Hamagid
Hamagid was the first Hebrew language weekly newspaper published from 1856 to 1903. It first appeared in Lyck, East Prussia and targeted the Russian Jewish reading public, but was later distributed all over Europe and the Jewish world.

Hamagid carried global and Jewish  news in Hebrew, some in translation and some original reporting. It was the first newspaper to publish opinion pieces in Hebrew.

The founding editor was Eliezer Lipman Silberman. From the 1860s,  the paper supported settlement in Land of Israel for a combination of religious and national reasons.David Gordon and his son Dov edited the paper from 1886-1880. After the death of his father, Dov Gordon continued as  editor until 1890, and was replaced from 1890-1903 by  Jacob Samuel Fuchs.