JOURN 3000 1stEditionLecture 9Outline of Last LectureI. Other types of pressOutline of Current LectureI. Changes in printing Current LectureChanges in Printing Better hand presses in early 1800s Improved from 240 pages/hr. to 480 pages/hr. Steam presses in 1810s, 20s800 pages/hr., to 2400 pages/hr. by 1820s, 30s Cylinder presses in 1840s in U.S. 4000 pages/hr.; soon millions of copies/day Paper shifts from rag to wood pulp Machine made paper to U.S. in late 1820s Penny press Early Attempts Penny Press in London Penny paper in Boston, Transcript, in 1830Penny-a-Piece stores in New York CityJan. 1833 attempt fails in New York City New York SunThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute. First successful “penny paper,” established Sept. 1833 in New York City Founded by Benjamin H. Day; hired a reporter to gather court news for $4/week and share of profits Circulation built on sales of individual copies in the streets Emphasis on local, often trivial happenings and on violence; emphasis on human interestnews Moon hoax New York Herald Paper founded in 1835 by James Gordon Bennett, editor/reporter, master promoter Paper modeled after New York Sun Paper less partisan than contemporaries Content overwhelmingly crime related Produced ‘extras,’ hawked in the streets Herald begins to include wider variety of content; e.g. a ‘money page,’ sports news, reviews, letters-to-the-editor, society page Paper successful at luring readership (20,000 by 1836) and advertising Antagonist of James Watson Webb, editor of six-penny Morning Courier and New-York Inquirer Webb caned Bennett on multiple occasions Opponents wage ‘moral war’/boycott against the
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