www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/07/the-birth-of-the-attention-economy/683727/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYbF3OjV6UG7_QbXeHt7KvPU
The Birth of the Attention Economy
The rise of the cheap, daily newspaper in the 19th century remade how Americans engaged with the world.
By Jake Lundberg