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TOP  STORY                                          LIFE AS THEY KNEW IT: Communication
By Kris Lindquist

Newspapers & Magazines

The first Sunday edition of the re-named New York Times was published in 1861, capitalizing on interest in news of the Civil War.

In 1848, six New York City newspapers founded the Associated Press to share news on telegraph lines.

Unlike newspapers, magazines did not use advertising until after the Civil War; therefore, any magazine of or before the era was supported solely by the price of the paid subscriptions.

The supply of white newspaper ran out in the South and editors resorted   <<Full Story >>

 

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