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THE CURANTO / CORANTE

The Curanto or Corante also named Corante: or, Newes rom Ital!, German!, Hun"ar#e, $pa#ne and %ran&e was the #rst En"l#sh newspaper' In the (e"#nn#n" o the )*th &entur!, the r#"ht to pr#nt was str#&tl! &ontrolled #n En"land' Th#s was pro(a(l! the reason wh! the #rst newspaper #n En"l#sh lan"ua"e was pr#nted #n Amsterdam (! Geor"e +eseler #n ,une )-).' The Corante was the #rst to appear #n ol#o/ rather than 0uarto/s#1e' It was a re"ular wee2l! pu(l#&at#on' It &an (e &alled the #rst (roadsheet paper, (e&ause #t was #ssued #n ol#o/s#1e' Amsterdam, a &enter o world trade, 0u#&2l! (e&ame home to newspapers #n man! lan"ua"es, o ten (e ore the! were pu(l#shed #n the#r own &ountr!' The #rst #ssue presented news rom our d# erent sour&es, #n&lud#n" +en#&e and 3ra"ue' The paper &arr#ed no #mpr#nt o the pr#nter or the pu(l#sher, (ut (ased on s#m#lar papers pu(l#shed later, #t was pro(a(l! pr#nted (! Geor"e +eseler and pu(l#shed and ed#ted (! Caspar 4an H#lten' The Courante was a s#n"le ol#o sheet' Th#s means #t was a ull sheet olded on&e to orm 5 pa"es and then &ut open at the old' The #rst #ssues were pr#nted on 6ust one s#de o the sheet' It also d#d not ha4e a ser#al num(er, a date or a pu(l#sher7s #mpr#nt' These eatures are now &ons#dered essent#al to newspapers' The #mpr#nt appeared #n )-)8' The date and ser#al num(er as well as the pra&t#&e o pr#nt#n" on (oth s#des o the sheet started #n )-29' The ma#n te:t was wr#tten #n two &olumns' The &olumns were separated w#th a "utter and a l#ne runn#n" #n #t' There were no empt! l#nes w#th#n the (od! te:t' The te:t was ull! 6ust# #ed' $ome authors re"ard the Courante as the world;s #rst proper newspaper' Two !ears a ter start#n" the Courante, +eseler pr#nted the #rst newspaper #n En"l#sh or the pu(l#sher 3#eter 4an den <eere' a =ut&h map and pr#nt en"ra4er who had l#4ed #n >ondon or a ew !ears' It was a translat#on o the dut&h newspaper and ? as the result o a )@.- ed#&t rom the $tar Cham(er ? &arr#ed no news a(out En"land' Ne4ertheless, th#s was the most t#mel! orm #n wh#&h the En"l#sh e4er had (een o ered news #n pr#nt' Th#s #rst En"l#sh newspaper (e"#ns not w#th a t#tle // #n those earl! !ears papers o ten d#d not ha4e &ons#stent names // (ut w#th an apolo"!: AThe new t!d#n"s out o Ital#e are not !et &om'A Th#s newspaper ended w#th

a t!po"raph#&al error: Its date was wr#tten at the (ottom o #ts se&ond and last pa"e as Athe 2' o =e&emem(er'A %or a short per#od o t#me #t ollowed the ormat o the dut&h Courante (ut a ter the 4er! (e"#nn#n", En"l#sh news per#od#&als re4erted to the pamphlet orm' It was the start o what has (een &alled a Bnews re4olut#onC #n wh#&h pr#nters and 6ournal#sts (e"an to appre&#ate the potent#al &ommer&#al (ene #ts o per#od#&#t!' The earl#est o the se4en 2nown sur4#4#n" &op#es #s dated $eptem(er 25, )-2) Dalthou"h ,ohn Cham(erla#n #s on re&ord as ha4#n" &ompla#ned a(out them #n Au"ustE, and the latest #s dated O&to(er 22 o that same !ear' Earl! #ssues o the Corante are thou"ht to ha4e appeared as earl! as the spr#n" o )-2)' In $eptem(er o that !ear, Thomas Ar&her, a pr#nter #n >ondon, was arrested or d#str#(ut#n" &orantos w#thout a l#&ense, and h#s pr#nt#n" press was shut down' Ar&her was released shortl! therea ter, as Aa l#&ense to pr#nt D&orantosE and sell them, honestl! translated out o the =ut&hA had (een pur&hased (! an #nd#4#dual #dent# #ed solel! (! the #n#t#als AN'B'AF these #n#t#als, thou"ht to (elon" to (oo2 pu(l#sher Nathan#el Butter, or to Butter7s &ontemporar! N#&holas Bourne, appear on all sur4#4#n" &op#es' The pu(l#&at#on o these news(oo2s was suspended (etween )-G2 and )-G. (! order o The $tar Cham(er' A ter the! resumed pu(l#&at#on, the era o these news(oo2s lasted unt#l the pu(l#&at#on o the O: ord Ga1ette #n )--@' Howe4er the #rst da#l! newspaper, deal#n" w#th ore#"n and home a a#rs, t#tled the H=a#l! Courant;, d#dn;t emer"e #n Br#ta#n unt#l t"e (e"#nn#n" o the ).th &entur!'

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