The printed periodical press, the oldest mass medium in this atlas, from the first printed weeklies of the early seventeenth century through the mass-circulation dailies that made journalism an industry and a profession. The newspaper built the working vocabulary of news itself: the headline, the correspondent, the editorial, the front page.
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Origin Year1605 is the conventional date of Johann Carolus's Relation in Strasbourg, widely counted the first printed newspaper; handwritten newsletters and printed news pamphlets circulated earlier. OriginThe German-language Relation, printed from 1605 by Johann Carolus in Strasbourg, is often recognized as the first newspaper. 1 Place of OriginStrasbourg, then a free city of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation 1 Primary FormatA periodical publication containing written information about current events. 1 Typical DistributionFunded and distributed through a mixture of subscription revenue, newsstand sales and advertising revenue. 1 Newspapers
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Founded as a newspaper cooperative; now serves every news medium.
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Pioneering investigative journalist publishing anti-lynching exposes in the newspaper medium in the 1890s.
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The wire services grew up serving newspapers and now serve every news medium.
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Built one of the largest newspaper chains in American history, pioneering sensationalized reporting in the newspaper medium.
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The German-language Relation aller Fuernemmen und gedenckwuerdigen Historien, printed from 1605 onwards by Johann Carolus in Strasbourg in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, is often recognized as the first newspaper.
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The German-language Relation aller Fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historien, printed from 1605 onwards by Johann Carolus in Strasbourg in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, is often recognized as the first newspaper.
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printed from 1605 onwards by Johann Carolus in Strasbourg in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, is often recognized as the first newspaper.
- Associated With: Founding of the New York Sun, The Sun (New York City), Founding
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Asa Briggs and Peter Burke, Polity Press, 2009
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Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of subscription revenue, newsstand sales, and advertising revenue.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.- Associated With: Joseph Pulitzer
- Associated With: Nellie Bly
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- Associated With: Associated Press
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was a leading journalist and editorial writer during the period of Jewish settlement in Mandatory Palestine and during the early days of the state of Israel
The Guardian, Wikipedia
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The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
The Wall Street Journal (Wikipedia)
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The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), commonly known as the Journal, is an American newspaper based in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.
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