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  • The World Wide Web is Created

    Tim Berners-Lee wrote a proposal that would ater on become the World Wide Web.
  • Period: to

    Shaping Online Joiurnalism

  • Aftonbladet launched

    The first European new site
  • Google goes live

    Google goes live
    The domain name for Google was registered. Google would then go live in 1998. This is a pivotal moment in digital history as Google has now become the largest, leading search engine online. This paved the way for people finding out more about things; whether it be news, information, etc.
  • Blogger

    Blogger defined what is now known to be blogging. Created by Pyra Labs (Evan Williams and Meg Hourihan)
  • Wordpress was created

    Wordpress is now one of the leading platforms that journalists use to publish and manage content online.
  • Facebook Launches

    Facebook Launches
    Mark Zuckerberg launches "Thefacebook". It was then renamed as Facebook.
  • Youtube Launched

    Youtube is now the leading site for videos and merges with content from journalism.
  • Twitter Launches

    Twitter is used by artists, musicians, developers, etc. including journalists. It is a great way to hastily update people on what is going on.