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Discovering the News: A Social History of American Newspapers. (1978). excerpt and text search; Sloan, W. David, James G. Stovall, and James D. Startt. The Media in America: A History, 4th ed. (1999) Streitmatter, Rodger. Mightier Than the Sword: How the News Media Have Shaped American History (1997)online edition Archived 2009-02-20 at the ...
The history of American newspapers begins in the early 18th century with the publication of the first colonial newspapers. American newspapers began as modest affairs—a sideline for printers. They became a political force in the campaign for American independence.
The News Revolution in England: Cultural Dynamics of Daily Information (1996) Walker, Robin B. "The newspaper press in the reign of William III." Historical Journal 17#4 (1974): 691–709. in JSTOR; Williams, Keith. The English Newspaper: An Illustrated History to 1900 (1977) Williams, Kevin. Read All About it: a History of the British ...
The Oxford Critical and Cultural History of Modernist Magazines: Volume I: Britain and Ireland 1880–1955 (2009) Viscount Camrose. British Newspapers And Their Controllers (1947) online, ownership of all major papers in 1947; Clarke, Bob. From Grub Street to Fleet Street: An Illustrated History of English Newspapers to 1899 (Ashgate, 2004 ...
In 1704, the colonies' second newspaper, The Boston News-Letter, appeared.Printed by Bartholomew Green for John Campbell, proprietor and Postmaster in Boston, this newspaper was also published in Boston, but had government approval and remained in operation for 74 years until 1776, when the British occupied Boston.
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]