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A newspaper is a written publication containing news, information and advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called newsprint. General-interest newspapers often feature articles on political events, crime, business, art/entertainment, society and sports. Most traditional papers also feature an editorial page containing columns which express the personal opinions of writers. Supplementary sections may contain advertising, comics, coupons, and other printed media. Newspapers are most often published on a daily or weekly basis, and they usually focus on one particular geographic area where most of their readers live. Despite recent setbacks in circulation and profits newspapers are still the most iconic outlet for news and other types of written journalism. Look up publication in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see News (disambiguation). ... // Advert redirects here. ... Newsprint is low-cost, low-quality, non-archival paper. ... For other uses, see Politics (disambiguation). ... In economics, a business (also called firm or enterprise) is a legally recognized organizational entity designed to provide goods and/or services to consumers or corporate entities such as governments, charities or other businesses. ... This article is about the philosophical concept of Art. ... A stilt-walker entertaining shoppers at a shopping centre in Swindon, England Entertainment is an activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation to an audience (although in the case of a computer game the audience may be only one person). ... Young people interacting within an ethnically diverse society. ... A sport consists of a physical activity or skill carried out with a recreational purpose: for competition, for self-enjoyment, to attain excellence, for the development of a skill, or some combination of these. ... Look up editorial, op-ed in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A column a recurring piece or article in a newspaper, magazine or other publication. ... // Advert redirects here. ... Comics (or, less commonly, sequential art) is a form of visual art consisting of images which are commonly combined with text, often in the form of speech balloons or image captions. ... A coupon is a ticket or document that can be exchanged for a financial discount on a product. ... // Journalism is the discipline of gathering, writing and reporting news, and broadly it includes the process of editing and presenting the news articles. ...

Reading the newspaper: Brookgreen Gardens in Pawleys Island, South Carolina, United States.

Features a newspaper may include are: Len Ganeway by Derek Wernher (in Brookgreen Gardens, South Carolina) Image taken by me, released under GFDL Pollinator 16:54, 19 Feb 2004 (UTC) File links The following pages link to this file: Newspaper Brookgreen Gardens Categories: GFDL images ... Len Ganeway by Derek Wernher (in Brookgreen Gardens, South Carolina) Image taken by me, released under GFDL Pollinator 16:54, 19 Feb 2004 (UTC) File links The following pages link to this file: Newspaper Brookgreen Gardens Categories: GFDL images ... Brookgreen Gardens is a sculpture garden and wildlife preserve in Pawleys Island, South Carolina. ... An arrogantly shabby surviving home from pre-Hurricane Hugo (1989) days. ...

• Weather news and forecasts
• An advice column
• Critic reviews of movies, plays, restaurants, etc.
• Editorial opinions
• A gossip column
• Comic strips and other entertainment, such as crosswords, sudoku and horoscopes
• A sports column or section
• A humor column or section
• A food column
• Classified ads are commonly seen in local or small newspapers.

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History

There is some debate over which publication was the first newspaper because the definition of a newspaper has been flexible. In ancient Rome, Acta Diurna, or government announcement bulletins, were made public by Julius Caesar. They were carved on stone or metal and posted in public places. In China, early government-produced news sheets, called tipao, circulated among court officials during the late Han dynasty (second and third centuries AD). Between 713 and 734, the Kai Yuan Za Bao of the Chinese Tang Dynasty published government news; it was handwritten on silk and read by government officials. In 1582 there was the first reference to privately-published newssheets in Beijing, during the late Ming Dynasty;^[1] by 1638 the Beijing Gazette switched from woodblock print to movable type printing.^[1] However, the World Association of Newspapers recognizes Johann Carolus’s Relation aller Fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historien, published in 1605, as the world’s first newspaper. The Dutch Courante uyt Italien, Duytslandt, &c. of 1618 is also considered by some to be the first modern newspaper since the Relation looks more like a book than what is now considered a newspaper. The newspaper Opregte Haarlemsche Courant from Haarlem, first published in 1656, is considered by some to be the oldest continuously published newspaper, though it was forced to merge with the newspaper Haarlems Dagblad in 1942 by the German occupier. Since then the Haarlems Dagblad appears with the subtitle Oprechte Haerlemse Courant 1656 and considers itself to be the oldest still-publishing newspaper in the world. Acta Diurna (lat: Daily Acts sometimes translated as Daily Public Records) were daily Roman official notices. ... For other uses, see Julius Caesar (disambiguation). ... Han Dynasty in 87 BC Capital Changan (206 BC–9 AD) Luoyang (25 AD–220 AD) Language(s) Chinese Religion Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Chinese folk religion Government Monarchy History  - Establishment 206 BC  - Battle of Gaixia; Han rule of China begins 202 BC  - Interruption of Han rule 9 - 24  - Abdication... Kai Yuan Za Bao(chinese:开元杂报) is an early newspaper of 8th centuary. ... For the band, see Tang Dynasty (band). ... Peking redirects here. ... For other uses, see Ming. ... A gazette is a newspaper. ... For the weblog software, see Movable Type. ... The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization made up of 76 national newspaper associations, 12 news agencies, 10 regional press organisations and individual newspaper executives in 100 countries. ... Johann Carolus was the publisher of the first newspaper in print, called Relation aller fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historien (Collection of all distiguished and commemorateable news). ... Courante uyt Italien, Duytslandt, &c. ... Coordinates: , Country Province Area (2006)  - Municipality 32. ... The Haarlems Dagblad is regional newspaper in Haarlem. ...

In the English-speaking world, Nathaniel Butter is often credited with the creation of the first news periodical in 1622. The earliest papers in the United Kingdom were devoted to politics and government proceedings. In 1702, the first daily newspaper called The Daily Courant was published.^[2] In Boston in 1690, Benjamin Harris published Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick. This is considered the first newspaper in the American colonies even though only one edition was published before the paper was suppressed by the government. In 1704, the governor allowed the Boston News-Letter to be published and it became the first “continuously published” newspaper in the colonies. Soon after, weekly papers began publishing in New York and Philadelphia. These early newspapers followed the British format and were usually four pages long. They mostly carried news from Britain and content depended on the editor’s interests. In 1783, the Pennsylvania Evening Post became the first American daily. In 1751, John Bushell’s Halifax Gazette became the first Canadian newspaper. By the early 19th century, many cities in Western and Eastern Europe, as well as North and South America, published newspaper-type publications though not all of them developed in the same way; content was vastly shaped by regional and cultural preferences.^[3] Nathaniel Butter (died February 22, 1664) was a London publisher of the early 17th century. ... The Daily Courant was the first daily newspaper to be published in the United Kingdom. ... Boston redirects here. ... Benjamin Harris was a former publisher of Whig books, pamphlets, and a newspaper in London. ... Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick was the title of the first multi-page newspaper published in the Americas. ... Betsy Ross purportedly sewed the first American flag with 13 stars and 13 stripes representing each of the 13 colonies. ... First published on April 24, 1704, The Boston News-Letter is regarded as the first continuously published newspaper in British North America. ... John Bushell (March 18, 1715 - c. ... Halifax Gazette, No. ...

A modern remake of Kai Yuan Za Bao

Advances in printing technology during the Industrial Revolution were responsible for turning the newspaper into a widely circulated means of communication. In 1814, The Times of London acquired a printing press capable of making 1,100 impressions per minute.^[4] Soon, it was adapted to print on both sides of a page at once. This innovation made newspapers cheaper and thus available to a larger part of the population. In 1833, Benjamin Day printed the first penny press newspaper, The New York Sun. Penny press papers cost about one sixth the price of other newspapers and appealed to a wider audience.^[5] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Kai Yuan Za Bao(chinese:开元杂报) is an early newspaper of 8th centuary. ... A Watt steam engine, the steam engine that propelled the Industrial Revolution in Britain and the world. ... The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom (and the Kingdom of Great Britain before the United Kingdom existed) since 1788 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Benjamin Henry Day, (1810 – 1889) was a U.S. illustrator and printer. ... Penny press newspapers were cheap, tabloid-style papers produced in the middle of the 19th century. ... Front page of the New York Sun, November 26, 1834 For the modern newspaper of the same name, see The New York Sun. ...

Recent developments on the Internet are, however, posing major challenges to the business model of many newspapers. Paid circulation is declining in most countries, and advertising revenue, which makes up the bulk of most newspapers’ income, is shifting from print to online, resulting in a general decline in newspaper profits. This has led to some predictions that newspapers will shrink or even disappear, although new media technologies such as radio and television never supplanted print media.

Categories

A daily newspaper is issued every day, sometimes with the exception of Sundays and some national holidays. Saturday and, where they exist, Sunday editions of daily newspapers tend to be larger, include more specialized sections and advertising inserts, and cost more. Typically, the majority of these newspapers’ staff work Monday to Friday, so the Sunday and Monday editions largely depend on content done in advance or content that is syndicated. Most daily newspapers are published in the morning. Afternoon or evening papers are aimed more at commuters and office workers.

Weekly newspapers are common and tend to be smaller than daily papers. In some cases, there also are newspapers that are published twice or three times a week. In the United States, such newspapers are generally still classified as weeklies. A weekly newspaper is a publication that is published on a non-daily schedule - usually once a week, although twice-a-week papers are also common. ...

Most nations have at least one newspaper that circulates throughout the whole country: a national newspaper, as contrasted with a local newspaper serving a city or region. In the United Kingdom, there are numerous national newspapers, including The Independent, The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Observer, The Daily Mail, The Sun, The Daily Express and The Daily Mirror. In the United States and Canada, there are few truly national newspapers, with the notable exceptions The Wall Street Journal and USA Today in the US and The Globe and Mail and The National Post in Canada. Large metropolitan newspapers with expanded distribution networks such as The New York Times and The Washington Post can fill the role of de facto national newspapers. For other uses, see The Independent (disambiguation). ... The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom (and the Kingdom of Great Britain before the United Kingdom existed) since 1788 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register. ... This article concerns the British newspaper. ... For other uses, see Guardian. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The Daily Mail and its Sunday edition the Mail on Sunday are British newspapers, first published in 1896. ... This article is about a British tabloid. ... The Daily Express is a British newspaper, currently tabloid, and it is owned by Richard Desmond. ... Alternate newspaper: The Daily Mirror (Australia) The Daily Mirror is a British tabloid daily newspaper. ... The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is an international daily newspaper published by Dow Jones & Company in New York City, New York, USA, with Asian and European editions, and a worldwide daily circulation of more than 2 million as of 2006, with 931,000 paying online subscribers. ... USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. ... The Globe and Mail is a Canadian English-language nationally distributed newspaper, based in Toronto and printed in six cities across the country. ... The National Post is a Canadian English-language national newspaper based in Don Mills, Ontario, a district of Toronto. ... The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed internationally. ... ...

As English has become the international language of business and technology, many newspapers formerly published only in non-English languages have also developed English-language editions. In places as varied as Jerusalem and Bombay (Mumbai), newspapers are printed to a local and international English-speaking public. The advent of the Internet has also allowed the non-English newspapers to put out a scaled-down English version to give their newspaper a global outreach. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... For other uses, see Jerusalem (disambiguation). ... This article or section should be merged with Mumbai Mumbai (previously known as Bombay) is the worlds most populous conurbation, and is the sixth most populous agglomeration in the world. ... , Bombay redirects here. ...

There is also a small group of newspapers which may be characterised as international newspapers. Some, such as Christian Science Monitor and The International Herald Tribune, have always had that focus, while others are repackaged national newspapers or “international editions” of national-scale or large metropolitan newspapers. Often these international editions are scaled down to remove articles that might not interest the wider range of readers. The Christian Science Monitor (CSM) is an international newspaper published daily, Monday through Friday. ... The International Herald Tribune is a widely read English language international newspaper. ...

Job titles within the newspaper industry vary greatly. In the United States, the overall manager of the newspaper — sometimes also the owner — may be termed the publisher. This usage is less common outside the U.S., but throughout the English-speaking world the person responsible for content is usually referred to as the editor. Variations on this title such as editor-in-chief, executive editor, and so on, are common. A publisher is a person or entity which engages in the act of publishing. ... Editing is the process of preparing language, images, or sound through correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications in various media. ...

While most newspapers are aimed at a broad spectrum of readers, usually geographically defined, some focus on groups of readers defined more by their interests than their location: for example, there are daily and weekly business newspapers and sports newspapers. More specialist still are some weekly newspapers, usually free and distributed within limited areas; these may serve communities as specific as certain immigrant populations, or the local gay community.

Newspapers often refine distribution of ads and news through zoning and editioning. Zoning occurs when advertising and editorial content change to reflect the location to which the product is delivered. The editorial content often may change merely to reflect changes in advertising — the quantity and layout of which affects the space available for editorial — or may contain region-specific news. In rare instances, the advertising may not change from one zone to another, but there will be different region-specific editorial content. As the content can vary widely, zoned editions are often produced in parallel.

Editioning occurs in the main sections as news is updated throughout the night. The advertising is usually the same in each edition (with the exception of zoned regionals, in which it is often the ‘B’ section of local news that undergoes advertising changes). As each edition represents the latest news available for the next press run, these editions are produced linearly, with one completed edition being copied and updated for the next edition. The previous edition is always copied to maintain a Newspaper of Record and to fall back on if a quick correction is needed for the press. For example, both the New York Times and Wall Street Journal offer a regional edition, printed through a local contractor, and featuring locale specific content. The Journal’s global advertising rate card provides a good example of editioning.[1] The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... The Wall Street Journal is an influential international daily newspaper published in New York City, New York with an average daily circulation of 1,800,607 (2002). ... A rate card is a document containing prices and descriptions for the various ad placement options available from a media outlet. ...

Format

Israeli broadsheet Haaretz seen in its Hebrew and English editions

Most modern newspapers are in one of three sizes: The word Hebrew most likely means to cross over, referring to the Semitic people crossing over the Euphrates River. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

• Broadsheets: 600 mm by 380 mm (23½ by 15 inches), generally associated with more intellectual newspapers, although a trend towards “compact” newspapers is changing this.
• Tabloids: half the size of broadsheets at 380 mm by 300 mm (15 by 11¾ inches), and often perceived as sensationalist in contrast to broadsheets. Examples: The Sun, The National Enquirer, The National Ledger, The Star Magazine, New York Post, The Globe.
• Berliner or Midi: 470 mm by 315 mm (18½ by 12¼ inches) used by European papers such as Le Monde in France, La Stampa in Italy, El Pais in Spain and, since 12 September 2005, The Guardian in the United Kingdom.

Newspapers are usually printed on inexpensive, off-white paper known as newsprint. Since the 1980s, the newspaper industry has largely moved away from lower-quality letterpress printing to higher-quality, four-color process, offset printing. In addition, desktop computers, word processing software, graphics software, digital cameras and digital prepress and typesetting technologies have revolutionized the newspaper production process. These technologies have enabled newspapers to publish color photographs and graphics, as well as innovative layouts and better design. Newspaper sizes in August 2005. ... An inch (plural: inches; symbol or abbreviation: in or, sometimes, ″ - a double prime) is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... Literati redirects here. ... This article is about the newspaper size. ... Sensationalism is a manner of being extremely controversial, loud, attention-grabbing, or otherwise sensationalistic. ... Newspapers with the Berliner format. ... Berliner, or midi, is a newspaper format with pages normally measuring about 470×315 mm, i. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... For the song by the Thievery Corporation, see Le Monde (song). ... La Stampa is one of the best-known and most widely sold Italian daily newspapers, published in Turin and distributed in Italy and in other nations in Europe. ... El País (The country) is one of the most widely read Spanish newspapers. ... For other uses, see Guardian. ... Letterpress printing is the oldest printing technique, in which a raised surface is inked and then pressed against a smooth substance to obtain an image in reverse. ... Cyan, magenta, yellow, and key (black). ... Offset printing is a widely used printing technique where the inked image is transferred (or offset) from a plate to a rubber blanket, then to the printing surface. ... The term personal computer or PC has three meanings: IBMs range of PCs that led to the use of the term - see IBM PC. Any computer based on IBMs original specifications also known as IBM PC compatible. ... A word processor (also more formally known as a document preparation system) is a computer application used for the production (including composition, editing, formatting, and possibly printing) of any sort of viewable or printed material. ... In computer graphics, graphics software or image editing software is a program or collection of programs that enable a person to manipulate visual images on a computer. ... Digital cameras are a remarkable advance in technology. ... Prepress. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Layout, in publishing, is the process of arranging editorial content, advertising, graphics and other information in a manner that creates an effective presentation. ...

To help their titles stand out on newsstands, some newspapers are printed on coloured newsprint. For example, the Financial Times is printed on a distinctive salmon pink paper, and the Italian sports newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport is printed on pink paper. Sheffield’s weekly sports publication derives its name, the “Green ’Un”, from the traditional colour of its paper, while L'Équipe (formerly L’Auto) is printed on yellow paper. Both the latter promoted major cycling races and their newsprint colours were reflected in the colours of the jerseys used to denote the race leader; thus, the leader in the Giro d'Italia wears a pink jersey. The Financial Times (FT) is a British international business newspaper. ... La Gazzetta dello Sport is an Italian newspaper dedicated to coverage of various sports. ... For other uses, see Sheffield (disambiguation). ... Logo, Sheffield Green Un (Owner Johnston Press) The Green Un (Green One) is a weekly sports newspaper published, on Saturday evenings, in Sheffield, England, its name deriving from the light green newsprint on which it has traditionally been printed. ... LEquipe logo LÉquipe (French for the team) is a French nationwide daily newspaper devoted to sports. ... Cycling is the use of bicycles, or - less commonly - unicycles, tricycles, quadricycles and other similar wheeled human powered vehicles (HPVs) as a means of transport, a form of recreation or a sport. ... The Giro dItalia, also simply known as the Giro, is a long distance road bicycle racing stage race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May or early June in and around Italy. ...

Online-only

Main article: Online newspaper

With the introduction of the Internet, web-based 'newspapers' have also started to be produced as online-only publications, like the Southport Reporter^[6]. To be a Web-Only newspaper they must be web published only and must not be part of or have any connection to hard-copy formats. To be classed as an Online Only Newspaper, the paper must also be regularly updated at a regular time and keep to a fixed news format, like a hardcopy newspaper. They must also be only published by professional media companies and regarded under the national/international press rules and regulations ^[7] unlike blog ^[8] sites and other news websites, it is run as a newspaper and is recognized by media groups in the UK, like the NUJ and/or the IFJ. Also they fall under the UK’s PCC rules. An online newspaper, also known as a web newspaper, is a newspaper that exists on the World Wide Web or Internet. ... Southport Reporter, an e-newspaper that was started by Patrick Trollope BA(Hons) LBPPA, is the UK’s very first internet only regional newspaper. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) is a trade union for journalists in Britain and Ireland. ... International Federation of Journalists, IFJ, is global union federation of journalists trade unions - the largest in the world. ...

Electronic paper

In 2006, the Flemish daily De Tijd of Antwerp field tested a version of the publication using electronic paper - in which text can be changed, like an online site, but is portable and show on a paper-like substrate - to a few hundred selected subscribers.[2] The term Flemings (Dutch: ) denotes the majority population in Flanders (the northern half of Belgium). ... De Tijd (English: The Times), formerly De Financieel-Economische Tijd (The Financial Economical Times), is a Belgian broadsheet newspaper that mainly focuses on business and economics. ... For other uses, see Antwerp (disambiguation). ... A prototype electronic paper display. ...

Circulation and readership

Main articles: List of newspapers in the World by circulation and Newspaper circulation

The number of copies distributed, either on an average day or on particular days (typically Sunday), is called the newspaper’s circulation and is one of the principal factors used to set advertising rates. Circulation is not necessarily the same as copies sold, since some copies or newspapers are distributed without cost. Readership figures may be higher than circulation figures because many copies are read by more than one person, although this is offset by the number of copies distributed but not read (especially for those distributed free).

Newspaper vendor, Paddington, London, February 2005

According to the Guinness Book of Records, the daily circulation of the Soviet newspaper Trud exceeded 21,500,000 in 1990, while the Soviet weekly Argumenty i fakty boasted the circulation of 33,500,000 in 1991. Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 1158 KB)Opposite Paddington station, February 2005. ... Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 1158 KB)Opposite Paddington station, February 2005. ... For other places with the same name, see Paddington (disambiguation). ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Suresh Joachim, minutes away from breaking the ironing world record at 55 hours and 5 minutes, at Shoppers World, Brampton. ... Trud (Tpyд in Russian, meaning labour) is one of Russia’s largest-circulation daily newspapers. ... Argumenty i Fakty (Russian: , commonly abbreviated АиФ - English: Arguments and Facts) is a weekly newspaper based in Moscow and a publishing house in Russia and worldwide. ...

According to United Nations data from 1995 Japan has three daily papers —the Asahi Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun and Yomiuri Shimbun— with circulations well above 4 million. Germany’s Bild, with a circulation of 4.5 million, was the only other paper in that category. UN redirects here. ... Asahi-OSAKA office Asahi is a common name in Japan, for other uses see Asahi. ... Headquarters in Tokyo Osaka Office Newsagents shop in Higashi-osaka Printing plant in Settsu The Mainichi Shimbun , lit. ... Yomiuri-TOKYO Office Yomiuri-Osaka Office Yomiuri YC The Yomiuri Shimbun (読売新聞 Yomiuri Shinbun) is a Japanese newspaper published in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, and other major Japanese cities. ... The Bild-Zeitung (often abbreviated Bild, lit. ...

In the United Kingdom, The Sun is the top seller, with around 3.2 million copies distributed daily (late-2004). This article is about a British tabloid. ...

In India, The Times of India is the largest English newspaper, with 2.14 million copies daily. According to the 2006 National Readership Study, the Dainik Jagran is the most-read, local-language (Hindi) newspaper, with 21.2 million readers [3]. The Common Man featured on a commemorative stamp released by the Indian Postal Service on the 150th Anniversary of the Times of India - 1988. ...

In the U.S., USA Today has a daily circulation of approximately 2 million, making it the most widely distributed paper in the country. USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. ...

A common measure of a newspaper’s health is market penetration, expressed as a percentage of households that receive a copy of the newspaper against the total number of households in the paper’s market area. In the 1920s, on a national basis in the U.S., daily newspapers achieved market penetration of 130 percent (meaning the average U.S. household received 1.3 newspapers). As other media began to compete with newspapers, and as printing became easier and less expensive giving rise to a greater diversity of publications, market penetration began to decline. It wasn’t until the early 1970s, however, that market penetration dipped below 100 percent. By 2000, it was 53 percent 1.

Many paid-for newspapers offer a variety of subscription plans. For example, someone might want only a Sunday paper, or perhaps only Sunday and Saturday, or maybe only a workweek subscription, or perhaps a daily subscription. The legal workweek varies from nation to nation, and its definition is usually heavily influenced by the predominant religion of the country, or by colonial history. ...

Some newspapers provide some or all of their content on the Internet, either at no cost or for a fee. In some cases, free access is available only for a matter of days or weeks, after which readers must register and provide personal data. In other cases, free archives are provided.

Advertising

Most newspapers make a majority of their income from advertising; the income from the customer’s payment at the news-stand is small in comparison. The portion of the newspaper that is not advertising is called editorial content, editorial matter, or simply editorial, although the last term is also used to refer specifically to those articles in which the newspaper and its guest writers express their opinions. // Advert redirects here. ...

Newspapers have been hurt by the decline of many traditional advertisers. Department stores and supermarkets could be relied upon in the past to buy pages of newspaper advertisements, but due to industry consolidation are much less likely to do so now.^[9][4]

In recent years, the advertorial emerged. Advertorials are most commonly recognized as an opposite-editorial which third-parties pay a fee to have included in the paper. Advertorials commonly advertise new products or techniques, such as a new design for golf equipment, a new form of laser surgery, or weight-loss drugs. The tone is usually closer to that of a press release than of an objective news story. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Look up editorial, op-ed in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Generally speaking, advertising is the paid promotion of goods, services, companies and ideas by an identified sponsor. ... A news release or press release is a written or recorded communication directed at members of the news media for the purpose of announcing something claimed as having news value. ... News style or news writing is the particular prose style used for news reporting (ie. ...

Journalism

Since newspapers began as a journal (record of current events), the profession involved in the making of newspapers began to be called journalism. // Journalism is the discipline of gathering, writing and reporting news, and broadly it includes the process of editing and presenting the news articles. ...

In the yellow journalism era of the 19th century, many newspapers in the United States relied on sensational stories that were meant to anger or excite the public, rather than to inform. The restrained style of reporting that relies on fact checking and accuracy regained popularity around World War II. Nasty little printers devils spew forth from the Hoe press in this Puck cartoon of Nov. ...

Criticism of journalism is varied and sometimes vehement. Credibility is questioned because of anonymous sources; errors in facts, spelling, and grammar; real or perceived bias; and scandals involving plagiarism and fabrication. For the rules of the English language, see English grammar. ... For other senses of this word, see Bias (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Plagiarism (disambiguation). ...

In the past, newspapers have often been owned by so-called press barons, and were used either as a rich man’s toy, or a political tool. More recently in the United States, a number of newspapers (and all of the largest ones) are being run by large media corporations such as Gannett, The McClatchy Company, Hearst Corporation, Cox, LandMark, Morris Corporation, The Tribune Company, Hollinger International, News Corporation, etc. A media proprietor is a person who controls, either through personal ownership or a dominant position in a public company, a significant part of the mass media. ... A teddy bear A toy is an object used in play. ... For other uses, see Politics (disambiguation). ... Gannett Company, Inc. ... The McClatchy Company NYSE: MNI is an American publishing company based in Sacramento, California, that operates a number of newspapers and websites. ... Hearst Tower, in September 2006 The Hearst Corporation is a privately-held American-based media conglomerate based in the Hearst Tower in New York City, USA. Founded by William Randolph Hearst as an owner of newspapers, the companys holdings now include a wide variety of media. ... Cox may mean: hot man Coxswain. ... The Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB) is a large American multimedia corporation based in Chicago, Illinois. ... Hollinger Inc. ... 1211 Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue), where News Corporation is based News Corporation (abbreviated to News Corp) (NYSE: NWS, NYSE: NWSa, ASX: , LSE: NCRA) is an American media conglomerate company and the third worlds largest. ...

Newspapers have, in the modern world, played an important role in the exercise of freedom of expression. Whistle-blowers, and those who “leak” stories of corruption in political circles often choose to inform newspapers before other mediums of communication, relying on the perceived willingness of newspaper editors to expose the secrets and lies of those who would rather cover them. However, there have been many circumstances of the political autonomy of newspapers being curtailed.

Opinions of other writers and readers are expressed in the op-ed (“opposite the editorial page”) and letters to the editors sections of the paper. An Op-Ed is a piece of writing expressing an opinion. ... A letter to the editor [1] (sometimes abbreviated LTTE or LTE) is a letter sent to a publication about issues of concern to its readers. ...

Some ways newspapers have tried to improve their credibility are: appointing ombudsmen, developing ethics policies and training, using more stringent corrections policies, communicating their processes and rationale with readers, and asking sources to review articles after publication. For the Canadian television series, see Ombudsman (TV series). ...

Future

The future of newspapers is cloudy, with overall readership slowly declining in most developed countries due to increasing competition from television and the Internet. The 57th annual World Newspaper Congress, held in Istanbul in June 2004, reported circulation increases in only 35 of 208 countries studied. Most of the increases came in developing countries, notably China and India. Location of Istanbul on the Bosphorus Strait, Turkey Coordinates: , Country Turkey Region Province Istanbul Founded 667 BC as Byzantium Roman/Byzantine period AD 330 as Constantinople Ottoman period 1453 as Constantinople (internationally) and various other names in local languages Turkish Republic period 1923 as Constantinople, officially renamed as Istanbul in...

Front page of The New York Times on Armistice Day, November 11, 1918.

A report at the gathering said circulation declined by an average of 2.2 percent across 13 of the 15 countries that made up the European Union. One growth area is the distribution of free daily newspapers, which are not reflected in the above circulation data. Led by the Metro chain of newspapers, they grew 16 percent in 2003. Download high resolution version (707x894, 217 KB) This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Download high resolution version (707x894, 217 KB) This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed internationally. ... Armistice Day Celebrations in Toronto, Canada - 1918 Armistice Day is the anniversary of the official end of World War I, November 11, 1918. ... The September 12, 2001 edition of the Palo Alto Daily News, one of the most successful free daily newspapers. ...

Newspapers also face increased competition from internet sites such as Craigslist for classified ads, especially for jobs, real estate, and cars, the advertising of which has long been key sources of newspaper revenue as well as from online only newspapers. Already in the UK a newspaper called Southport Reporter started out in 2000 and remains online as a recognized newspaper, but only published online and others now exist through out the world. This opens the debate as to what constitutes a newspaper. Craigslist is a centralized network of online communities, featuring free classified advertisements (with jobs, internships, housing, personals, for sale/barter/wanted, services, community, gigs, resume, and pets categories) and forums on various topics. ... Classified advertising is a form of advertising which is particulalry common in newspapers and other periodicals. ... Southport Reporter, an e-newspaper that was started by Patrick Trollope BA(Hons) LBPPA, is the UK’s very first internet only regional newspaper. ...

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See also

The following is a list of newspapers, divided by country and region. ... This is a list of free and pay wall blocked digital online newspaper archives. ... Above the fold is a graphic design concept that refers to the location of an important news story or a visually appealing photograph on the upper half of the front page of a newspaper. ... Recent cover of Portland, Oregons Willamette Week An alternative weekly is a type of weekly newspaper that eschews comprehensive coverage of general news in favor of opinionated reviews and columns, investigations into edgy topics and magazine-style feature stories highlighting local people and culture. ... This is a list of fictional media (films, magazines, television shows, etc) from various real media. ... Freedom of the Press (or Press Freedom) is the guarantee by a government of free public press for its citizens and their associations, extended to members of news gathering organizations, and their published reporting. ... The September 12, 2001 edition of the Palo Alto Daily News, one of the most successful free daily newspapers. ... Graphics are often utilitarian and anonymous,[1] as these pictographs from the US National Park Service illustrate. ... A gazette is a newspaper. ... A gazetteer is a geographical dictionary, an important reference for information about places and place-names (see: toponomy), used in conjunction with an atlas. ... // Origins Regular newspaper publication dates from the mid 17th century. ... The history of American newspapers spans the history of the United States from 1700 till today. ... International Freedom of Expression eXchange. ... // Journalism is the discipline of gathering, writing and reporting news, and broadly it includes the process of editing and presenting the news articles. ... List of journalism topics A-D AP Stylebook Arizona Republic Associated Press Bar chart Canadian Association of Journalists Chart Citizen journalism Committee to Protect Journalists Conservative bias Copy editing Desktop publishing E-J Editor Freedom of the press Graphic design Hedcut Headline Headlinese Hostile media effect House style Information graphic... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Popular press redirects here; note that the University of Wisconsin Press publishes under the imprint The Popular Press. Mass media is a term used to denote a section of the media specifically envisioned and designed to reach a very large audience such as the population of a nation state. ... Bold text McClures Magazine (cover, Jan, 1901) published many early muckraker articles. ... Newspaper National Network LP, is a marketing partnership of the top 23 newspaper companies in America and the Newspaper Association of America. ... The Newspaper Association of America is a United States trade association that represents the countrys largest daily newspapers and provides services including market research, technology education and support, minority hiring and representing publishers in Washington, D.C. as lobbyists. ... Screenshot of Newseums Todays Front Pages The world’s first interactive museum of news — the Newseum — opened in Arlington, Virginia, on April 18, 1997. ... News design. ... // A newspaper of record is a colloquial term that generally refers to a newspaper that meets at least one of two criteria: high standards of journalism, the articles of which establish a definitive record of current events, for use by future scholars, and/or compliance with the legal requirements necessary... A newspaper on demand is a high quality computer printout version of a world newspaper. ... Assault landing One of the first waves at Omaha Beach as photographed by Robert F. Sargent. ... For other uses, see Print. ... The propaganda model is a theory advanced by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky that alleges systemic biases in the mass media and seeks to explain them in terms of structural economic causes. ... Front page view of student newspaper The Daily Toreador. ... The telephone newspaper was a system, based largely in major cities of Europe, of distributing newspaper content via the telephone in the late 19th Century. ... The phrase underground press, especially underground newspapers (or simply underground papers) is, these days, most often used in reference to the alternative print media, independently published and distributed, associated with the countercultural movements of the late 1960s and early 1970s. ... A weekly newspaper is a publication that is published on a non-daily schedule - usually once a week, although twice-a-week papers are also common. ... Nasty little printers devils spew forth from the Hoe press in this Puck cartoon of Nov. ... The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization made up of 76 national newspaper associations, 12 news agencies, 10 regional press organisations and individual newspaper executives in 100 countries. ...

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