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First issue of the New England Courant, the oldest newspaper in the Americas. The Southern Star / La Estrella del sur was the first newspaper edited in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1807, while the city was under British rule. Date. Newspaper. Language. Place. Country/Region. Notes. 1704.
The Elizabeth Daily Journal ceased publication on January 2, 1992, after having been in continuous publication for 212 years, the fourth oldest newspaper published continuously in the United States. [17] Many of the papers, however, which were kept alive or brought to life during the war could not adapt themselves to the new conditions of peace.
In 1859, circulation had been around 7,000; by 1863 it had increased to 70,000. Part of the increase was due to the interest in news during the American Civil War.An estimated 25,000 to 30,000 copies of The Inquirer were distributed to Union Army soldiers during the war and several times the U.S. government asked The Philadelphia Inquirer to publish special editions for its soldiers.
1315-1325 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Circulation. 761,000 (as of 1947) Website. thephiladelphiabulletin.com. The Philadelphia Bulletin (or The Bulletin as it was commonly known as) was a daily evening newspaper published from 1847 to 1982 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was the largest circulation newspaper in ...
0746-956X. Website. phillytrib.com. Media of the United States. List of newspapers. Modern image of the Philadelphia Tribune building at 520 South 16th Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia Tribune Historical Marker. The Philadelphia Tribune is the oldest continuously published African-American newspaper in the United States. [2]
History of newspaper publishing. The modern newspaper is a European invention. [1] The oldest direct handwritten news sheets circulated widely in Venice as early as 1566. These weekly news sheets were full of information on wars and politics in Italy and Europe. The first printed newspapers were published weekly in Germany from 1605.
The city of Philadelphia was founded and incorporated in 1682 by William Penn in the English Crown Province of Pennsylvania between the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. Before then, the area was inhabited by the Lenape people. Philadelphia quickly grew into an important colonial city and during the American Revolution was the site of the First ...
Founded. 1771. Ceased publication. merged into The North American (1840) Headquarters. Philadelphia Lancaster (1777–1778) The Pennsylvania Packet and the General Advertiser was an American newspaper that was founded in 1771. In 1784, it became the first successful daily newspaper published in the United States. [ 1 ]