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Oldest newspaper in the UK (still operating)
when was it first published?
Trivia clue: Any official Royal notices are posted here first
 
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The Observer?
 
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The Observer is the oldest Sunday newspaper in the World (1821).The paper I am looking for predates this
The answer is in this link:
http://www.bl.uk/collections/britnews.html roll eyes
 
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Really interesting.According to this site it would be not only the U.K but the world's oldest!Unless you meant something else than "periodical".

1665 - Nov 16 : Oxford Gazette founded. Became London Gazette in February 1666. The world's oldest surviving periodical.
 
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The earliest newspapers told the news like what you'd read from a periodical/magazine nowadays.
In those days news took several days or weeks to get from A to B ( via mouth to mouth /coach /horseback)
No regular reliable Mail service.(till c 1840)
So "newspapers" as we know them today were infrequently published "as and when"
So the earliest Newspapers could also count as the earliest magazines.
Bring up some of the images of early newspapers on the link above, and try to work out how long it took for the "Latest News" to get in the paper? roll eyes
 
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