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Newspaper online

Recorded year1980

The Columbus Dispatch puts its stories on the CompuServe network on 1 July 1980, the first newspaper readers could open on a home computer.

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Built on

Time-sharingRecorded · 1961enables
Personal computerRecorded · 1975enables

Led to

News with verifiable sourcesRecorded · 2024enables
AI-written local newspapersForecast · ~2028enables
Daily print papers endForecast · ~2038enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.