“themselves. The main problem, they thought, was not a lack of information, but too much. In 1870, there were fewer than six hundred daily newspapers in America; by 1900, there were more than two thousand. In 1885, just twenty-one magazines reached a hundred thousand people or more. In 1905, there were more than 159 such magazines. The expansion expansion continued, aided by cheap postage and fast presses. After the Great War, more newspapers and magazines than ever blared from the crowded newsstands. For the first time, millions of Americans were getting information from the movies and the radio. In November of 1920, a small station in Pittsburgh broadcast the news of Harding’s election. Just two years later, the Department of Commerce would extend licenses to more than five hundred radio stations. In a few more years, one in ten people would own a radio set. The movies had spread from the nickelodeon theaters into giant cinema palaces. A thriving film colony in Hollywood was producing pictures for ten million fans, who would increase to a hundred million by the decade’s end. Americans had eagerly entered the electronic era. They received more information in more ways than any people had before. Wilner, Isaiah. The Man Time Forgot: A Tale of Genius, Betrayal, and the Creation of Time Magazine (Kindle Locations 1428-1434). HarperCollins. Kindle Edition. Wilner, Isaiah. The Man Time Forgot: A Tale of Genius, Betrayal, and the Creation of Time Magazine (Kindle Locations 1425-1428). HarperCollins. Kindle Edition. ”
