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The growth of newspapers across the US over 3 centuries

August 19, 2011 @ 8:09 pm

Stanford University dug into the Library of Congress’ “Chronicling America” project and put together this interactive visualization of over 140,000 American newspapers published over the last 3 centuries. Drag the slider around and see the burst of newspapers spread from … Continue reading →

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Beautifully Banal: reimaginged classified ads

April 19, 2010 @ 2:48 pm

Image by Gail Anderson The Type Directors Club has unveiled a project called Beautifully Banal that asks several prominent designers in the industry to remake a classified or personal ad in their own graphical style. Each project is placed alongside … Continue reading →

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NEWScan lets you view newspaper front pages

March 13, 2009 @ 8:32 pm

NEWScan is a pretty neat way to look at the front pages of major newspapers from around the world. You can somewhat customize the page to have only the front pages you want (from a designated list). And if you … Continue reading →

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Historic Australian newspapers digitized

February 4, 2009 @ 10:31 am

The National Library of Australia has launched a beta page of historic Australian newspapers from 1803 to 1954 that you can view in full for free. The site is similar to The New York Times’ TimeMachine archive except of course … Continue reading →

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Newspaper front pages featuring Obama

November 5, 2008 @ 10:41 am

Want to know what the front pages of newspapers look like around the world today (hint: Obama-rama in full effect)? Well, then head over to the Newseum’s archive of daily newspaper front pages where you’ll see 684 different ways that … Continue reading →

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