penny press

Examples of penny press in the following topics:

• A Communications Revolution

  • The United States experienced a communication revolution in in the early 1800s, during which the penny press and the electrical telegraph emerged.
  • The penny press and the electrical telegraph were among the innovations that emerged during this communications revolution.
  • In 1833, the first "penny paper," the Sun, was founded in New York.
  • Penny papers—specifically targeting the working class urban population—quickly became widespread.
  • The changes made during the Penny Press era set the standards for all future newspapers, and those standards are still implemented today.

• Urban Recreation

  • Penny press newspapers revolutionized journalism by providing sensational human interest stories and catering to a broader audience.
  • Penny press newspapers were an important form of popular entertainment.
  • The penny press was famous for costing one cent, unlike its competitors, which could cost as much as six cents.
  • The penny press paper was revolutionary because it made the news available to lower class citizens for a reasonable price.
  • Describe the development of penny papers and their influence on the contemporary press

• Newspapers

  • To this end, the "penny press" papers, which sold for one cent per copy, were introduced in the 1830s.
  • Penny press newspapers became an important form of popular entertainment in the mid-nineteenth century, taking the form of cheap, tabloid-style papers.
  • The penny paper was famous for costing one cent, unlike its competitors, which could cost as much as six cents.
  • James Gordon Bennett's newspaper The New York Herald added another dimension to penny press papers that is now common in journalistic practice.
  • The abolitionist press, which began with The Emancipator of 1820 and had its chief representative in William Lloyd Garrison's Liberator, forced the slavery question upon the newspapers, and a struggle for the freedom of the press ensued.

• Popular Culture

  • Popular culture of the late 19th century included paperback books, theater, and the penny press.
  • News baron Gordon Bennett's Sun was the first penny newspaper .

• Conclusion: The Consequences of the British Parliamentary Acts

  • Image (a) shows a partial proof sheet of one-penny stamps.
  • Image (b) provides a close-up of a one-penny stamp.

• The Trial of Zenger

  • The Zenger Trial paved the way for freedom of the press in America by arguing that true statements could not be outlawed as libel.
  • He was a defendant in a landmark legal case in which his lawyer, Andrew Hamilton, claimed that the truth was a legitimate defense against charges of libel, an argument that laid the foundation for the freedom of the press in America.
  • Although the judge dismissed this claim entirely, Hamilton persuaded the jury to disregard the laws on libel in favor of this concept--an argument that convinced the jury to return a verdict of "not guilty. " Therefore, not only did the Zenger Trial result in a remarkable instance of jury nullifcation, but also established a precedent for protecting the freedom of the press in the American courts.
  • In successfully defending Zenger in this landmark case, Hamilton established the precedent that a statement, even if defamatory, is not libelous if it can be proved--expanding the scope of free expression for the colonial American press.
  • Analyze the significance of the Zenger trial for the development of a free press in the colonies

• Navigation Acts

  • The Sugar Act was repealed in 1766 and replaced with the Revenue Act of 1766, which reduced the tax to one penny per gallon on molasses imports, British or foreign.

• Theatre and Novels

  • One of the first underground newspapers of the 1960s was the Los Angeles Free Press, founded in 1964 and first published in 1965.
  • In mid-1966, the cooperative Underground Press Syndicate (UPS) was formed.
  • During the peak years of the underground press phenomenon, about 100 papers were publishing at any given time.
  • There also existed an underground press network within the U.S. military.
  • The GI underground press produced a few hundred titles during the Vietnam War.

• Taft and Roosevelt

  • Furthermore, Taft's indifference towards the press (he once sought to legislatively abolish the press' reduced tariff rates on print paper and wood pulp) meant that he was an unpopular figure for political journalists and commentators, and the press seized the opportunity to lash out at Taft during the election.

• The "New World Order"

  • Gorbachev's initial formulation was wide-ranging and idealistic, but his ability to press for it was severely limited by the internal crisis of the Soviet system.
  • The Malta Conference collected these various expectations, and they were fleshed out in more detail by the press.
  • Various new concepts arose in the press as elements on the new order.
  • Initial agreement by the Soviets to allow action against Saddam highlighted this linkage in the press.