Evolution of Media

Gutenberg Press

Jan 1, 1450

Western Evolution

Period: Jan 1, 1450 to Oct 3, 2013

Italian Gazettes

Oct 3, 1500

First American Newspaper: Publick Occurrences

Oct 3, 1690

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First American Successful Newspaper: The Boston News-Letter

Oct 3, 1704

First American Magazines

Oct 3, 1741

First African-American Newspaper

Oct 3, 1827

First Native American Newspaper

Oct 3, 1828

Noah Webster publishes first Dictionary

Oct 3, 1828

Samuel Morse granted patent for Telegraph

May 24, 1844

First message: “What hath God wrought?”

Second message: “Have you any news?”

Invention of Typewriter

Oct 3, 1860

Bell invents Telephone

Oct 3, 1876

Edison invents the "talking machine" - Phonograph

Oct 3, 1877

Also known as record player or gramophone.

Edison lab develops movie camera

Oct 3, 1888

George Eastman introduces Kodak camera

Oct 3, 1888

Edison patents the Kinetoscope

Oct 3, 1891

Reginald Fessenden broadcasts Voice

Oct 3, 1906

Titanic sinks; leads to Federal Radio Act of 1912

Oct 3, 1912

First radio stations in U.S. and Canada

Oct 3, 1920

AT&T links two radio stations for first “network”

Oct 3, 1923

England is first country with regular TV broadcasts

Oct 3, 1936

First FM radio station started in New Jersey

Oct 3, 1939

First electronic digital Computer

Oct 3, 1940

First TV commercial advertises a Bulova clock

Oct 3, 1941

Videotape introduced

Oct 3, 1958

Laser Disc Player introduced

Oct 3, 1978

largely a failure, but opened door for CD

Sony Walkman appears in Japan

Oct 3, 1979

Sony introduces CD player

Oct 3, 1983

Internet access opened to general public

Oct 3, 1990