Editing Magazine (section)

==== Colonial America ====
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Publishing was a very expensive industry in colonial times. Paper and printer's ink were taxed imported goods and their quality was inconsistent. [[Import-Export Clause|Interstate tariffs]] and a poor road system hindered distribution, even on a regional scale. Many magazines were launched, most failing within a few editions, but publishers kept trying. [[Benjamin Franklin]] is said to have envisioned one of the first magazines of the American colonies in 1741, the ''General Magazine and Historical Chronicle''. The ''Pennsylvania Magazine'', edited by [[Thomas Paine]], ran only for a short time but was a very influential publication during the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]]. The final issue containing the text of the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]] was published in 1776.<ref name=vogue>{{cite book |last1=Hill |first1=Daniel Delis |title=As Seen in Vogue: A Century of American Fashion in Advertising |date=2004 |page=2|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=MvilOZhaRkAC&pg=PA2|publisher = Texas Tech University Press|isbn = 9780896726161}}</ref>{{better source needed|date = January 2025}}