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Entrepreneur Jeff Bezos has agreed to buy The Washington post for $250 million cash. Includes the Grahm family's feelings toward the deal and what made Bezo's an attractive buyer.

Video on how a newspaper is made. 

A behind the scenes look at how a newspaper is made, might be a good clip to show for our presentation. 

This is a video of how the USA today newspaper is printed, This would be a really good video because it shows how much printing papers has changed.

Statistics on the present state of newspapers. A chart from the Newspaper Association of America showing advertising expenditures.  "Journalism is not dead, it is just evolving."

Statistics on the present state of newspapers. A chart from the Newspaper Association of America showing advertising expenditures.  "Journalism is not dead, it is just evolving."

The chief economist at Google , Hal Varian, has given an interesting little speech looking into the economics of the newspaper industry. No, they're not entirely doomed, as some think, but they do need some changes. Most importantly, it would be good if we all read them for a little longer while at work each day. The general points made are all entirely reasonable: most of us who have been reading about this subject will know many of them already. Newspaper circulation has been in decline for decades, it's not just the internet. News was never what made the money, it was the advertising in the other parts of the paper that did. The battle is really about, whether online or offline, gaining access to some fragment of our attention span. Gain that and the industry can still be profitable and so on. All good points. But the two that were new to me

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

gutenbergs press was what made it possible for newspapers to be printed

This is a powerpoint/slideshow I came across online done about newspapers. It has good organization and possible ideas we could pull into our project.

Video on the future of newspapers and how they are being saves. Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos made news this week following reports that the Internet pioneer had purchased one of the nations top newspapers.

The future of newspapers and issuing a paywall. Also talks about a metered paywall. New business models. 

An idea for the future newspapers which would eliminate cutting down trees for paper. It is a roll out screen that is made for reading newspapers and magazines.

Since newer technologies have made it easier for the reader to access the news, even newspapers that have been around since the 1700's are closing the doors.

This is an article that describes how radio first effected the newspaper, as well as how it has still made an impact on it.

This is a youtube video made by the history channel about the history of newspapers. For our wiki page, I would recommend using times 9:20-15:00 for a great picturization about the early transformation of newspapers.

This page has a little timeline of the history of the telegraph. The main use of this website will be for its picture of one of the first telegraphs made.