Western Union is not only one of the world’s first telecommunications companies, it is also one of the most enduring and innovative. Founded in 1851, just over a decade after Samuel Morse patented the telegraph in the United States, Western Union is a global player, though its core mission changed along the way. It has even been immortalized in song being the subject of a top 5 hit by the Five Americans in 1967.
The company, of course, started off in the telegraphy business....