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Publick Occurrences
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Publick Occurrences was the first ever newspaper, that was only opened for one day, and was created by Benjamin Harris.
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Boston News Letter
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was created in 1704, this paper included more news, had lots of policits, and had more juicy stories.
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John Peter Zinger
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owned a newspaper, and put stuff in there about not liking the British and well they didn't like that so they put him and jail and burned down his printing press, later at this trial, they released him from jail, because they thought people should have a freedom of speech
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Benjamin Day
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created the Penny Press
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Penny Press
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was a newspaper created in 1833, that only cost $00.01 where usually a newspaper cost $00.10, so now the average person could buy one. 90% discount
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Lords Of The Press
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the people who owned the newspapers, they had power.
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Matthew Brady
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took pictures of the civil war, now we had pictures in the papers.
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