Newspaper

A History of Print

By clarespencer
  • 618 BCE

    T'ang Dynasty

    The first printing is done in China, using ink on carved wood blocks (American Printing History, 2016).
  • Aug 29, 1423

    Block Printing

    Block printing is used in Europe to print books (Bpsnet, 2016).
  • Aug 29, 1452

    Metal plates

    In Europe, Metal plates are first used in printing. Gutenberg begins printing the bible (which was finished in 1456) (Print Timeline, 2016).
  • Aug 29, 1476

    Printing Press

    William Caxton begins using a Gutenberg printing press in England (American Printing History, 2016).

  • First Weekly Newspaper

    Antwerp began the first ever weekly newspaper (History World, 2015).

  • Multi-coloured engraving

    Invented by German Jakob Le Blon. The first English language newspaper is published and called the Daily Courant (Bpsnet, 2016).

  • Iron Printing Press

    The Iron printing press was invented in 1800 (American Printing History, 2016).

  • Cylinder press

    The Cylinder press can print 8000 sheets an hour and was invented by Richard Hoe (American Printing History, 2016).

  • Advancement in printing presses

    Printing presses can now print and fold 90,000 4 page papers an hour (History World, 2015).

  • Tabloid newspaper

    The first tabloid style newspaper called the Daily Mirror is published in 1903 (History World, 2015).

  • A war with radio

    A war breaks out between the newspaper and radio industries. American newspapers try to force the Associated Press to terminate news service to radio stations (Bpsnet, 2016).

  • Radio more popular than newspaper

    There are now more radios than there are daily newspapers (Bpsnet, 2016).

  • Online intergration

    Newspapers begin to use digital production processes such as computers for operations (American Printing History, 2016).