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WHAT WAS THAT NUMBER AGAIN?
Phone books arrive on the scene. |
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THE
CAMERA AS A JOURNALIST'S TOOL
The first photographs appear in newspapers. |
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NOW
THAT'S NEWSWORTHY
According to John B. Bogart, the editor of the New York Sun,
"When a dog bites a man that is not news, but when a man bites
a dog that is news." |
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TYPEWRITERS
SALES GROW
In 1882, 2 350 Remington typewriters were sold. This year, sales
climb to over 3 000. By 1885, 5 000 typewriters per year are
sold. |
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SAY
WHAT?
Offices stock up on dictating machines. |
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WHAT
A GOOD IDEA
The cylinder is now a disk. |
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NATIONAL
GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE
Gardiner Green Hubbard, founds the National Geographic Society
in Washington DC, known for its famous publication, National
Geographic Magazine. Beginning in 1896 and published as a quarterly
magazine, National Geographic was dry and technical. When Alexander
Graham Bell became chair of the Society, he transformed the
publication into a more exciting magazine with colour plates.
The world recognized yellow-and-white cover was adopted in February
of 1910. |
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SPARE
SOME CHANGE?
Pay phones are invented by William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut.
The phones are soon installed in hotels, restaurants, saloons,
and stores. The telephone company takes 65% of the revenue,
while 10% goes to the business providing the telephone, and
25% to the Gray's company. Until 1951, local calls cost a nickel. |
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WALL
STREET JOURNAL
The Wall Street Journal begins publication on July 8th, by the
Dow Jones & Company. It contains a daily summary of financial
news. The Dow Jones Industrial Average becomes a yardstick of
stock market performance, and the Wall Street Journal becomes
the second largest U.S. newspaper. |
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ZOOM
IN
The camera gets an add-on: the telephoto lens. |
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FULL-PAGE
ADS IN PRINT
Full-page newspaper ads are available for the first time. |
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ELECTRIC
LIGHT BULB
Edison invents the electric light. Suddenly, the day doesn't
have to end at dusk anymore. |
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PULITZER
ENTERS THE PUBLISHING WORLD
Joseph Pulitzer already owns the St. Louis Post-Dispatch but
he buys the New York World from Jay Gould, even though the paper
has a circulation of only 15 000 and loses 40 000 dollars per
year. Pulitzer manages to bring circulation up to 345 000 and
the World becomes a profitable paper. |
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KEEP
IN TOUCH
Long distance phone calls may now be placed. |
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GRAMAPHONE
The gramaphone, which uses a wax cylinder instead of a vinyl
record, and a sapphire stylus instead of a needle, is the latest
in state-of-the-art sound technology. |
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TELEPHONE
USE GROWS
In the United States, 200 000 homes and businesses own telephones. |
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PHOTOGRAPHY
NOW AVAILABLE TO THE MASSES
The Kodak camera, invented by George Eastman, makes taking photographs
simple and comparitively inexpensive. |
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PUBLIC
PHONOGRAPHS
The phonograph is sold to the public. |
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NOT-QUTE
THE CINEMA
Edison and Dickson (his assistant) build a kinetograph and
a kinetoscope.
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