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Media & Publishing

The newspapers, wire services, magazines, and broadcast networks that gathered the news, argued over it, and carried it to the American public.

CBS
The Tiffany Network, from Murrow to Cronkite, founded 1927
CNN
The first twenty-four-hour news channel, launched 1980
Life Magazine
The picture weekly that showed America to itself, 1936-1972
NBC
The first permanent broadcast network, founded 1926
PBS
The public television network of Sesame Street and the news, founded 1969
The Associated Press
The cooperative wire service, founded 1846
The Liberator
Garrison's abolitionist weekly, 1831-1865
The New York Times
The paper of record, founded 1851
The Wall Street Journal
The business paper that measured the market, founded 1889
The Washington Post
The capital's paper, from bankruptcy auction to Watergate, founded 1877
Time Magazine
The newsmagazine that summarized the week, founded 1923