 In 1929 the Columbia Broadcasting System began making regular radio news broadcasts — five-minute summaries taken from reports from the United Press, one of the three wire services that supplied newspapers with national and international news.In December 1930 CBS chief William S. Paley hired White away from United Press as CBS's news editor.Paley put the radio network's news operation at the same level as entertainment, and authorized White to interrupt programming if events warranted.