Unit 1. Mass Media: the Press » Стр.27 (1)

Listen to Ann’s report about early newspapers in the USA. Answer the questions. 1. When was the first true newspaper printed? The first American newspapers were started in colonial days. 2. What was the name of the first successful newspaper in the USA? Its name was “The Boston News-Letter”. 3. When did it begin printing? It began printing in 1704. 4. Why was 1833 important in newspaper publishing? In that year the first penny newspaper, “The New York Sun”, began publishing. 5. List four ways the penny newspapers were like the newspapers of today. They printed news while it was still new, they were the first to print advertisements and sell papers in newsstands, and they were the first to be delivered to homes.