Portal:Journalism/Did you know/5

• ...that The Guardian newspaper (building pictured) was founded 189 years ago in Manchester, England as a direct response to the Peterloo Massacre?
• ...that an advertising spot immediately following Xinwen Lianbo, a daily news programme shown by most terrestrial television stations in mainland China, can sell for an estimated US$100,000?
• ...that at the height of Wally Phillips' radio career, roughly half the entire Chicago listening audience, or about 1.5 million listeners, tuned into his show?

Source

1. 10 April 2008, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
2. Wikipedia:Recent additions 170, archived appearance on Main Page.
3. 3 April 2008, appearance on Main Page