Question

What did innovations like the rotary press, linotype, and phototypesetting do for the industry of publishing?

a. greatly reduced the amount of ink needed to create a newspaper or magazine
b. greatly increased the number of pages printed in an hour's time
c. greatly increased the amount of money newspapers could charge per issue
d. greatly reduced the number of miles driven by newspaper delivery services

Answer 1

The correct answer is:

b. greatly increased the number of pages printed in an hour's time

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the book Media Now: Understanding Media, Culture, and Technology by Joseph Straubhaar, Robert LaRose and Lucinda Davenport, with the invention of the rotary press, linotype, and phototypesetting, the publishing industry was able to increase the number of pages produced in an hour, reducing costs for the production of the publications and also being able to reach a major market in less tim; changing the production from only a few number of newspapers to the production of thousands in order to increase the commercialization of such product.