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The first printing is done in China, using ink on carved wood blocks (American Printing History, 2016).
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Block printing is used in Europe to print books (Bpsnet, 2016).
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In Europe, Metal plates are first used in printing. Gutenberg begins printing the bible (which was finished in 1456) (Print Timeline, 2016).
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William Caxton begins using a Gutenberg printing press in England (American Printing History, 2016).
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Antwerp began the first ever weekly newspaper (History World, 2015).
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Invented by German Jakob Le Blon. The first English language newspaper is published and called the Daily Courant (Bpsnet, 2016).
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The Iron printing press was invented in 1800 (American Printing History, 2016).
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The Cylinder press can print 8000 sheets an hour and was invented by Richard Hoe (American Printing History, 2016).
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Printing presses can now print and fold 90,000 4 page papers an hour (History World, 2015).
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The first tabloid style newspaper called the Daily Mirror is published in 1903 (History World, 2015).
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A war breaks out between the newspaper and radio industries. American newspapers try to force the Associated Press to terminate news service to radio stations (Bpsnet, 2016).
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There are now more radios than there are daily newspapers (Bpsnet, 2016).
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Newspapers begin to use digital production processes such as computers for operations (American Printing History, 2016).