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1500s |
Newssheets appear in Venice, Italy
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1690
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Publick Occurrences, first U.S. Newspaper
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1704
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John Campbell publishes the Boston News-Letter
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1721
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The New-England Courant, first printed in 1721, landed publisher James Franklin in jail.
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1733
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Peter Zenger is put in jail for New York Weekly content, but wins case against New York for seditious libel
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1798
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Alien and Sedition Acts forbid criticism of key government officials. Repealed in 1800.
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1830s
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Penny press introduces era of mass communication
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1864
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Newspapers start using telegraph to transmit news
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1848
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Associated Press founded
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1800s
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Linotype machines speed up typesetting by making possible the automatic casting of entire lines of type
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1890s
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Period of yellow journalism. This is followed by era of Jazz Journalism.
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1941-1945
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Government censors press during World War II
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1950s
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Television impacts newspaper ad revenue and newspaper subscriptions
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1970s
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Weekly newspapers get major foothold
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1971
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Supreme Court allows publication of secret Pentagon Papers; calls government effort to stop publication "prior restraint"
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1973
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Washington Post reporters uncover presidential corruption in Watergate scandal
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1982
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Gannett starts USA Today
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1990s
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First newspapers go online
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1995
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TV advertising exceeds newspaper advertising for the first time
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