American Newspapers

the USA
“Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom

of speech, or of the press…”
The first Amendment of the U.S. Constitution

America. The oldest printing press in America was set up

at 1639 at Cambridge, and its activity was never interrupted. The first newspaper in the United States came out in Boston in 1690.

city postmaster, John Campbell.
First newspapers

having multiple papers, though this has declined in modern times.

Many smaller cities have had local newspapers, again, this having declined over time

Demographics

× 597 (1.255)
- Nordisch 570 × 400 (1.425)
- Rhenish around 350

x 520
- Swiss (Neue Zürcher Zeitung) 475 × 320 (1.484)
- Berliner 470 × 315 (1.492)
- Tabloid 430 × 280 (1.536)

in Tysons Corner, Virginia.

announcement of Pulitzer Prize winners, 2009
The New York Times Building is a skyscraper on the

west side of Midtown Manhattan that was completed in 2007. Its chief tenant is The New York Times Company, publisher of The New York Times

moved its operations to two floors at 4 New York

Plaza in lower Manhattan

National press

their readers about some rumours or crimes. The main function

of press in America is to give objective information. The materials should be given in full volume and newspapers should give floor to all possible facts and opinions. There is also no secret information for the press. The information is usually taken from the News Agencies. The largest and most famous of them are: Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI).

Content

or are printed daily. They are in part advertising driven,

including classified ads, but also receive income from newsstand sales and subscriptions. Major cities often have alternative weeklies, for example, New York City's Village Voice or Los Angeles' L.A. Weekly, which are entirely advertising driven, and offered for free to the public. A newspaper meeting particular standards of circulation, including having a subscription or mailing list, is designated as a newspaper of general circulation.

over the past half-century, according to Editor & Publisher, the trade

journal of American newspapers. In particular, the number of evening newspapers has fallen by almost one-half since 1970, while the number of morning editions and Sunday editions has grown.

in the USA. There are over 4000 monthly and 1300

weekly magazines in the USA. Among them are: “National Geographic”, “Reader’s Digest”, “Cosmopolitan”, “Time”, “Vogue” and others. Women’s magazines publish all sorts of recipes, stories about local outstanding women, furnishing questions and other items.

is on the 9th place in the world by the

books, published and read. Public libraries always organize book sales. Most newspapers and magazines publish chapters from the books of young authors.