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Types of drama in numerous cultures were probably the first mass-media, going back into the Ancient World. The first printed book known is the "Diamond Sutra", printed in China in 868 AD, and it is often suspected that books were printed earlier. Movable clay type was invented in 1041 in China. However, due to the slow spread to the masses of literacy in China, and the relatively high cost of paper there, the earliest printed mass-medium was probably European popular prints from about 1400. Although these were produced in huge numbers, very few early examples survive, and even most known to be printed before about 1600 have not survived. Johannes Gutenberg printed the first book on a printing press with movable type in 1453. This invention transformed the way the world received printed materials, although books remained too expensive really to be called a mass-medium for at least a century after that.
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Keith Rupert Murdoch, (born 11 March 1931) is an Australian global media executive and is the controlling shareholder, chairman and managing director of News Corporation, based in New York City in the United States. Beginning with newspapers, magazines and television stations in his native Australia, Murdoch expanded into British and American media, and in recent years has become a powerful force in satellite television, the film industry, the Internet, and other forms of media.
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Citizen Kane (1941): directed, written by and starring Orson Welles. Tagline: The classic story of power and the press. Plot outline: Following the death of a publishing tycoon, news reporters scramble to discover the meaning of his final utterance.
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The highest circulation for any newspaper in the world is that for Komsomolskaya Pravda (founded 1925) , the youth paper in the ex-Soviet Union, which had a peak daily circulation of 21,975,000 copies in May 1990.
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A blog is a user-generated website where entries are made in journal style and displayed in a reverse chronological order. Blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject, such as food, politics, or local news; some function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of most early blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual although some focus on photographs (photoblog), sketchblog, videos (vlog), or audio (podcasting), and are part of a wider network of social media. The term "blog" is a portmanteau, or, in other words, a blend of the words web and log (Web log). "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog. In November 2006, blog search engine Technorati was tracking more than 57 million blogs.
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Clark Joseph Kent, or Clark Jerome Kent, is a fictional character created by Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel as the civilian secret identity of the superhero Superman. Clark Kent's name is a combination of the names of actors, Clark Gable and Kent Taylor. His physical design is believed to be modeled after science fiction fan Walter Dennis, who sent Joe Shuster his photograph. Through the popularity of his Superman alter ego, the personality, concept, and name of Clark Kent have become ingrained in popular culture as well, becoming synonymous with secret identities and innocuous fronts for ulterior motives and activities. In Metropolis, Superman (as Clark Kent) works as a reporter at the Planet, "a great metropolitan newspaper" which allows him to keep track of ongoing events where he might be of help. Largely working on his own, his identity is easily kept secret. He sees his job as a journalist as an extension of his Superman responsibilities, bringing truth to the forefront and fighting for the little man.
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The following are all media-related (a word or phrase made by using the letters of another word or phrase in a different order):
Television = TV is one lie and On site, live!
British Broadcasting Association = Go on air. Critics bash it as bad (is not)
Cable television = Noticeable evils
The New York Daily News = Keen, worthy and wisely
The New York Times = Key men wrote this
The Washington Times = White-hot assignment
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Journalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. Life is one world, and life seen in the newspapers is another. (G. K. Chesterton)
You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have all the facts, you cannot make proper judgements about what is going on. (Harry S Truman)
I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book. (Groucho Marx)
Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast the disc jockey is not allowed to talk. (Fran Lebowitz)
Wow! They've got the internet on computers now! (Homer Simpson)
The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society is to make money. (A. J. Liebling)
By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, [journalism] keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community. (Oscar Wilde)
Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets. (Napoleon)
Fleet Street is a famous street in London, England, named after the River Fleet. It was traditionally the home of the British press, up until the 1980s. Even though the last major British news office, Reuters, left in 2005, the street's name continues to be used as a metonymy for the British national press.
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The most massive single issue of a newspaper has been of the Sunday New York Times, which weighed 12 pounds (5.4 kg) and contained 1,612 pages, on 14 September 1987.
Source: Guinness World Records
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