Four other versions of this newspaper would appear before 1798.Īt the start of the Revolutionary War, five different newspapers were in circulation, including Adam Boyd's Cape-Fear Mercury (1769- 75), but they all eventually failed, leaving the state without a single paper between 17. 1751, he published the first issue of the North-Carolina Gazette. In 1749 the lawmakers found one in Virginian James Davis, who accepted their five-year contract and moved his printing press to New Bern to reproduce the colony's legal paper and currency. But by midcentury, New Bern, the unofficial capital, had become a town of some size and the colonial Assembly urgently needed a printer to distribute newly revised laws. Illiteracy on the frontier also delayed the demand for printed matter. Because it was a frontier colony, its population was widely scattered on farms and plantations there were no large towns or well-defined community centers. North Carolina's First Newspapersīy the time the first newspaper was published in North Carolina in the mid-eighteenth century, 11 other colonies already had publications. Although it has been argued that these developments have adversely affected quality and uniqueness, the press in North Carolina continues to maintain a central position in the dissemination of news, information, and editorial opinion. As costs have risen and conglomerates have gained greater control, the number of newspapers has declined, leaving them (like radio and television) in the hands of fewer owners. These stages reflect the increasing costs of recruiting talent, gathering news, and printing and distributing papers in a media market with tastes and interests that have become increasingly national and international. Following a widespread trend, over time ownership and management of the state's newspapers moved from initial control by smaller, local printers to wealthy family publishers and ultimately to powerful corporate conglomerates. Thanks in part to strong competition among newspapers in the many small towns and medium-sized cities that were characteristic of the state until the late twentieth century, the North Carolina press produced several generations of talented journalists, some of whom moved on to national prominence as reporters, editors, cartoonists, or commentators. Newspapers, although appearing later in North Carolina than in the other original British colonies, over time became a vibrant social and political force that helped shape the state's enduring reputation as a progressive southern state. Part 1: North Carolina's First Newspapers, Part 2: Political Affiliations of Nineteenth-Century Newspapers, Part 3: An Expanding Press Champions Economic and Social Progress, Part 4: Changing Technologies, New Voices, and the Trend toward Corporate Ownership See also: Carolina Peacemaker Charlotte Observer Fayetteville Observer Greensboro News and Record North Carolina Press Association North-Carolina Gazette Raleigh News and Observer Wilmington Star Winston-Salem Journal.
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