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Jan 1, 713
Creation of Kaiyuan Za Bao
One of the first newspapers in the world. Its main subscribers were imperial officials. Every day the political news and domestic news were collected by the editors, and the writers transcribed it to send to the provinces. Hand printed on silk. -
Relation aller Fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historien
Recognized as the "World's First Newspaper" based out of Stasbourg, Germany that serviced the Holy Roman Empire. translation - Account of all distinguished and commemorable news -
The Boston News-Letter
The first continuosly published newspaper in the Americas, now defunct. -
The New York Times
U.S. newspaper of record along with Washington Post (1877) and Los Angeles Times (1881) -
First Comemrcial Broadcasting Station
Hague, Netherlands - PCGG -
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Launch of Facebook
Most Friends We all know about this, right? Initially limited to university students w/ .edu e-mail address (yes, I'm old enough when that was still a thing when I signed up) Most friends - Willaim Scott Goldeberg -
Launch of youtube
"Hey, check out this sweet video on youtube." -
Twitter Launched
Most followed person - Katy Perry, over 50 million followers
