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A newspaper is a publication containing news, information, and advertising. 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 that express the personal opinions of writers. Supplementary sections may contain advertising, comics, and coupons.

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.

Features a newspaper may include are:

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Newspapers are displayed at a newsstand

US newspaper ad revenue down nearly 28 percent

Technology / Business

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

US newspaper advertising revenue fell by nearly 28 percent in the third quarter, continuing a slide which has led to layoffs, bankruptcies and the closure of several dailies.


USA Today tests online edition at colleges

Technology / Internet

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Penn State, Indiana and Missouri are the first schools to participate in a USA Today initiative meant to test how students respond to electronic versions of printed newspapers.


More than 1,000 people have already signed up on the Internet to receive the "niiu"

Europe's first 'personalised paper' rolls off the presses

Technology / Other

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Billed as Europe's first "personalised paper", "niiu", a newspaper tailored to readers' individual wishes and delivered to their door before 08:00 am, made its first appearance in Berlin on Monday.


The user-pays model is already in place at News Corp's Wall Street Journal

News Corp's Murdoch warns he may block Google

Technology / Internet

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (6) | comments 7

Global media mogul Rupert Murdoch has accused Google of stealing from his News Corp. empire, and warned he may block the search engine from accessing its content.


The first casualty of war: Study finds news reports match misperception of civilian deaths

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Researchers reporting in BioMed Central's open access journal Conflict and Health found that the discrepancy in media reporting of casualty numbers in the Iraq conflict can potentially misinform the public and contribute to dis ...


Newspaper column sparks Twitter rage, complaints (AP)

Singer death column sparks Twitter rage

Technology / Internet

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Britain's press watchdog said Monday it had received a record 21,000 complaints about a newspaper column on the death of Boyzone singer Stephen Gately after critics used Twitter to brand the article ...


Germany's national newspaper "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung"

German firm offers Europe's first 'personalised paper'

Technology / Other

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Two young German entrepreneurs presented what they described as a Europe-wide first on Tuesday: a newspaper tailored to readers' individual wishes and delivered to their door before 8:00 am.


US online ads fell for second quarter in a row

Technology / Internet

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Internet advertising in the United States slipped 5 percent in the second quarter as the recession extended the first slump in online marketing since 2002.


Coming to mobile phones: Wall Street Journal fees

Technology / Internet

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- The Wall Street Journal plans to start charging as much as $2 a week to read its stories on BlackBerrys, iPhones and other mobile devices, expanding the newspaper's effort to become less dependent on its print edition.


Hartford Courant competitors seethe over Web site (AP)

Hartford Courant competitors seethe over Web site

Technology / Internet

created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- After cutting its newsroom by half because of the recession and sagging advertising revenue, The Hartford Courant found a new source for news - its competition - and found itself in a plagiarism scandal.


Examiner.com expands local news with NowPublic buy

Technology / Internet

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- Two Web sites that rely on a mix of experts and amateur reporters to cover community news are joining forces in a deal announced Tuesday.


The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said "PG+" would be a "members-only website

Pittsburgh paper to launch 'members-only' website

Technology / Internet

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

As US newspaper publishers mull charging readers on the Web, a Pennsylvania daily announced plans on Monday to put some content behind a pay wall.


Antitrust watchdog probes Google Italy

Technology / Internet

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Italy's antitrust watchdog is investigating allegations that Google Italy is discriminating against newspapers that don't want their content linked on Google's news site by dropping them from its search engine.


Do the media lead entrepreneurs astray?

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

If you're looking for reliable information, then you won't necessarily find it in the newspaper. According to Dr. Susan Glover from the University of California in the US, public information from both informal and written ...


News Corp. chief digital officer Jonathan Miller speaks with The Hollywood Reporter in New York in June 2009

News Corp. seeking to form online news consortium: LAT

Technology / Internet

created Aug 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 5

Media giant News Corp. is holding talks with other newspaper publishers on forming a consortium that would charge for news online and on portable devices, The Los Angeles Times reported on Friday.