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The history of American journalism began in 1690, when Benjamin Harris published the first edition of "Public Occurrences, Both Foreign and Domestic" in Boston. Harris had strong trans-Atlantic connections and intended to publish a regular weekly newspaper along the lines of those in London, but he did not get prior approval and his paper was suppressed after a single edition. [1]
The number of daily papers grew from 971 to 2226, 1880 to 1900. Weekly newspapers were published in smaller towns, especially county seats, or for German, Swedish and other immigrant subscribers. They grew from 9,000 to 14,000, and by 1900 the United States published more than half of the newspapers in the world, with two copies per capita.
Newspapers have been published in the United States since the 18th century [1] and are an integral part of the culture of the United States. Although a few newspapers including The New York Times, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal are sold throughout the United States, most U.S. newspapers are published for city or regional markets.
Whig newspapers (United States) (7 P) Pages in category "History of newspapers in the United States" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
This project's current major initiative is to create new newspaper articles with entries of basic information in the list of newspapers by state, infoboxes using the {{Infobox newspaper}} template, images, street address and coordiantes, history section, and talk page with the {{WikiProject Newspapers}} template.
Newspapers such as the New York World and the New York Journal appealed to a wide variety of audiences with pages devoted to finances, sports, women, entertainment, etc. Special Interest newspapers were also on the rise during this period with many different groups pushing their agenda through newspapers and other forms of media.
This list of international newspapers originating in the United States is a list of newspapers as described at newspaper types that are printed in the United States and distributed internationally. In particular, this list considers a newspaper to be an international newspaper if the newspaper is printed in the United States and distributed in ...
List of African American newspapers in the United States; English-language press of the Socialist Party of America; List of alternative weekly newspapers in the United States; List of business newspapers in the United States; List of family-owned newspapers in the United States; List of Jewish newspapers in the United States