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Colonial news pre-1690
News was spread by people and government. -
First paper in 1690
in 1690, Boston printer Benjamin Harris produced the first issue of Publick Occurrences, the first newspaper published in Britain's North American colonies. -
Count of papers in the US in 1750
!4 papers in US. -
Count of papers in the US in 1770
31 papers in the US. -
Penny press
Penny press newspapers were cheap, tabloid-style papers produced in the middle of the 19th century. -
James Gordon Bennett
James Gordon Bennett, Jr. (May 10, 1841 – May 14, 1918) was publisher of the New York Herald.
