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As we celebrate the 25th anniversary of XCity Magazine, we take a look back at some of the defining moments for journalism over the past 25 years

Created by danmasoliver on 22/03/2011

Last updated: 25/03/11 at 12:23

Tags: XCity City 25 years journalism

• Charlie Sheen
  2011

  "Charlie Sheen - Shows you the power of social media. He was a bigger story than Gaddafi, within a day." - Catherine Townsend

• The Times Paywall
  2010

  The Times and The Sunday Times introduce a paywall to start charging to access their online content

• TV Debates
  2010

  Introduction of televised leaders' debates in the run up to the General Election

• MPs Expenses
  2009

  MPs expenses scandal

• Phone Hacking Scandal
  2007

  Andy Coulson resigns as editor of News Of The World after phone hacking scandal

• Twitter launched
  2006

  Twitter launched

• Wikileaks
  2006

  Wikileaks posted its first document. - Chosen by Rachel Oldroyd and James Ball

• Naomi Campbell vs MGN
  2004

  Naomi Campbell's key case for privacy, against MGN

• Asian Tsunami
  2004

  Asian tsunami

• The Hutton Inquiry
  2003

  The Hutton Inquiry

• 9/11
  2001

  The 9/11 terrorist attacks. - Chosen by Ben Preston and Imogen Edwards-Jones

• Metro
  1999

  The Metro first published, a free paper for commuters

• The Columbine Massacre
  1999

  The Columbine Massacre

• Google
  1998

  Google is launched. - Chosen by Sir Harry Evans

• The Death of Princess Diana
  1997

  Princess Diana’s death

• The Blog is Born
  1997

  The word ‘blog’ is first coined

• BBC News 24 Launches
  1997

  BBC News 24 launched: 24 hour rolling news, and the first competitor to Sky News

• ‘It’s The Sun Wot Won It’
  1992

  Election: ‘It’s The Sun Wot Won It’

• Margaret Thatcher's Downfall
  1990

  She was just four votes short of the party mandate and as the votes were counted in the committee room, the corridor outside was packed with journalists, secretaries, MPs. They swung the doors open and announced the results and this tidal wave went down the corridor. A month earlier she’d appeared invincible.” - George Parker

• The Birth of the Internet
  1990

  Tim Berners-Lee built all the tools necessary for a working web / the first web browser named the worldwide web
  http://www.flickr.com/photos/bull3t/990866224/

• Nelson Mandela
  1990

  Nelson Mandela is freed

• Press Complaints Commission
  1990

  The Press Complaints Commission is created

• Tiananmen Square
  1989

  Tiananmen Square protest

• Rolling News
  1989

  "The advent of 24 hour rolling news: It utterly changed the way newsgathering works and how stories are told." - Adam Fleming

• Fall of the Berlin Wall
  1989

  The Berlin Wall finally falls

• Murdoch moves to Wapping
  1986

  "Wapping was very significant. It promised loads of newspapers because it would be cheaper to do, but it didn’t really happen." - Jon Slattery

• The Chernobyl disaster
  1986

  The Chernobyl disaster

• First Colour Daily
  1986

  Eddie Shah launched Today, the first colour national daily newspaper. - Chosen by Roy Greenslade

• Desktop Publishing
  1985

  The evolution of desktop publishing