Another wikipedia article, this one is about the history of american newspapers. It includes important people, key terms from the textbook, and other important things.
Its advertising and circulation are being drained away by the Internet, and its owners seem stricken by a failure of the entrepreneurial imagination needed to prosper in the electronic age.
Surveys showing that more and more young people get their news from television and computers
but it was the disclosure in May that the Bancroft family, which controls The Wall Street Journal, might be ready to sell him their paper for five billion dollars that really struck at journalism’s soul.
. Still, it is on the ownership and management side that the gravest problems exis
A long article about the present state of newspapers. Includes information about selling the Wall Street Journal to Rupert Murdoch. Includes names of many journalists that may be important.
The printing press is considered one of the most important inventions in history. This device has made it possible for books, newspapers, magazines, and other reading materials to be produced in great numbers
Very good summary of the Newspaper Industry. Includes the history of printing and the process, important people, and a really nice timeline that goes from the start all the way to 2009
Yet another view of the history and development of the newspaper. While brief, this page shows very important key events that took place in advancing the newspaper to the newspapers of today.
This video from the history channel demonstrates the importance of Johannes Gutenburg and the invention of moveable type with the printing press. While aimed more towards the printing of books, the printing press was definitely a major keystone for newspapers and news itself to be spread.
This journal article describes how advertisement has changed over the years and how it first appeared in newspapers. Advertisement is an important part of the development of newspapers as it typically brings in a lot of the money for newspapers to continue and grow.
This model worked well for a long time. But it has come unstuck in the internet era as readers have shifted their attention to other media, quickly followed by advertisers.
It may be a business, but it also plays an important part in a democracy: holding those in power to account, giving voters the information they need to make choices and making markets more efficient.
Having long made content available free online, news providers are starting to restrict access to some or all of it to paying subscribers.
A decade ago the idea of a paywall appeared to have been widely discredited.
Another option is the “metered paywall”, pioneered by the Financial Times, which lets visitors to its site read ten stories a month before asking them to pay.
It would be hard to single out just one mistake from the news industry's fumbled transition to the Internet era. But the most important newspaper publisher in America-Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. of the New York Times-says one stumble sticks out among the rest. "Engineers. That's what we didn't focus on fast enough," Sulzberger says.
This is a timeline of comic strips in newspapers. This is an important piece to the history of newspapers since it accounts for some of the revenue that physical newspapers create.
This is a detailed article describing the history of news. Key parts include the development and importance of the steam press during the industrial revolution.