1903: Radio is being developed for transmission of news and music.
Today: The internet is being developed for the transmission of all media formats, including real time audio and visual interpersonal communications.
1903: The record for transatlantic crossing is set by the German ship Deutschland at just under six days. Nellie Bly circumnavigates the globe (from New York to New York) in seventy-two days.
Today: A Concorde jet flies from Paris to New York in three-and-a-half hours. Richard Rutan and Jeanna Yeager circled the world without refueling between December 14 and 23, 1986. A 747 flew over both planetary poles a few years before in fifty-four hours.
1903: Mass advertising and monopolies are new challenges.
Today: Advertising is ubiquitous and monopolies are illegal due to a belief in commercial competition and consumer benefits.
1903: The French.....
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