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Newsis the communication of selected information on current events which is presented by Internet , or to a third party or mass audience.

Etymology

One theory claims that news developed as a special use of the plural form of new in the 14th century. In Middle English , the equivalent word was newes, like the French nouvelles and the German neues. Somewhat similar developments are found in some of the Slavic languages (Slovak ), where there exists a word noviny ("news"), developed from the word nov ("new"), and in the Celtic languages Cornish , where there are the words newyddion and nowodhow, respectively from W. newydd and C. nowydh.

A folk etymology suggests that it is an acronym of the cardinal directions : north, east, west, and south.

History

Before the invention of newspapers in the early 17th century, official government bulletins and edicts were circulated at times in some centralized empires.

The first documented use of an organized courier service for the diffusion of written documents is in Egypt , where Pharaohs used couriers for the diffusion of their decrees in the territory of the State (2400 BC). This practice almost certainly has roots in the much older practice of oral messaging and may have been built on a pre-existing infrastructure.

In Ancient Rome , Acta Diurna , or government announcement bulletins, were made public by . They were carved in metal or stone and posted in public places.

In China , early government-produced news sheets, called Han dynasty (second and third centuries AD). Between 713 and 734, the Kaiyuan Za Bao ("Bulletin of the Court") of the Chinese Beijing , during the late Ming Dynasty ;

In Early modern Europe , increased cross-border interaction created a rising need for information which was met by concise handwritten newssheets. In 1556, the government of Notizie scritte, which cost one .

, from 1605, is recognized as the world's first newspaper.

The oldest news agency is the Agence France-Presse (AFP). It was founded in 1835 by a Parisian translator and advertising agent , Charles-Louis Havas as Agence Havas .

Newspapers Newsworthiness See also References

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