Various Stories About UPI and its Struggles

Various Stories About UPI and its Struggles

(Last updated: Monday, June 12, 2017)

Editor & Publisher undated column (some time prior to 1972) by ex-Unipresser Dan Bowman on the demise of UPI version of cabelese (Courtesy of Marty McReynolds)

Charter Media's Proposed Purchase of UPI

June 12, 1982, New York Times Opinion Piece on UPI's Sale

The Tennessean on Ruhe and Geissler in 1982 - Part I

The Tennessean on Ruhe and Geissler in 1982 - Part II

The Cincinnati Post Comments on UPI in 1982

'UPI Clients Pleased About New Ownership' (1982)

1983 Washington Journalism Review Piece on Ruhe/Geissler

Editor & Publisher December 1983 Story on UPI Strategy

February 1984 Presstime Items on UPI

USA Today February 1984 Story on UPI's 'Comeback'

1984 Washington Post Story on Relocation of UPI Headquarters

'UPI Management Shakeup Told'

The Tennessean on Reuters' Proposed Purchase of UPI

1985 New York Times Story on UPI Status

1985 Christian Science Monitor Story on UPI's Bankruptcy

Columbia Journalism Review on UPI - 1985

'How Scripps Got Rid of a Hot Potato - 1985

Seattle Times on Mexican Owner

'He's a Man of Flair and Mystery'

May 1986 Houston Post Story on UPI's Sale

June 1986 Houston Post Story on UPI's Sale

1985 E&P Piece on FNN Bid for UPI

1985 E&P Piece on Mario Vazquez-Rana

1985 E&P Piece on Mario Vazquez-Rana -- Look at His Mexican Operation

July 12, 1986, Los Angeles Times Piece on Client Unrest Over Mexican Ownership of UPI

1986 Washington Post Story on The New York Times Dropping UPI

'UPI Selects Its New Top Editors'

'Was There UPI Hit List'

1987 Washington Post Story on UPI's Struggle to Survive

Milt Benjamin's 1987 Take on 'New" UPI

'Unsecured UPI Creditors Still Awaiting Payment' (E&P 1987)

'UPI Makes New Move Into Canada' (E&P 1987)

'UPI SIgns Deal WIth USIA' (E&P 1987)

'Top Three UPI Editors Quit' (E&P 1987)

'Wire Service Guild Mulls Next Move at UPI' (E&P 1987)

1987 Story on New UPI Team

'New UPI Editors Take Control' (E&P 1987)

'Rival Bidders Tour UPI Facilities' (E&P 1987)

'UPI Reorganizes Again' (E&P 1987)

'Hood Resigns as UPI Vice President' (E&P 1987)

'UPI Ultimatum' (E&P 1987)

NYT Story on FNN's Purchase of UPI in 1988

'Look at UPI's Finances' (E&P 1988)

'UPI's New Management Meets News Execs' (E&P 1988)

'Who Has Right to Buy UPI?' (E&P 1988)

New UPI Management Raps Vazquez Rana - 1988

'UPI Accused of Age Discrimination' (E&P 1988)

'UPI Sports Editor to Join Inquirer' (E&P 1988)

'UPI Failed to Make Insurance Payments' (E&P 1988)

'UPI Hopes to Get More with Less' (E&P 1988)

'Two Top UPI Executives Leave' (E&P 1988)

'UPI in Latin America' (E&P 1988)

'UPI Has Strong Latin Clientele' (E&P 1988)

'Wire Service Guild, UPI Agree to Pact' (E&P 1988)

'UPI Scraps Pyxys' (E&P 1989)

'UPI Expects Profit in 1989'

'Changing Direction for UPI' (E&P 1989)

'UPI Halts Pension Plan Payments' (E&P 1989)

'Another UPI Reorganization' (E&P 1989)

'UPI to Branch Out' (E&P 1989)

'Infotech Now Owns UPI' (E&P 1989)

'UPI Shakes Up Sales Staff' (E&P 1989)

UPI Broadcast Executives Named in 1989

UPI to Test Satellite Transmissions to Europe

PRNewswire Release on Sale of Infotech/FNN

'UPI's Day of Reckoning Draws Near'(E&P 1990)

UPI Still in Business (E&P, November 1990)

1991 AP Story on UPI Cutting Severance to Ex-Staffers

Experiences of One Unipresser During 1991 Bankruptcy - Part I

Experiences of One Unipresser During 1991 Bankruptcy - Part II

Experiences of One Unipresser During 1991 Bankruptcy - Part III

1991 AP Story on Closing of UPI Broadcast Operation in HX

AP Story on 1991 Layoffs

1991 AP Story Warning UPI May Go Under

1991 Reuters Report on Guild Givebacks

1991 AP Story on UPI's Attempt to Sell Radio Network

Coaches' Football Poll Taken from UPI

UPI Says It'll Do Its Own Football Poll

1992 AP Story on UPI's Effort to Sell News by the Story

1992 Washington Post Takeout on UPI

PR NewsWire On New UPI Story Retrieval Service

1992 Chicago Tribune Story on UPI on Auction block

1992 Reuters Story on UPI Auction

1992 Reuters Story on Pat Robertson and UPI

1992 AP Story on Pat Robertson's Bid for UPI

1992 AP Story on Pat Robertson's Bailout

Institute for First Amendment Studies on Robertson Bid

1992 AP Follow on Pat Robertson's Bailout

Former NBC Executive Part of Group Interested in UPI Bid

1992 Dow Jones Report on Efforts to Turn UPI Into Cooperative

1992 AP Follow on MBC Bid for UPI

1992 AP Follow on Completion of MBC's Purchase of UPI

1992 Dow Jones Report on MBC Plan for UPI

PR Newswire Report on Naming of Regional Editors in 1993

PR Newswire Report on Acquisition of UPI Computers in 1993

PR Newswire Report Announces UPI's Hiring of New CEO

1995 AP Story on Indictment of Earl Brian

'UPI Looks for Way Out of Massive Debt'

1998 Forbes.com Piece on UPI

'UPI Plans to Thrive in 350 Words or Less', Reports NYT

James Adams 1997 Interview with Radio World

July 2, 1999, Story by AFP on UPI's Future

July/August 1999 Quill Magazine Story on UPI's Future

UPI to Sell Radio Unit

Reuters Report on UPI Radio Sale

AP Report on UPI Radio Sale

UPI Press Release on Sale of Radio Service

Los Angeles Times Editorial on Sale of Radio Service

'Farewell, UPI. We Are Going to Miss You'

American Journalism Review on New UPI President/CEO

Springfield Journal Register on 1999 Closing of Springfield, Ill., Bureau

American Journalism Review on Closing of Chester Wire in 1999

1999 New York Post on UPI Sale

1999 Reuters Story on UPI Sale

'Bids Fly Fast and Furious for UPI' (E&P 1999)

'The Wire That Wouldn't Die'

Cox News on UPI Sale to Moonies

View of Sale by Ex-Moonie

Editor & Publisher on Sale of UPI

Brill's Content on UPI (April 2001)

Stories on 2002 Reunion of 1960s UPI Civil Rights Era Veterans

E&P on UPI's June 2003 Layoffs

Al Benn's 2/21/00 Story in Montgomery Advertiser on Bob Lowry's UPI site

Benn's add to 2/21/00 Story in Advertiser on Lowry's UPI site

Unipresser Al Benn Writes About his 40th Year in Journalism (2014)

--- Jeri Clausing's New York Times Piece on UPI Listserv

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