From Today in Media History’s archives: In 1983, Bill Gates and Microsoft introduced Windows Today in Media History is taking a break for the holidays. During that time, we're… December 31, 2014 David Shedden
From Today in Media History’s archives: Ida Tarbell’s 1902-1904 investigative series on corruption at the Standard Oil Company Today in Media History is taking a break for the holidays. During that time, we're… December 30, 2014 David Shedden
From Today in Media History’s archives: The Mary Tyler Moore Show begins in 1970 Today in Media History is taking a break for the holidays. During that time, we're… December 29, 2014 David Shedden
From Today in Media History’s archives: In 1954, a former journalist named Hemingway received the Nobel Prize for literature Today in Media History is taking a break for the holidays. During that time, we're… December 26, 2014 David Shedden
From Today in Media History’s archives: In 1982 journalists described a new technology called the compact disc Today in Media History is taking a break for the holidays. During that time, we're… December 25, 2014 David Shedden
From Today in Media History’s archives: First colonial newspaper published in 1690 Today in Media History is taking a break for the holidays. During that time, we're… December 24, 2014 David Shedden
From Today in Media History’s archives: John Steinbeck as a journalist Today in Media History is taking a break for the holidays. During that time, we're… December 23, 2014 David Shedden
From Today in Media History’s archives: Newsies started delivering papers in 1833 Today in Media History is taking a break for the holidays. During that time, we're… December 22, 2014 David Shedden
Today in Media History: First successful PC goes on sale in ’74 and helps launch Microsoft On December 19, 1974, the first successful personal computer went on sale. They called it… December 19, 2014 David Shedden
Today in Media History: President Eisenhower speaks from space An Atlas rocket launched the first communications satellite on this date in 1958. A pre-recorded… December 18, 2014 David Shedden
Today in Media History: Front-page news about the Wright brothers 1903 flight On December 17, 1903, the Wright brothers made the first successful manned flight in a… December 17, 2014 David Shedden
Today in Media History: 1947 scientific discovery leads to transistor radio news How did most people hear radio news reports in the 1920s-1940s? Families sat in their… December 16, 2014 David Shedden
Today in Media History: The first Bill of Rights Day came just after Pearl Harbor attack Bill of Rights Day was established on December 15, 1941 to mark the document's 150th… December 15, 2014 David Shedden
Today in Media History: In the late 1890s Marconi helped invent wireless news Although inventor Guglielmo Marconi created short-distance wireless telegraph years earlier, on December 12, 1901 his… December 12, 2014 David Shedden
Today in Media History: Radio stations broadcast the 1936 abdication speech of King Edward VIII On this date in 1936, Edward VIII, King of Great Britain, abdicated his throne. Radio… December 11, 2014 David Shedden