Telephone newspaper

Telephone newspaper

A telephone newspaper was a telephonic distribution system of 19th and 20th centuries that offered newspaper content via telephone lines. The telephone newspapers were the earliest example of electronic broadcasting, and were superseded by the advent of radio broadcasting.

ee also

* Théâtrophone
* Telefon Hírmondó
* Electrophone (information system)

References

External links

* [http://earlyradiohistory.us/sec003.htm News and Entertainment by Telephone (1876-1925)] , an informative collection maintained by Thomas H. White.


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