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The early pre-United States had pamphlets and newsletters. Like, a lot of them. It was a big influence on the early post office. You could get rich running a pr
by ijk 1mo ago
The early pre-United States had pamphlets and newsletters. Like, a lot of them. It was a big influence on the early post office. You could get rich running a printing press but you did it by printing for the masses.
The yellow journalism era, on the other hand, was a little closer to the rich owning the press.
- thewebguyd 1mo agoThe penny press, and a ton of those pamphlets amount to what we now call tabloids. They were funded by advertising too, and used fear & outrage to sell copies. Led to some pretty funny conspiracies like The Moon Hoax (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Moon_Hoax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Moon_Hoax) Times are not as different as we'd like to believe