A Look Back at The Newspaper Industry | 10

American History Tellers

Wondery

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, History, Education For Kids

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🗓️ 4 December 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

On Dec. 4, 1881 the Los Angeles Times published its very first edition. And while the paper ran into severe financial trouble just a year after its founding, it nevertheless survived and over its 138 year lifespan has been at the forefront of some monumental stories in American history. But, the news industry today is vastly different and extremely divisive. So how did we get here? The LA Times' Steve Padilla has worked at the paper for 32 years and he joins us to look back at the roots of the journalism industry and newspapers and how we go to where we are today.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime members, you can listen to American History Tellers add free on Amazon music.
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0:08.3	It's Fall, 1796.
0:26.4	Two men on horseback make their way through a small town in Northumberland County, over
0:30.5	a hundred miles northwest of Pennsylvania.
0:33.4	The riders are traveling light, bare necessities only.
0:36.4	They have journeyed hundreds of miles, making their way around Pennsylvania, drumming up support
0:40.7	for their presidential candidate of choice, Vice President John Adams.
0:46.3	The two riders stop in front of a saloon on the outskirts of town.
0:49.8	There's an older gentleman on his way inside.
0:52.4	As the old man makes his way up a small flight of stairs, one of the riders dismounts and calls
0:57.0	out to him.
0:58.0	Excuse me, sir, a moment of your time.
1:00.3	Sure, why not?
1:02.2	One rider launches into a prepared speech, the same speech he's been making for days to
1:06.5	any Pennsylvania who will listen.
1:08.5	The just is simple.
1:09.8	Vote for your state electors and when you do, vote the Federalist's ticket.
1:14.2	But the older gentleman doesn't seem receptive.
1:16.2	Ah, hell, I don't even know who's running.
1:18.1	Well, that's what this is for.
1:20.8	The other rider hands the old man a small piece of paper, an election ticket with 15 names
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