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first papers in 1690
Publick Occurrences, Both Foreign and Domestick, the first newspaper published in America, was printed by Richard Pierce and edited by Benjamin Harris in Boston on September 25, 1690. It filled only 3 of 4 six by ten inch pages of a folded sheet of paper. -
penny press
Penny press newspapers were cheap, tabloid-style papers produced in the middle of the 19th century.
