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What 19th-Century Media Can Teach Us About the Future

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By Alex Wright
| Columbia Journalism Review Verified
Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Stories about the crisis of journalism almost always begin with a now-familiar tale of technological disruption. First the internet shattered the traditional newspaper “bundle.” Then social media came along and further balkanized the audience. Now artificial intelligence threatens yet more upheaval. Yet we are hardly the first generation of journalists to confront this degree of change.
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Twilight of the Velocipede Typesetting Races before the Age of Linotype

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By Alex Wright, Walker Rumble
| publicdomainreview.org
Before Linotype revolutionised typesetting in the 1880s, compositors set texts by hand — and they set them fast. Alex Wright rediscovers the thrilling world of typesetting races, which drew crowds in the thousands, offered huge cash prizes, and helped women "Swifts" fight for workplace equity. Scroll through the whole page to download all images before printing. Frontispiece to William C. Barnes, Joseph McCann, and Alexander Duguid’s A Collation of Facts Related to Fast Typesetting (1887) — Source.
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Use class risks: what property owners and tenants need to check before changing use

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By Hebe Robinson, Alex Ground, Alex Wright
| Russell-Cooke Solicitors
The Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended) sets out how land and buildings may lawfully be used and when planning permission is required for a change of use. While intended to simplify the planning system, it can create unexpected risks for property owners, tenants and investors. Use restrictions may arise not only from a lease, but also from historic planning permissions and other third-party requirements - and these can be inherited on purchase or lease.
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