[1][2] The joint service was formed in 1962 and was the product of discussions between the two newspapers' well-known publishers, Otis Chandler and Philip Graham.
[3] Indeed, some of its clients, such as New York World Journal Tribune, had no foreign correspondents at all and relied on the service for coverage of such matters.
[1] Subscribing clients also benefited from any investigative reporting that the two papers were doing, such as the Post's coverage of the Watergate scandal.
Over time, the service also incorporated coverage by Newsday, The Baltimore Sun, and the Hartford Courant into what it put out.
[3][2] The service picked up additional clients after the September 11 terrorist attacks, due to the surge in interest in foreign developments.
"[5] The split was likely motivated by The Tribune Company's purchase of the Times in 2000, the recent effects of the Great Recession, and economic difficulties in general for the newspaper industry.
[10] Media writer Howard Kurtz wrote, "One of the oldest corporate marriages in the newspaper business ended in divorce [yesterday].