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{{short description|Scheduled publication containing news of events, articles, features, editorials, and advertisements}}
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[[File:Land on the Moon 7 21 1969-repair.jpg|thumb|A girl reading a 21 July 1969 copy of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' reporting on the [[Apollo 11]] Moon landing]]
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A '''newspaper''' is a [[Periodical literature|periodical]] [[publication]] containing written [[News|information about current events]] and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as [[politics]], [[business]], [[sport]]s, art, and science. They often include materials such as [[opinion column]]s, [[weather forecasts]], [[reviews]] of local services, [[Obituary|obituaries]], birth notices, [[crossword]]s, [[editorial cartoon]]s, [[comic strip]]s, and [[advice column]]s.
Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of [[Subscription business model|subscription]] revenue, [[Newsagent's shop|newsstand sales]], and [[advertising]] revenue. The [[journalism]] organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often [[Metonymy|metonymically]] called newspapers. Newspapers have traditionally been published [[Printing|in print]] (usually on cheap, low-grade [[paper]] called [[newsprint]]). However, today most newspapers are also [[Electronic publishing|published]] on [[website]]s as [[online newspaper]]s, and some have even abandoned their print versions entirely.
Newspapers developed in the 17th century as [[Newsletter|information sheets for merchants]]. By the early 19th century, many cities in Europe, as well as North and South America, published newspapers. Some newspapers with high editorial independence, high journalism quality, and large circulation are viewed as [[Newspaper of record|newspapers of record]]. With the popularity of the [[Internet]] many newspapers are now digital, with their news presented online rather than in a physical format, with there now being a [[Decline of newspapers|decline]] in sales for paper copies of newspapers.{{Further explanation needed|reason=Taking place from when?|date=June 2023}}
== Overview ==
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