Inventions & Discoveries · Communication and computing
Newspaper
A newspaper is a periodical publication of written news about current events; the German-language Relation, printed from 1605 by Johann Carolus in Strasbourg, in the Holy Roman Empire, is often recognised as the first. Newspapers grew with the spread of the printing press, and within a few decades they could be found in all the major cities of Europe; the first daily, the Einkommende Zeitung, appeared in Leipzig in 1650. Much earlier, the Kaiyuan Za Bao, block-printed government news of Tang dynasty China, is sometimes considered one of the earliest newspapers.
On the inventions tree
- First known
- 1605
- Where
- Strasbourg
- Credited to
- Johann Carolus · Holy Roman Empire
NoteCourt gazettes circulated earlier in Tang China, and a printed daily, the Jobo, appeared in Joseon Korea in 1577.
See also
Cite this entry
- APA
- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Newspaper. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/newspaper
- MLA
- “Newspaper.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/newspaper. Accessed .
- Chicago
- The Epoch Institute. “Newspaper.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/newspaper.
- Harvard
- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Newspaper’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/newspaper (Accessed: ).
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