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The First English Newspaper
- The London Gazette is the oldest surviving English newspaper
- It was first published on November 7, 1665
- The London Gazette was a single sheet and printed on both sides (Was first called the Oxford Gazette)
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North America
- In the American colonies, the first considered newspaper was published by Benjamin Harris in Boston (1690)
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Canada
John Bushell published the first Canadian newspaper, the Halifax Gazette. (1751) historyof newspapers -
Easier access
- The Times obtained a printing press which could make 1100 copies per hour which soon was able to print on both sides of the paper. (1814)
- This made newspapers cheaper and more people were able to access them.
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The Rise of Newspapers
- In the early nineteenth-century American newspaper thrived greatly
- The US had about twice as many newspapers as Great Britain plus more readers too
- In the 1900s newspapers started becoming more popular worldwide
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The Decline of Nesspapers
- Broadcasting started getting more popular in the early 1930s and by 1934 60% of US, households had a radio.
- This resulted in people listening to the news rather than reading it for easier lifestyles.
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Newspapers now
- Newspapers are now very uncommonly read
- Social platforms and technology have taken over
- News is commonly now shown on channels or posted on social media