The Spectator

The Spectator is a British magazine, which claims to be the oldest continuously-published magazine in the English language. As a daily publication, it was founded in 1711 by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele in England. Each 'paper', or 'number', was approximately 2,500 words long, and the original run consisted of 555 numbers. It was revived in 1714 as a thrice weekly for six months in 1714. It was again revived in 1828 and published weekly.