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August 17, 1821
The Rhode Island American, And General Advertiser
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
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Statistical overview of English newspapers: 15 daily in London, plus weeklies and provincials across Britain and Ireland; annual output exceeds 50 million sheets, supporting numerous jobs in writing, printing, and manufacturing.
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ENGLISH NEWSPAPERS.
In London, fifteen daily newspapers are published; 42 Saturday and Sunday papers; 18 published on other days, once, twice or three times a week; 135 provincial papers are printed in England; 126 newspapers in Ireland; 47 in Scotland; and 6 in the "British Isles."
Of the London daily journals, ten millions and five hundred thousand numbers are published annually, and from the other offices five millions are issued every year; or, in other words, about three hundred thousand numbers of the various newspapers are printed in London every week. In Great-Britain and Ireland together, upwards of fifty millions of newspaper sheets are printed and circulated annually, or about one million every week!
Some of the London daily journals are very lucrative, and all of them are pretty well supported. They employ an immense number of literary gentlemen, as reporters, writers and proof readers, besides the compositors, pressmen, news-venders and boys, and besides the manufacturers of paper, types, and other manufactures, to whom they give constant employment.
In London, fifteen daily newspapers are published; 42 Saturday and Sunday papers; 18 published on other days, once, twice or three times a week; 135 provincial papers are printed in England; 126 newspapers in Ireland; 47 in Scotland; and 6 in the "British Isles."
Of the London daily journals, ten millions and five hundred thousand numbers are published annually, and from the other offices five millions are issued every year; or, in other words, about three hundred thousand numbers of the various newspapers are printed in London every week. In Great-Britain and Ireland together, upwards of fifty millions of newspaper sheets are printed and circulated annually, or about one million every week!
Some of the London daily journals are very lucrative, and all of them are pretty well supported. They employ an immense number of literary gentlemen, as reporters, writers and proof readers, besides the compositors, pressmen, news-venders and boys, and besides the manufacturers of paper, types, and other manufactures, to whom they give constant employment.
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Curiosity
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English Newspapers
London Journals
Provincial Papers
Circulation Statistics
Publishing Employment
Where did it happen?
London, England, Ireland, Scotland, British Isles
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London, England, Ireland, Scotland, British Isles
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Overview of newspaper publications in England, including numbers of daily, weekly, and provincial papers, annual circulation figures, and employment impacts on literary and manufacturing sectors.