Can't resist calling attention to a BBC article on the future of newspapers that just turned up in our newsreader that includes a mention of Corante's forebear and inspiration, here called The Corante. The publication, which the article notes was published in London in 1621, is widely believed to be world's "first English language private" newspaper.

For a little more history on Corante's name, check out this apparent encyclopedia entry on the history of newspapers: "The oldest surviving newspaper actually printed in England appeared on September 24, 1621, under the characteristically long title: 'Corante, or weekely newes from Italy, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Bohemia, France and the Low Countreys.'"