Journalism and The Printing Press
The invention of the movable type printing press by Johannes Gutenberg in 1456, led to the wide dissemination of printed books. The first printed periodical was Mercurius Gallobelgicus; written in Latin, it appeared in 1594 in Cologne, and was distributed widely, even finding its way to readers in England.
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