The first newspaper in Iran, Kaghaz-e Akhbar , was created for the government by Mirza Saleh Shirazi in 1837. The Jobo, which is mentioned within the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty, is printed in 1577 as a privately run commercial newspaper. It was printed daily, and coated a spread of topics, together with climate, constellations, and current affairs. In 2017, a Korean monk claimed to have found an extant copy of the Jobo. The first newspaper in Peru was El Peruano, established in October 1825 and still published today, but with several name adjustments.

Since the Eighties, the newspaper business has largely moved away from lower-high quality letterpress printing to greater-high quality, 4-colour process, offset printing...