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The printed periodical press, the oldest mass medium in this atlas, from the first printed weeklies of the early seventeenth century through the mass-circulation dailies that made journalism an industry and a profession. The newspaper built the working vocabulary of news itself: the headline, the correspondent, the editorial, the front page.
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Origin Year1605 is the conventional date of Johann Carolus's Relation in Strasbourg, widely counted the first printed newspaper; handwritten newsletters and printed news pamphlets circulated earlier. OriginThe German-language Relation, printed from 1605 by Johann Carolus in Strasbourg, is often recognized as the first newspaper. 1 Place of OriginStrasbourg, then a free city of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation 1 Primary FormatA periodical publication containing written information about current events. 1 Typical DistributionFunded and distributed through a mixture of subscription revenue, newsstand sales and advertising revenue. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Founded as a newspaper cooperative; now serves every news medium.
The wire services grew up serving newspapers and now serve every news medium.
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1. Wikipedia
Wikimedia FoundationNewspaper, Europe sectionQuote, Newspaper, Europe section
The German-language Relation aller Fuernemmen und gedenckwuerdigen Historien, printed from 1605 onwards by Johann Carolus in Strasbourg in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, is often recognized as the first newspaper.
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Wikimedia FoundationEarly development sectionQuote, Early development section
The German-language Relation aller Fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historien, printed from 1605 onwards by Johann Carolus in Strasbourg in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, is often recognized as the first newspaper.
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Wikimedia FoundationNewspaper, Early development (Europe) sectionQuote, Newspaper, Early development (Europe) section
printed from 1605 onwards by Johann Carolus in Strasbourg in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, is often recognized as the first newspaper.
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Wikimedia FoundationNewspaper, Overview sectionQuote, Newspaper, Overview section
Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of subscription revenue, newsstand sales, and advertising revenue.
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Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Founding of the New York Sun, The Sun (New York City), FoundingView the Source A Social History of the Media
Asa Briggs and Peter Burke, Polity Press, 2009
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.Associated With: Joseph PulitzerView the Source Encyclopedia Britannica
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