The First American Newspaper, Published in Massachusetts in 1690, Shut

The first American newspaper, published in Massachusetts in 1690, shut down after one issue because

A) the colonial government placed a ban on all secular publications.
B) the public had no interest in reading about the news.
C) the colonial government passed a law requiring printers to obtain a license prior to publishing a newspaper.
D) the public was scandalized by the newspaper's salacious reports.
E) literacy rates in colonial New England were too low to sustain a regularly-published newspaper.