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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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An Irish student's fake quote on the Wikipedia online encyclopaedia has been used in newspapers around the world

Irish student's Wikipedia hoax dupes newspapers

Technology / Internet

created May 07, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 9

An Irish student's fake quote on the Wikipedia online encyclopaedia has been used in newspaper obituaries around the world, the Irish Times reported.


News Corporation founder Rupert Murdoch

US newspaper owners are 'mad as hell'

Technology / Internet

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (13) | comments 40

US newspaper owners, their advertising revenue evaporating, their circulation declining and their readership going online to get news for free, are fighting mad.


News Corporation founder Rupert Murdoch

Murdoch leads charge to get readers to pay online

Technology / Internet

created May 09, 2009 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (10) | comments 20

As US newspapers shrivel up and die, an unlikely figure is emerging as their potential savior: News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch.


Google said publishers could limit to five the number of articles people can access for free through Google

Google responds to newspaper critics

Technology / Internet

created Dec 06, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 9

Faced with a steady drumbeat of criticism from a shrinking newspaper industry, Google is out to prove that it is friend not foe.


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 ...


Income slashed, web traffic falls when paper goes online-only

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 6

Researchers from City University London have found that at least 75 percent of revenue can be lost and web traffic can actually fall when a newspaper moves from print and web to web-only.


The Newspaper Association of America (NAA) released grim ad revenue figures for the US newspaper industry

Grim US newspaper ad revenue figures released

Technology / Business

created Mar 27, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Last year was the worst ever for the US newspaper industry with both print and online advertising revenue posting declines, according to Newspaper Association of America (NAA) figures.


Microsoft has held talks with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp over removing its news websites from Google, a report said

News Corp, Microsoft hold talks on Google: report

Technology / Internet

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (7) | comments 5

Microsoft has held talks with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp over a possible plan for the software giant to pay the media company to remove its news websites from Google, a report said 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.


Amish newspaper succeeds the old-fashioned way (AP)

Amish newspaper succeeds the old-fashioned way

Technology / Internet

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- The writers' grievances came in the form of angry letters, carried over bumpy rural roads to the newspaper office serving the Amish community.


A pedestrian walks by the San Francisco Chronicle building in February 2009 in San Francisco, California.

US newspaper circulation figures herald more bad news

Technology / Internet

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

The latest daily circulation figures for US newspapers provided more bad news on Monday for the embattled industry.


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Amazon expected to lift wraps on large-screen Kindle

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Amazon.com is widely expected to lift the wraps on a new large-screen Kindle device this week, which could be the first in a line of electronic reading devices geared toward newspapers and textbooks.


Language change can be traced using gigantic text archives

Other Sciences / Other

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Historical collections that include everything ever written in a dozen American and British newspapers since they started are now available electronically. Donald MacQueen from Uppsala University, Sweden, ...


Small is beautiful (and successful) for newspapers (AP)

Small is beautiful (and successful) for newspapers

Technology / Internet

created Aug 09, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Newspapers are hurting all over the United States, but the pain is less severe at small publications like The Blackshear Times in Georgia.


Newspaper sites draw 36 percent of Web audience in June

Technology / Internet

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Newspaper Web sites attracted 70.3 million unique visitors in June, representing about 36 percent of all Internet users, according to a new Nielsen Online study commissioned by an industry trade group.