Newspapers Flashcards
Newspaper revenue is directly tied to the size of its audience because most newspaper income is derived from
advertising.
The issue of – of newspapers surfaced early in the history of the American colonies.
government control
The invention of — in the 1920s changed newspapers’ exclusive access to news (quicker access to information and entertainment)
broadcasting
the internet challenged newspapers’ delivery system again, and advertisers fled printed newspapers for an online audience.
In the late 20th century,
remain an essential source of news and information
newspapers
The nation’s newspapers also have historically played an important role in defining society’s concept of an — based on the belief that the press must remain independent from government control to fulfill its responsibility to protect the public interest.
independent press,
Concepts about what the public should know, when they should know it, and who should decide what the public needs to know developed in — during a time when newspapers were the main source of news.
America
At first, newspapers were the mouthpieces of the — and news was subject to their approval.
British government,
subsidized many colonial newspapers, and publishers printed “Published by Authority” on the first page of the paper to signify government approval.
The British government
America’s first newspaper, is published.
publick occurence - 1960
the first newspaper to appear without the Crown’s “Published by Authority” sanction.
The New England Courant,
published The New England Courant in 1721
james franklin
America’s first Spanish-language newspaper, begins publication in Georgia
El Misisipi,
published Freedom’s Journal,
John B. Russwurm
Reverend Samuel Cornish
the nation’s first newspaper directed specifically at an African American audience.
Freedom’s Journal,
considered America’s most important African American pre–Civil War newspaper.
north star
published north star
frederick douglass
abolitionist newspaper
the liberator
More than 100 newspapers stop publishing. Tribune Company files for bankruptcy.
2009
The New York Times begins charging for digital content.
2011
buys The Washington Post.
Amazon
The first colonial newspaper angered the local authorities so much that the newspaper issued only one edition. This newspaper, – which was published in Boston on September 25, 1690, often is identified as America’s first newspaper.
Publick Occurrences,
made the mistake of reporting in his first issue that the French king was “in much trouble” for sleeping with his son’s wife.
benjamin harris
Publisher ___ left the fourth side blank so people could jot down the latest local news before they gave the paper to friends.
benjamin harris
The nation’s first consecutively issued newspaper (published more than once) was — which appeared in 1704. It was one half-sheet printed on two sides.
The Boston News-Letter,
His New England Courant was the first American newspaper to appear without the crown’s “Published by Authority” label. Thus, – began the tradition of an independent press in this country.
James Franklin
became the most influential and most financially successful of all the colonial newspapers.
Pennsylvania Gazette
an annual book that sold about 10,000 copies a year for the next 25 years.
Poor Richard’s Almanack
proved that a printer could make money without government support.
benjamin franklin
started the New York Weekly Journal in 1733.
John Peter Zenger
The Journal continually attacked — for incompetence, and on November 17, 1734, Zenger was arrested and jailed, charged with printing false and seditious writing
Governor William Cosby
language that authorities claim could incite rebellion against the government
seditious language
While Zenger was in jail, his wife, continued to print the paper, making — America’s first woman publisher.
Anna Zenger
established a landmark precedent for freedom of the press in America—the concept that truth is the best defense for libel. If what someone publishes is true, the information cannot be considered libelous.
zenger’s trial
Colonial women were not expected to work outside the home at all. Therefore, women who published newspapers during the colonial period are especially notable because so few women managed businesses early in the nation’s history.
tandaan m
became editor of the weekly South Carolina Gazette in Charleston when her husband, Lewis, died unexpectedly and their son, Peter, was only 13.
elizabeth timothy
Elizabeth Timothy published her first edition on – under her son’s name.
January 4, 1737,
Her first editorial appealed to the community to support the “poor afflicted widow and six small children.”
elizabeth timothy
As dissatisfaction with British rule grew in the colonies, – became political tools that fostered the debate that eventually led to the colonies’ independence.
newspapers
signaled the beginning of the revolutionary period.
Opposition to the British Stamp Act in 1765
taxed publishers a halfpenny for each issue that was a half-sheet or smaller and one penny for a full sheet.
The Stamp Act
issued the famous tombstone edition of the Pennsylvania Journal on October 31, 1765. The front page, bordered in black, showed a skull-and-crossbones where the official stamp should have been.
William Bradford III
