BBC was followed by the Government's acceptance of the recommendation made by the Crawford Committee (1925–26) that the British Broadcasting Company be replaced by a non-commercial, Crown-chartered organisation: the British Broadcasting Corporation. The British Broadcasting Corporation came into existence on 1 January 1927, and Reith – newly knighted – was appointed its first Director General. To represent its purpose and (stated) values, the new corporation adopted the coat of arms, including the motto "Nation shall speak peace unto Nation". British radio audiences had little choice apart from the upscale programming of the BBC. Reith, an intensely moralistic executive, was in full
Daily Nation Daily Nation The Daily Nation is the highest circulation Kenyan independent newspaper with 170,000 copies. "The Daily Nation" was started in 1958 as a Swahili weekly called "Taifa" by the Englishman Charles Hayes. It was bought in 1959 by the Aga Khan, and became a daily newspaper, "Taifa leo" (Swahili for "Nation today"), in January 1960. An English language edition called "Daily Nation" was published on 3 October 1960, in a process organised by former editor of the British "News Chronicle", Michael Curtis. The publisher was East African Newspapers (Nation Series) Ltd, which later became the Nation Media Group with