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... How have newspaper changed overtime? Newspapers have changed so much overtime. It's changed in so many different ways. Many of them are obvious such as use of colour, text size etc. The first printed newspaper was published in 1605; the World Association of Newspapers recognizes Johann Carolus's 'Relation aller Fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historie', published in 1605, as the world's first newspaper. The first newspaper in English language was printed in Amsterdam by Joris Veseler around 1620. This followed the style established by Veseler's earlier Dutch paper 'Courante uyt Italien, Duytslandt, &c.' However, when the English started printing their own papers in London, they reverted to the pamphlet format used by contemporary books. The era of these news books lasted until the publication of the Oxford Gazette in 1665. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspaper) Major newspapers still in circulation Ordered by year the paper was established: ? The News Letter (1737) ? The Herald (1783) ? The Times (1785) ?

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