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Lynde M. Walter's Boston Transcript first penny press
Penny press papers were a cheap source of information for the publics new desire for news and became a big part of the socialization of the late 19th century due to the technological advances in print making. penny press to future newsies
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Public Libraries Act 1850
British Parliment rule that allowed burroughs with poulations over 10,000 to establish free public libraries. Allowing the transmission of education, values and knowledge. Manchester free library
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“Dempsey vs. Carpentier”
Sarnoff was pivitol in using this event to promote radio, this broadcast reached a potential audience of 500,000. This gave rise to the success of a sport radio broadcast. Paving way to world cup, superbowl, racing and other ritual media moment
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MPAA film rating system took effect
The MPAA came into effect offering ratings G, M, R and X and established the US late in the game of controlling content with ratings. As an advancent of a medium this became the standard we are now familiar with.
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ARPANET
The first ARPANET link was established between the University of California, Los Angeles and the Stanford Research Institute UC-Santa Barbara and the University of Utah allowing them to share messages. The first message was Login but only Lo went through and then crashed the system. And now is a staple in every day use as a social tool.
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Billy Mitchell Perfect Score Pac Man
It took almost 20 years but Billy Mitchell was teh first person to get a perfect score on the Pac Man arcade game. Completing the goal of every gamer and doing it on the most famous arcade game ever.Record SetWired -
broadcasting exclusively in a digital format
Television is no longer analog and now can fully embrace the day we live inby allowing digital tv to smoothly interface with all other digital tachnologies. As a technological advance this opens up for a new Spectrum Auction only to advance technology even further. Spectrum Auction
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