The Times proved less efficient than advertised). Walter bought the logography's patent and with it opened a printing house to produce a daily advertising sheet. The first publication of the newspaper "The Daily Universal Register in Great Britain" was 1 January 1785. Unhappy because the word "Universal" was frequently omitted from the name, Walter changed the title after 940 editions on 1 January 1788 to "The Times". In 1803, Walter handed ownership and editorship to his son of the same name. In spite of Walter Sr's sixteen-month stay in Newgate Prison for libel printed in "The Times", his pioneering efforts to obtain
The Duckberg Times The Duckberg Times The Duckberg Times was a free, alternative newspaper published in Washington, D.C., from January 1985 through 1990. A typical issue featured between 16 and 32 tabloid size pages, although some issues were printed in broadsheet format shortly before its demise. The typical print run was 10,000 copies per issue. The newspaper evolved from featuring all-original cartoons and comics to covering the local alternative music scene and reprinting articles and other content that originally had appeared in small press publications from around the United States. One of the founding editors of The Duckberg Times was John K. Snyder