了路透社的英联邦计划及其成功有限的原因。