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Founded 1845, Scientific American is the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States. It has published articles by more than 200 Nobel Prize winners.

The Nation, American weekly journal of opinion, the oldest such continuously published periodical still extant. It is generally considered the leading liberal magazine of its kind. It was founded in 1865 by Edwin L. Godkin at the urging of Frederick Law Olmsted.

Now The Spectator is the oldest surviving weekly magazine, not just in Britain but worldwide. It is also the world's oldest political periodical.

The earliest magazine appears to have been the German Erbauliche Monaths-Unterredungen (1663–68; “Edifying Monthly Discussions”), started by Johann Rist, a theologian and poet of Hamburg.

The first American magazines debuted in 1741, when Andrew Bradford's American Magazine and Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine began publication in Philadelphia a mere 3 days apart from each other. Neither magazine lasted long, however; American Magazine folded after only 3 months and General Magazine after 6.

The Czech magazine Květy (meaning: flowers), which will celebrate its 175th anniversary in 2009, was founded in 1834 by publisher J.H. Pospíšil. As far as we know, Květy is the oldest magazine in the world.

The Cosmopolitan Magazine was launched by the publisher Schlicht & Field Company in 1886 as a family journal of fashion, household decor, cooking, and other domestic interests.

July 6, 1865: The First Issue of 'The Nation' Is Published.

Originally founded by abolitionists in 1865, The Nation's legacy has always championed the use of independent journalism to achieve a more democratic and equitable world.

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The law code of Æthelberht of Kent is the earliest known document to have been written in Old English, and was certainly one of the first. It dates from some time shortly after 602. The earliest surviving manuscript copy dates from the twelfth century.

Us was launched as a fortnightly publication in 1977 by the New York Times Company. The magazine lost money before turning its first profit in 1980. It was sold later that year to Macfadden Media.

Today in Media History: The first issue of Time magazine was published 92 years ago. 92 years ago today, on March 3, 1923, Time magazine published its first issue. A copy cost 15 cents.

Significant national magazines of the era included Graham's Magazine (1840–1858), one of the most influential and entertaining magazines in the country; Knickerbocker (1833–1864), which published essays and literary works by Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper, and Nathaniel Hawthorne (preceding such national ...

The Gentleman's Magazine, first published in 1731 in London was the first general-interest magazine. Which is the oldest continuously published magazine in the English language? Illustrated London News, since 1842.

The first English newspaper was published in 1665 in Oxford, England. Known as the Oxford Gazette, the newspaper moved to London in 1666 and was renamed the London Gazette.