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- 1998-1999 (Creation)
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File containing draft or potential content (many with handwritten annotations) for the Guardian's '1000 years in 500 days' project [working title 'Millennium Monster'] to create an online history of the last milliennium, 1000-1999. The contents of the file has been sampled by the archivists and contains the first and last pieces of content for the project (years 1000-1001 and 1998-1999) and the first pieces of content from each century represented in the project.
The file also includes a draft design page from the website for the first entry, years 1000-1001.
Administrative/Biographical history: The Millennium Monster project was the working title given to the Guardian's plan to create an online history of the last millennium. The finished project was titled '1000 years in 500 days'. In the 500 days leading up to the year 2000 the Guardian published a brief history in the form of a 'news' summary two years at a time starting with the year 1000-1001 and ending with 1998-1999.The final output was published online between 19 August 1998 and 31 December 1999 at https://www.theguardian.com/Millennium/0,,294648,00.html.
The project was commissioned by Ian Katz, written by Derek Brown and subbed/uploaded by Imogen Tilden.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited
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- Katz; Ian; journalist (Subject)