coranto

newspaper

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A "coranto" is an early form of newspaper, originating in the Netherlands in the early 17th century. These publications, meaning "currents of news," were compiled from foreign journals and translated for publication elsewhere. The first English corantos appeared in London in 1621. They were forerunners to modern newspapers, which are regular publications providing news, views, and advertising. The development of corantos marked a shift towards a mass readership and the beginnings of popular journalism.123

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newsletter
…modern newsletters were the “corantos”—single-page collections of news items from foreign journals. They were circulated by the Dutch early in the 17th century, and English and French translations were published in Amsterdam. In the English American colonies, the Boston News-letter—credited also as the first American newspaper—appeared in 1704.
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…modern newsletters were the “corantos”—single-page collections of news items from foreign journals. They were circulated by the Dutch early in the 17th century, and English and French translations were published in Amsterdam. In the English American colonies, the Boston News-letter—credited also as the first American newspaper—appeared in 1704.
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English literature
Prose styles
…the 1620s of the first corantos, or courants (news books), generated by interest in the Thirty Years’ War, heralded the great 17th-century shift from an elite to a mass readership, a change consolidated by the explosion of popular journalism that accompanied the political confusion of the 1640s. The search for…
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…the 1620s of the first corantos, or courants (news books), generated by interest in the Thirty Years’ War, heralded the great 17th-century shift from an elite to a mass readership, a change consolidated by the explosion of popular journalism that accompanied the political confusion of the 1640s. The search for…
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history of publishing
Commercial newsletters in continental Europe
…coverage of news through their corantos, or “current news.” The Courante uyt Italien, Duytsland, &c. (“News from Italy, Germany, and Elsewhere”) began to appear weekly or twice-weekly in 1618.
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…coverage of news through their corantos, or “current news.” The Courante uyt Italien, Duytsland, &c. (“News from Italy, Germany, and Elsewhere”) began to appear weekly or twice-weekly in 1618.
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