Printing & Publishing · Recorded milestone

Teletypesetter news by wire

Recorded year1928

The Teletypesetter, backed by publisher Frank Gannett, sends stories over telegraph lines as punched tape that runs typesetting machines in distant towns.

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Built on

Transcontinental telephoneRecorded · 1915enables

Led to

PhototypesettingRecorded · 1953enables

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