This document discusses the history of newspapers. It mentions that the first daily newspaper was the ACTA DIURNA published in Rome in 59 AD. The first English daily newspaper was The Daily Courant published from 1702-1735. Some other notable newspapers mentioned include The Times (1785), The Paris Journal (1771), and the Boston News Letter (1704). The document then discusses the Penny Press period from 1833-1865 and the rise of newspapers like the New York Herald and New York Tribune. It also discusses Yellow Journalism from 1865-1900 led by Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst and their newspapers The New York World and The New York Journal.

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