Newspapers colluded to restrict radio news timing through the Biltmore Agreement

Evidence

Print news did not welcome the competition and used various means to attack radio newscasting throughout the early 1920s. In 1933, Paley brokered a treaty with the major newspapers and wire services (the Biltmore Agreement) that limited radio news to certain times to ensure radio did not compete with morning and evening newspapers. — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 379

Categorization

• XREF: An early example of an incumbent medium using collusion to throttle a disruptive newcomer — echoes the book’s attention-competition theme and modern platform-era analogies.
• SEED: Essay angle: the Biltmore Agreement as a forgotten prehistory of modern incumbent-media fights against disruptive rivals.
• CANDY: The detail of a 1933 treaty limiting when radio could air news to protect newspapers is a punchy, surprising fact.