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First Weekly Newspapers
In 1609, the first weekly newspapers began to emerge. In the next 5 years, newspapers began to become more widely known and they started becoming common in European cities like Vienna, Hamburg, Berlin, and Amsterdam -
Emerging in Europe
By 1641, a newspaper was printed in almost every country in Europe as publication spread to France, Italy, and Spain. -
Newspapers becoming more Affordable
By 1833, The Sun was created; this was basically newspapers but printed on small sized pages. The Sun sought out stories that would appeal to the new mainstream consumer. As such, the paper primarily published human-interest stories and police reports. In 1835, the first nonpartisan political reporting in newspapers were introduced -
Rise of Telegrams
In 1846, 5 major New York based newspapers came together and formed the “Associated Press” -
More Distance Coverage by Telegrams
Between 1846-1847 the spread of telegrams in the United States dramatically increased. In 1858, telegrams had spread and been used for continental and intercontinental services. -
New Age of Journalism
In the late 1800’s journalism began to intensify on journalism which focused crime, violence, emotion, and sex -
Quadruplex Telegraph
By 1874, telegrams were able to allow 4 separate signals to be transmitted and received on a single wire at the same time. Thomas Edison had sold his invention of quadruplex telegraph to Western Union for $10,000. -
Rise of Radios
In 1892 Nikola Tesla wirelessly transmitted electromagnetic energy. By 1893, Tesla made the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis in 1893 -
Inspiration of Tabloids
In 1997 New York became famous for headlines like “Baptized in Blood”. This form of journalism is what had inspired today’s “Tabloids”. As people wanted more entertaining forms of publication and news, The New York journal published the first Yellow Kid cartoon in 1896 -
First Airplane Radio Transmission
The first radio transmission sent from an airplane was achieved in 1910 -
New Use of Comics
As years went by, seeing cartoons in weekly newspapers and magazines became normal. By 1910, Sunday comics became very popular among the public. In the 1930’s comic strips were not only used for politics and sharing news in weekly newspapers; they were being used in proper comic books for superheroes. -
WWII Shutdown of Radio
As WWII was beginning in 1917, all U.S. radio stations not needed by the government were shut down -
NBC Radio
In 1926 the first permanent national radio station was formed, NBC -
Modern Radio
By 2001, modern radio stations as we know it initiated. The first radio station to do it was XM Radio