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Economist.com | Coffee-houses
by Rattle at 12:49 am EST, Dec 20, 2003 |
] The coffee-houses that sprang up across Europe, starting
] around 1650, functioned as information exchanges for
] writers, politicians, businessmen and scientists. Like
] today's websites, weblogs and discussion boards,
] coffee-houses were lively and often unreliable sources of
] information that typically specialised in a particular
] topic or political viewpoint. They were outlets for a
] stream of newsletters, pamphlets, advertising free-sheets
] and broadsides. Depending on the interests of their
] customers, some coffee-houses displayed commodity prices,
] share prices and shipping lists, whereas others provided
] foreign newsletters filled with coffee-house gossip from
] abroad. |
Coffee-houses: The Internet in a Cup
by Jeremy at 8:20 pm EST, Dec 22, 2003 |
The coffee-houses that sprang up across Europe, starting around 1650, functioned as information exchanges for writers, politicians, businessmen and scientists. Like today's websites, weblogs and discussion boards, coffee-houses were lively and often unreliable sources of information that typically specialised in a particular topic or political viewpoint. They were outlets for a stream of newsletters, pamphlets, advertising free-sheets and broadsides. Depending on the interests of their customers, some coffee-houses displayed commodity prices, share prices and shipping lists, whereas others provided foreign newsletters filled with coffee-house gossip from abroad. |
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