Unit 1. Mass Media: the Press » Стр.22 (4)

Read and complete the sentences. 1. The earliest newspapers were handwritten posters to be read by the public. 2. The idea of movable type was developed by Johannes Gutenberg. 3. At the beginning of the 17th century the right to print was strictly controlled in England because that the first English-speaking newspaper was published abroad. 4. The first newspaper in the English language was printed in Amsterdam around 1620. 5. The publications of the 17th century told the readers both news and rumors. 6. Daniel Defoe was the first English journalist to achieve national importance.