First newspapers appeared in 17th century Europe with printing press. Gazzetta di Mantova is world's oldest living newspaper since 1664. Newspapers must meet four criteria: publicity, periodicity, currentness, universality
Founded in 1785 as The Daily Universal Register by John Walter. Changed name to The Times in 1788 after 940 editions. Pioneered steam-driven printing press in 1814. First newspaper to send war correspondents, including William Howard Russell
First newspapers appeared in 17th century Europe as merchant information sheets. First English-language newspaper published in Amsterdam in 1620. Oldest surviving newspaper is Ordinari Post Tijdender from Stockholm (1645). Industrial Revolution made newspapers more accessible and affordable
Tabloid is a newspaper with smaller page size than broadsheet. Term comes from Burroughs Wellcome's compressed tablets in 1880s. Tabloid journalism originally meant condensed stories in simplified format
News has been transmitted through various media since ancient times. First written news appeared in China around 8th century BCE. Government proclamations and town criers were common news sources. Postal systems and telegraph networks enabled faster news transmission
Over 20 million daily newspaper copies circulate in US as of 2022. The Wall Street Journal leads with 3.9 million total subscribers. The New York Times aims for 15 million total subscribers by 2027. USA Today reaches 2.6 million daily readers. The Washington Post has 3.5 million total subscribers