The history of newspapers can be traced back to 60 BC. Caesar, an ancient Roman politician, wrote events in Rome and the whole country on a whiteboard to inform the citizens. This is the oldest newspaper in the world.

Dibao in Han Dynasty was the earliest newspaper in China.

1450, Gutenberg, a German in Europe, invented metal movable type printing technology, so printed newspapers began to be published.

1493, the newspaper published in Rome published the news of Columbus' voyage. At that time, newspapers were only published when dramatic events happened.

1609, Germany took the lead in publishing periodicals and newspapers. Although it was a weekly newspaper, it soon spread all over Europe. The first daily newspaper in the world was published in Germany in 1650, and it didn't appear in France until 163 1, but it was published in Britain because of political events at that time.

The first newspaper in the United States was the Boston Newsletter published by the postmaster of Boston in 1704 before independence.