Media+History+Timeline

1690-First American paper (Publick Occurances: Lasted one issue) 1741-First American magazines 1791-Bill of Rights ratified 1827-First African-American newspaper 1828-First Native-American newspaper 1828-Webster publishes first dictionary 1844-Morse granted patent for telegraph 1848-Associated press founded 1877-Edison invents telephone 1888- Edison makes movie camera 1888-Eastman makes Kodak camera 1888-Hertz transmits wireless soundwaves 1891-Edison patents kinedoscope 1901-Marconi does morse code across the Atlantic 1906-Fessenden broadcasts voice 1911- Newsreels begin 1920-U.S. and Canada have first radio stations 1922-Reader's Digest founded 1923-Time magazine founded 1923-AT&T starts first network 1928-First Academy Award 1939-TV hit at World Fair 1939-First FM radio station 1941-First TV commercial 1953-First Playboy 1958-Videotape introduced 1963-News expands from 15 minutes to 30 minutes 1967-PBS formed Late 1960s-Internet formed 1975-Home videocassette recorder introduced 1976-VHS introduced 1981-MTV first airs 1983-CD introduced 1990's-Internet opened to public

[|Timeline] I have searched to find the number of people each medium reaches daily, monthly, and yearly and could not find a thing. I would appriciate help or advise on this section of the assignment.