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This webpage describes how newspapers have come from their first appearances in Europe to the modern day newspaper. Most of the changes that occurred to newspapers throughout history are because of technical advances.

This journal article is very descriptive of the turnaround from 6 cent papers to penny papers. It tells the story of Benjamin Day and how he changed past newspapers into the modern, mass media newspapers that we see today (whether print or web). Benjamin Day aimed at a cheaper newspaper with more content for New Yorker's alone, not just businessmen / politicians. In doing so, he also created a business model in which is still being used in some aspects today.

The history of newspaper comics, which is left out in our class textbook. Includes genres, types, 

Maitrayee Basu reviews the legacy of New Journalism, and sees the signs of postmodern times in its two-pronged assault on literary hierarchy and the ideal of objectivity

This website gives an in-depth history of the Associated Press as a whole over the course of 1848 to the present day.

history of the a.p and where its at in modern times