Презентація "The history of newspaper"

The history of newspaper

A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about events and is often typed in black with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports, art, etc. They often include materials such as weather forecasts, reviews of local services, crosswords, comic strips, and advice columns.

The modern newspaper is a European invention. The oldest direct handwritten news sheets circulated widely in Venice as early as 1566. These weekly news sheets were full of information on wars and politics in Italy and Europe. 

The first printed newspapers were published weekly in Germany from 1605. Typically, they were censored by the government, especially in France, and reported mostly foreign news and current prices. 

After the English government relaxed censorship in 1695, newspapers flourished in London and a few other cities including Boston and Philadelphia. By the 1830s, high-speed presses could print thousands of papers cheaply, allowing low daily costs.

In the period of growing militarism in the 1930s to 1945, newspapers faced intense government censorship and control.

Nowadays, not many people read newspapers anymore. They have been replaced by television and the Internet. But newspapers are an important part of world history that we must respect.

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