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1833

The New York Sun launches the penny press

Cheap pricing and mass urban readership transform the economics and social reach of newspapers.

Canonical milestoneNew York City1 timeline

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TimelineTimeline of the History of Newspapers

Position 12

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Encyclopaedia BritannicaConfidence 96%

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united-statesnewspaperspenny-press