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The penny press in America : the first mass medium /

After the Civil War the conditions were just right for the establishment of the first large-circulation newspapers. See how Benjamin Day, James Gorden Bennett and Horace Greely revolutionized the newspaper by what was now defined as news, how news was gathered and written and how the newspaper was d...

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Corporate Author:	Instructional Video (Firm)
Format:	Video VHS
Language:	English
Published:	Golden, Co. : Instructional Video, 1998.
Subjects:	American newspapers > History > 19th century. Journalism > History > United States > 19th century.

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