The Daily Courant was the first regular daily newspaper to be published in England.
It was first published on 11 March 1702 by Elizabeth Mallet from rooms above the White Hart pub in Fleet Street [1], which he described as being: "against the Ditch at Fleet Bridge". [2] The paper lasted until 1735.[3]
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The paper consisted of a single page with two columns. Mallet advertised that she intended to publish only foreign news, and claimed that she would not take upon herself to add any comments of her own, supposing other people to have "sense enough to make reflections for themselves." [4]
Mallet soon sold the paper to Samuel Buckley, who moved it to premises in the area of Little Britain, near St Bartholomew's Hospital, known as "the sign of the Dolphin". Buckley later became the printer of The Spectator.
The Daily Courant was merged with the Daily Gazetteer in 1735.[citation needed]
There is some dispute as to the Courant being the first publication of a daily newspaper. The Norwich Post is claimed to have been published in 1701. [5]
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