A look at the major newspaper publications, and their predecessors, over time

1. The Evolution of Newspaper By: Kyle Langfoss

2. Introduction Today’s newspapers are the offspring of countless predecessors New technologies shaped the path by which newspapers became what they are today We’ll examine some of the more monumental publications…

3. Acta Diurna Latin for “Daily Acts” Acted as a gazette of daily Roman official notices Carved into wood or stone and then presented to the people 59 B.C. First predecessor to the common newspaper

4. This is a different version from the original Acta Diurna. A photograph of the original, Roman version would be impossible to find as it dates back to 59 B.C.

5. Notizie Scritte First monthly publication ever made Started in Venice Cost one gazetta Handwritten documents Began in1556

6. Venice’s Notizie Scritte is an extremely old publication. No images could be found. Here is what Venice looked like once ago.

7. Relation First weekly printed publication Also commonly recognized as first “newspaper” Started in Antwerp, Germany by Johann Carolus First issues released in 1605

9. La Gazette First weekly in France Founded by Théophraste Renaudot Originally published as “Gazette de France” Started May 30, 1631 and ended in 1915

11. Post-och Inrikes Tidningar Swedish newspaper Translation - “Post and Domestic Times” Started in 1645 Still published today, making it the oldest newspaper ever

13. Publick Occurences First ever American newspaper Printed in Boston, 1690, by Benjamin Harris The newspaper angered officials, and it was promptly shut down Only one issue ever was published It was only 2 pages

15. Daily Courant First successful English-language daily First published by Elizabeth Mallet Became a daily paper in 1702 Ended in 1735 Single page with two columns, meant to cover foreign news

17. Boston News-Letter First continuously published American newspaper Founded by John Campbell in 1704 Limited circulation Heavily subsidized by Brittain

19. National papers of America Today N.Y. Times Started in NYC, largest local metro paper in U.S. Founded 1851 Wall Street Journal Largest paper in U.S. by circulation (2.1 million) Founded 1889 USA Today Widest spanning newspaper (distributed in all 50 states, Canada, D.C., Guam and Puerto Rico) Founded 1982

23. From Acta Diurna to Today Advents in technologies shaped the means by which newspapers could be produced and circulated Acta Diurna was carved into stone and wood, and orally spread to the people Today, the internet, postal system and various forms of broadcast media can bring newspapers to you