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Banned in Africa:
Columnist and black activist Steven Biko was banned by the South African government in 1973, forbidden to write or speak on racial issues. His travel also was restricted. Arrested in 1977 for violating the travel ban, he died in prison of police-inflicted injuries. One of his friends, Daily Dispatch editor Donald Woods, left, publicly blamed the government for Biko's death. He was put under house arrest. The pair helped focus world attention on apartheid, which officially ended in 1994.
Satellite News:
The development of communications satellites benefited newspapers as well as electronic news outlets. The Wall Street Journal experimented with satellite transmissions as early as 1973 and by 1975 was sending news pages to a printed plant in Florida. Time magazine began using satellite transmission for its Far Eastern edition in 1980. When USA Today started in 1982, it was the first national, general-interest newspaper to be delivered by satellite, using 17 printing plants across the country. Today, most major publications use satellites to transmit news around the country and world. |