Fleet Street began its association with publishing in 1500 when Wynkyn de Worde built London’s first printing press next to St Bride’s.
It became home to Britain’s newspaper industry.
But one by one the newspapers moved out – the former offices of the Daily Telegraph and Daily Express are now home to the US investment bank Goldman Sachs. —Agency shuts Fleet Street office (BBC)
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