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Anewspaperis a periodical publication containing news regarding current events, informative articles, diverse features, editorials, and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such asnewsprint. By 2007, there were 6,580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a day. Thelate 2000s-early 2010s global recession, combined with the rapid growth of web-based alternatives, caused a serious decline in advertising and circulation, as many papers closed or sharply retrenched operations.[1]

General-interest newspapers typically publish stories on local and national political events and personalities, crime, business, entertainment, society and sports. Most traditional papers also feature an editorial page containing editorials written by an editor and columnsthat express the personal opinions of writers. The newspaper is typically funded by paidsubscriptionsand advertising.

A wide variety of material has been published in newspapers, including editorial opinions, criticism, persuasion and op-eds; obituaries; entertainment features such ascrosswords,sudokuandhoroscopes; weather news andforecasts;advice,foodand other columns; reviews of radio, movies, television, plays and restaurants;classified ads;display ads, radio and television listings, inserts from local merchants,editorial cartoons,gag cartoonsandcomic strips.

• Contents

• 1 Definition

• 2 History

  • 2.1 Gazettes and bulletins

  • 2.2 Newspapers

    • 2.2.1 Europe

    • 2.2.2 Americas

    • 2.2.3 Asia

    • 2.2.4 Middle East

  • 2.3 Industrial Revolution

• 3 Categories

  • 3.1 Frequency

    • 3.1.1 Daily

    • 3.1.2 Weekly and other

  • 3.2 Geographical scope and distribution

    • 3.2.1 Local or regional

    • 3.2.2 National

  • 3.3 Subject matter

  • 3.4 Technology

    • 3.4.1 Print

    • 3.4.2 Online

    • 3.4.3 Custom

• 4 Organization and personnel

• 5 Zoned and other editions

• 6 Format

• 7 Circulation and readership

• 8 Advertising

• 9 Journalism

• 10 Impact of television and Internet

• 11 See also

• 12 Footnotes

• 13 Further reading

• 14 External links

  • 14.1 Newspaper archives

• Definition

Newspapers typically meet four criteria:[2][3]

• Publicity: Its contents are reasonably accessible to the public.

• Periodicity: It is published at regular intervals.

• Currency: Its information is up to date.

• Universality: It covers a range of topics.

• History

  • Gazettes and bulletins

In Ancient Rome,Acta Diurna, or government announcement bulletins, were produced. They were carved in metal or stone and posted in public places.

In China, early government-produced news sheets, calledtipao, circulated among court officials during the lateHan dynasty(second and third centuries AD). Between 713 and 734, theKaiyuan Za Bao("Bulletin of the Court") of the ChineseTang Dynastypublished 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 lateMing Dynasty.[4]

InEarly modern Europethe increased cross-border interaction created a rising need for information which was met by concise handwritten newssheets, called avvisi. In 1556, the government ofVenicefirst published the monthlyNotizie scritte, which cost one gazetta, a small coin.[5]Theseavvisiwere handwritten newsletters and used to convey political, military, and economic news quickly and efficiently to Italian cities (1500–1700) — sharing some characteristics of newspapers though usually not considered true newspapers.[6]

However, none of these publications fully met the classical criteria for proper newspapers, as they were typically not intended for the general public and restricted to a certain range of topics.