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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.Newspaper is a printed media and one of the oldest forms of mass communication in the world. Newspaper publications are frequency-based like daily, weekly, fortnightly. history there are many newspaper bulletins which have monthly or quarterly publication. Sometimes there are multiple editions in a day.
In ancient rome acta diurna or government announcement bulletins, were produced. They were carved in metal or stone and posted in public places. In China, early government-produced news-sheets, called Dibao, circulated among court officials during the late Han dynasty (second and third centuries AD). Between 713 and 734, kaiyuan za bao ("Bulletin of the Court") of the Chinese Tang dynasty published government news; it was handwritten on silk and read by government officials. In 1582, there was the first reference to privately published newssheets in Beijing, during the late Ming dynasty.[6]
The first mechanical, movable type printing that allowed the mass production of printed books was invented by Johann Gutenberg around 1450. history of british newspapersthe 50 years after Gutenberg started printing, an estimated 500,000 books were in circulation, printed on about 1,000 presses across the continent. Gutenberg's invention was a simple device, but it launched a revolution marked by repeated advances in technology and, as a result, a popularization of the ideals of liberty and freedom of information exchange.[9
AmericasIn Boston in 1690, Benjamin Harris published Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick. This is considered the first newspaper in the American colonies even though only one edition was published before the paper was suppressed by the government. In 1704, the governor allowed The Boston News-Letter to be published and it became the first continuously published newspaper in the colonies.american newspaperSoon after, weekly papers began being published in New York and Philadelphia. These early newspapers followed the British format and were usually four pages long. They mostly carried news from Britain and content depended on the editor's interests. In 1783, the Pennsylvania Evening Post became the first American daily.[21]
AsiaDuring the Tang dynasty in China (618–906), the Kaiyuan Za Bao published the government news; it was block-printed onto paper. It is sometimes considered one of the earliest newspapers to be published. The first recorded attempt to found a newspaper of the modern type in South Asia was by William Bolts, a Dutchman in the employ of the British East India Company in September 1768 in Calcutta. However, before he could begin his newspaper, he was deported back to Europe. In 1780 the first newsprint from this region, Hicky's Bengal Gazette, was published by an Irishman, James Augustus Hicky. He used it as a means to criticize the British rule through journalism.[23] The Jobo, discussed in the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty, was published in 1577 by King Seonjo's ministers. As the King had not given permission to print the news bulletins, Jobo was discontinued, and 30 ministers were sentenced "to a severe punishment".
| Names | Founded | Language of publication | region of publication | ||||||||||||||||
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| The Times of India | 1838 | English | Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Madras, Coimbatore, Delhi, Goa, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Kanpur, Kolkata, Cochin, Lucknow, Mangalore, Mumbai, Mysore, Nagpur, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi, Surat, Shillong, Trivandrum, Trichy, Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Madurai | ||||||||||||||||
| The Pioneer | 1865 | English | Bhubaneswar, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Delhi, Ranchi, Lucknow, Raipur | ||||||||||||||||
| The Hindu | 1878 | English | Bangalore, Madras, Coimbatore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Hubli, Kolkata, Cochin, Madurai, Mangalore, Trivandrum, Trichy, Calicut, Vijayawada, Vizag, Meghalaya, Allahabad, Mumbai, | ||||||||||||||||
| The Statesman | 1875 | English | Bhubaneshwar, Delhi, Siliguri | ||||||||||||||||
| Hindustan Times | 1924 | English | Lucknow, Mumbai, Delhi, Patna, Ranchi, Indore, Chandigarh | ||||||||||||||||
| The Indian Express | 1931 | English | Ahmedabad, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Lucknow, Chandigarh, Jammu, Pune, Nagpur, Vadodara | ||||||||||||||||
| Deccan Chronicle | 1938 | English | Bangalore, Madras, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Cochin, Trivandrum, Vizag | ||||||||||||||||
| Amar Ujala | 1948 | Hindi | New Delhi, Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh | ||||||||||||||||
| Prabhat Khabar | 1984 | Hindi | Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Dhanbad, Deoghar, Patna, Muzaffarpur, Bhagalpur, Gaya, Kolkata, Siliguri. | ||||||||||||||||