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1500's
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Newssheets appear in Venice, Italy
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| 1690 |
Publick Occurrences, First U.S. Newspaper |
| 1704 |
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 |
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 Repealed in 1800.
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| 1830's |
Penny press introduces era of mass communication |
| 1864 |
Newspapers start using telegraph to transmit news |
| 1848 |
Associated Press founded |
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1800's
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Linotype machines speed up typesetting by making possible the automatic casting of entire lines of type
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| 1890's |
Period of yellow journalism. This is followed by era of Jazz Jourmalism. |
| 1941-1945 |
Government censors press during World War II |
| 1950's |
Television impacts newspaper ad revenue and newspaper subscriptions |
| 1970's |
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 |
Gannett starts USA Today |
| 1990's |
First newspapers go online |
| 1995 |
TV advertising exceeds newspaper advertising for the first time |
