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| given minute, there are news stories developing in | | | | Many people prefer to read a local news source, |
| countries everywhere. While it is not possible to | | | | or a combination of sources. It is quite easy to go |
| know more than a fraction of them, it is | | | | online and find nearly anything. If you have to be |
| important for many people to be familiar with at | | | | far from your hometown, but want to stay in |
| least the main news stories every day. Getting | | | | touch with what is unfolding while you are gone, it |
| updates via satellite internet is a fantastic way to | | | | has never been as straightforward as it is today. |
| stay in touch with what is happening in the news | | | | With satellite broadband, you can be hundreds of |
| areas that matter to you. | | | | miles from the nearest big city and read the |
| In the past century, how people obtain the daily | | | | newspaper for a small town halfway around the |
| news has changed dramatically. A hundred years | | | | world. This is a great option for people who are |
| ago most people relied on word-of-mouth and on | | | | homesick, as reading the news can make you feel |
| newspapers. Then radio became increasingly | | | | more connected to your home community. It also |
| popular. Until World War II, these were the two | | | | ensures that when you move back, you have not |
| predominant media forms that offered | | | | missed any major changes that could affect your |
| information about what was happening in the | | | | life. |
| world. | | | | Email updates and applications on your desktop |
| The past half century has seen more rapid and | | | | are two of the best ways to take full advantage |
| unexpected changes that anyone could have | | | | of an always-on internet connection such as |
| anticipated. Television significantly altered the news | | | | satellite broadband. Many people are signed into |
| reporting business, as journalists on screen were | | | | their emails at work during the day. Although they |
| able to reach audiences far and wide with both | | | | may not have time to open another window and |
| images and sound. The birth of cable television | | | | browse through the top headlines, they sign up |
| then expanded the news choices for people | | | | for emails from news sources. Sites normally |
| everywhere and media companies began to | | | | allow you to customize what you would like to |
| specialize more. | | | | receive emails about, with a focus on everything |
| The invention and speedy expansion of satellite | | | | from international news to the latest in the |
| internet then transformed news reporting. People | | | | fashion industry. For example, the Economist |
| now go on online for much of their news | | | | sends out weekly updates and summarizes the |
| information, and it is easy to find sites that cater | | | | top stories that it has reported on. Such email |
| to what you want to learn about. For example, | | | | summaries make it easy to stay connected to |
| you might start out each day reading the front | | | | what is going on in the world, regardless of how |
| page of the New York Times. What is | | | | busy your life gets. |
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| Times even before the moment that someone in | | | | you to the rest of the world. |
| New York City is getting the paper version | | | | |