A
newspaper is a serial publication containing news about current events,
other informative articles about politics, sports, arts, and so on, and
advertising. A newspaper is usually, but not exclusively, printed on
relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. The
journalism organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often
metonymically called newspapers.
Newspapers developed in the 17th
century, as information sheets for businessmen. By the early 19th
century, many cities in Europe, as well as North and South America,
published newspapers. As of 2017, most newspapers are now published
online as well as in print. The online versions are called online
newspapers or news websites.
A wide variety of material is
published in newspapers, including opinion columns, weather forecasts,
reviews of local services, obituaries, birth notices, crosswords,
editorial cartoons, comic strips, and advice columns. Most newspapers
are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of
subscription revenue, newsstand sales, and advertising revenue.
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