The company returned to private ownership in 1916, when all shares were purchased by Roderick Jones and Mark Napier; they renamed the company "Reuters Limited", dropping the apostrophe.[1] In 1923, Reuters began using radio to transmit news internationally, a pioneering act.[2] In 1925, the Press Association (PA) of Great Britain acquired a majority interest in Reuters, and full ownership some years later.[3] During the world wars, The Guardian reported that Reuters: "came under pressure from the British government to serve national interests.