1942: Newspapers and Time Apr 9, 2020

Lots of words relating to, and even names of newspapers derive from things relating to time. Everything from '—Times', '—Chronicle', or '—Journal', or indeed, even the word 'news' all relate the fact that people expect the news, regularly updated. This is reflected in other languages as well, such as the world's second-oldest daily newspaper called "Avisa Relation oder Zeitung" (Avisa Relation or News) with 'Zeitung' meaning 'news' but coming from the word 'Zeit', or in English, 'time'. Having two names, broken up by 'or' was more common back then too.

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