The Newspaper Press: Its Origin--Progress--And Present Position: Volume 1

James Grant

ISBN 10: 0461856964 / ISBN 13: 9780461856965

Published by HardPress Ltd, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Newspaper Press: Its Origin--Progress--And Present Position: Volume 1
• Publisher: HardPress Ltd
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0461856964
• ISBN 13: 9780461856965
• Binding: Paperback / softback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 526 grams

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The Newspaper Press: Its Origin--Progress--And Present Position by James Grant. This history surveys the English newspaper press from its origins in ancient public bulletins and gazettes through the emergence of printed newspapers in the 17th century, tracing the etymology of the word 'news' and the spread of information from Rome and Venice to England. It documents the evolution of early journals, the licenser system and licensing debates, and the shift from manuscript 'news letters' to regularly printed papers. The work extends into the 18th and early 19th centuries, detailing the rise of metropolitan papers such as Butter’s Weekly News, the London Gazette, Defoe, Steele, Addison, Johnson, Cave, and the emergence of the Times, Courier, Morning Chronicle, Morning Post, and Herald. It covers stamp duties, advertising practices, parliamentary reporting, and the advent of steam printing, alongside portraits of prominent editors and writers, the commercial fortunes of newspapers, and the transformation of journalism into a national institution. It offers a rigorous, historical account of the origin, progress, and present state of English journalism as of 1871.