Henry Oldenburg, secretary of the Royal Society and founder of the Philosophical Transactions, first published in 1665
Drawing on information gathered from the Royal Society’s meetings, his own correspondence with natural philosophers and the latest books and pamphlets, Oldenburg produced a monthly overview of all that was new in natural philosophy. He sold it for one shilling.
Transactions was initially Oldenburg’s own private venture, but it became an official Society publication in the 18th century.