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In reflecting on the death of Jobs, I thought it might be interesting to take a look back at how the press covered the news last Oct. 5. I set out to find a collection of technology and mainstream press homepage screenshots that captured the tenor of news coverage that day. But my go-to resource for this sort of thing, the , doesn't have pages archived yet for that date from any of the publications I searched on.
So instead, here's a brief rundown of at least the main stories from a selection of publications published last Oct. 5.
" Network World: "" (We played it straight, though included video and linked to a timeline of Jobs' life, among other things)
" The New York Times: "" (A nice combination of a slideshow and article)
" The Wall Street Journal: "" (by Walter Mossberg) (Includes video and audio of Jobs interviews by Mossberg over more than a decade)
" San Jose Mercury News: "" (The Merc published loads of coverage, but this was one unique spin)
" CNET: "" (Quick to present analysis of the Jobs legacy, and included the famous Jobs commencement speech at Stanford)
" USA Today: "" (A straightforward headline, a nice slideshow of images, and the common comparisons to Henry Ford, Walt Disney, etc.)
" Slate: "" (Steve Jobs' name didn't even make it into the headline of this tribute)
" CNN: "" (Nothing too standout here, just the quick facts, including mention of the black turtleneck. Followed by much additional coverage)
" Washington Post: "" (Classic obituary, that starts succinctly: "Steve Jobs, a co-founder of Apple Inc., who introduced simple, well-designed computers for people who were more interested in what technology could do than in how it was done, died Wednesday at age 56.")
in Network World's Data Center section.