This book is a translation of: Das Geschäft mit Nachrichten: Ein barocker Markt für soziale Ressourcen (Bremen: edition lumière, 2018).
Cover illustration: Aviso, Relation oder Zeitung 1609. The oldest known printed periodical newspaper (see illustration 1.1).
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Droste, Heiko, 1963- author.
Title: The business of news / by Heiko Droste.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2021. | Series: Library of the written word, 18744834 ; vol.86 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021008235 (print) | LCCN 2021008236 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004415850 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004440111 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Press—Baltic States—History—17th century. | Press and politics—Baltic States—History—17th century. | Journalism—Baltic States—History—17th century. | Journalism—Social aspects—Baltic States.
Classification: LCC PN5355.B3 D76 2021 (print) | LCC PN5355.B3 (ebook) | DDC 079.47908—dc23
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ISSN 1874-4834
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