Origins and early evidences
The daily newspaper is essentially the product of an industrialized society. In its independent form, the newspaper is usually integral to the development of democracy. The newspaper thus defined was fairly late in emerging, since it depended on a certain basic freedom of speech and relatively widespread literacy.
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publishing - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up)
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Latin verb publicare, from which publishing is derived, means "to make public." The publishing industry is one of the largest enterprises in the world. It encompasses the printing and circulation of books, magazines, newspapers, advertising brochures, musical scores, maps, calendars, diaries, timetables, greeting cards, directories, and more. Of these the publishing of books is by far the oldest. The newest is software publishing for the millions of users of personal computers. (See also Book and Bookmaking; Magazine and Journal; Newspaper.)
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