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The first mechanical, movable type printing that allowed the mass production of printed books was invented by Johann Gutenberg.
In the 50 years after Gutenberg started printing, about 500,000 books were in circulation, printed on about 1,000 presses across the continent.

Gutenberg’s invention was a simple device, but it launched a revolution marked by repeated advances in technology and, as a result, a popularization of the ideals of liberty and freedom of information exchange.

The emergence of the new media in the 17th century has to be seen in close connection with the spread of the printing press, from which the publishing press derives its name.

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The German-language Relation aller Fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historien, printed from 1605 onwards by Johann Carolus in Strasbourg, is often recognized as the first newspaper.

Strasbourg was a free imperial city in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation; the first newspaper of modern Germany was the Avisa, published in 1609 in Wolfenbüttel.

They distinguished themselves from other printed material by being published regularly.
They reported on a variety of current events to a broad public audience.
Within a few decades, newspapers could be found in all the major cities of Europe, from Venice to London.

The Dutch Courante uyt Italien, Duytslandt, &c. (‘Courant from Italy, Germany, etc.’) Of 1618 was the first to appear in folio-rather than quarto-size.
Amsterdam, a center of world trade, quickly became home to newspapers in many languages, often before they were published in their own country.

The first English-language newspaper, Corrant out of Italy, Germany, etc., was published in Amsterdam in 1620.
A year and a half later, Corante, or weekely newes from Italy, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Bohemia, France and the Low countries.
Was published in England by an “N.B.” (generally thought to be Nathaniel Butter or Nicholas Bourne) and Thomas Archer.

The first newspaper in France was published in 1631, La Gazette (originally published as Gazette de France).

The first newspaper in Italy, under the oldest issue still preserved, was Di Genova published in 1639 in Genoa.

The oldest living newspaper in the world, and with the same title, is the Gazzetta di Mantova, regularly published in Mantua (Italy) since 1664.

The first newspaper in Portugal, A Gazeta da Restauração, was published in 1641 in Lisbon.

The first Spanish newspaper, Gaceta de Madrid, was published in 1661.

Post- och Inrikes Tidningar (founded as Ordinari Post Tijdender) was first published in Sweden in 1645, and is the oldest newspaper still in existence, though it now publishes solely online.

Opregte Haarlemsche Courant from Haarlem, first published in 1656, is the oldest paper still printed.
It was forced to merge with the newspaper Haarlems Dagblad in 1942 when Germany occupied the Netherlands.

Since then the Haarlems Dagblad has appeared with the subtitle Oprechte Haerlemse Courant 1656.
Merkuriusz Polski Ordynaryjny was published in Kraków, Poland in 1661.

The first successful English daily, The Daily Courant, was published from 1702 to 1735.

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