MC 2000 : Mass Comm Test 1 Newspaper
Document Summary
The earliest newspapers: written on tablet and posted on wall after each senate meeting. 17th century corantos 1-page news sheets sheets in 1641. Diurnals, daily accounts of local news started appearing in news true forerunners of daily newspaper. Newspapers after independence: broadsides (or broadsheets) of rights. Alien and sedition acts; not renewed when congress reconsidered them in 1800. Types of newspapers regional versions of the paper. Weeklies and semiweeklies: almost all papers publish zoned editions suburban or. Newspaper chains papers in different cities across the country owned by a single company: by 1996, 126 chains controlled 76% of dailies and 82% of daily. Newspaper chains: gannett (99 dailies, knight-ridder (33 dailies, advance publications (23 dailies, new york times (20 dailies) Allows failing newspapers to merge operations with a competitor: editorial and reporting operations must remain separate. Papers place stories they think are most important on the earliest. Stories newspaper deem important tend to be above the fold and.
