The Oregonian marks 175 years as the West’s longest-running newspaper

On Dec. 4, 1850, editor Thomas J. Dryer cranked out the first issue on a hand press inside a crude log cabin at Front and ...
RiverBender.com

This Day in History on December 4: World's First Sunday Newspaper Published

Explore December 4 history highlights: launch of The Observer, Arctic expedition Polaris, King Carloman's death, and the ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Stop the presses: First iPad newspaper debuts

NEW YORK - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. launched the first iPad-only newspaper Wednesday. It is hoping the right combination of traditional reporting and technological wizardry will lure enough ...
Lexington Herald Leader

Kentucky’s first newspaper started in Lexington, and still operates today

The Kentucky Gazette began in 1787, predating Kentucky’s statehood by five years. John Bradford founded the paper to promote statehood and publish government acts. The revived Gazette now covers ...
Digital Trends

The Daily review: Hands on with the first iPad-only newspaper

The old-timey concept of a paperboy peddling his way through your neighborhood at the crack of dawn pitching newspapers onto welcome mats is dead. If it didn’t die with child labor laws, the guy who ...