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Although there were forty-three newspapers in the United States when the treaty of peace was signed (1783), as compared with thirty-seven on the date of the battle of Lexington (1775), only a dozen remained in continuous operation between the two events, and most of those had experienced delays and difficulties through lack of paper, type, and ...
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.
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 American occupation headquarters, the Office of Military Government, United States (OMGUS) began its own newspaper based in Munich, Die Neue Zeitung. It was edited by German and Jewish émigrés who fled to the United States before the war, and reached a circulation of 1.6 million in 1946.
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.
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
It was founded by D.C. Magahay. Alcona County Herald: On March 10, 1910, the newspaper changed its name to the Alcona County Herald, with Rola E. Prescott as the publisher. Interestingly, it was the only country weekly in the United States to have its own cartoonist, providing readers with lively cartoons on county subjects in every issue.
The largest newspapers (by circulation) in the United States are USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. In August 2019, it was announced that New Media Investment Group had agreed to buy Gannett , and operations would continue under the Gannett rather than GateHouse name, at the Gannett headquarters ...
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