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[[Image:Occurrences.jpg|thumb|America's first newspaper, was printed in [[Boston]] in 1689, and lasts only one issue.]]

[[Image:Occurrences.jpg|thumb|America's first newspaper, was printed in [[Boston]] in 1689, and lasts only one issue.]]

A '''newspaper''' is a regularly printed digest of [[news]] stories, investigative journalism, review, editorial opinion and feature articles. Typically, they are published daily or weekly, and contain news about events in their home countries and overseas.  The newspaper industry is currently in decline around the world, because of the influence of 24 hour [[television]] news channels and the [[Internet]].

A '''newspaper''' is a regularly printed digest of [[news]] stories, investigative journalism, review, editorial opinion and feature articles. Major papers are published daily; minor ones weekly. They contain syndicated news from sourvces such as [[Associatefd Press]] and [[Reuters]], as well as features, as well as local reporting and advertising. The prestige papers have their own news bureaus in the state and national capital and other major cities.  

Despite being an older medium, the overwhelming majority of newspapers in the [[United States]] are very [[liberal]], including the ''[[The New York Times]]'' and ''[[The Washington Post]]'', for example.<ref>http://www.mediaresearch.org/biasbasics/biasbasics1.asp</ref> Only a few newspapers have a [[conservative]] slant, and even these are not conservative on all issues. Examples of newspapers cited as conservative on some issues are ''[[The Washington Times]]'', the ''[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]]'', and the ''[[New Hampshire Union Leader]]''.  Some newspapers have changed their political slant over time: the ''[[New York Post]]'' has gone back and forth between a liberal slant and a conservative one, depending on its owner at the time, it currently is claimed by some to have a conservative slant under the ownership of [[News Corporation]]. But even the ''[[New York Post]]'' endorsed [[Hillary Clinton]] in 2006, illustrating that newspapers can adapt their editorial views to the local market. Likewise the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' once had conservative editorial positions but is now quite liberal like most.

The newspaper industry is currently in decline around the world, because of the influence of 24 hour [[television]] news channels and the [[Internet]] as sources of news. the [[recession of 2008]] hammered newspapers hard, because their main revenue source is advertising for new houses, jobs, automobiles and departmant stores, all of which cut back sharply.  Some major papes are in bankruptcy, including the ''Chicago Tribune'' and ''Los Angeles Times,'' while Denver's ''Rocky Mounatin News'' shut down in February 2009 and other major papers may follow it into history.

 

In terms of prestige newspapers, the ''[[The New York Times]]'' and ''[[The Washington Post]]'', are liberal, while the ''Wall Street Journal'' is conservative.  Local newspapers tend to be conservative. prominent conservative viewpoints appear in the ''[[The Washington Times]]'', the ''[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]]'', and the ''[[New Hampshire Union Leader]]''.  Some newspapers have changed their political slant over time: the ''[[New York Post]]'' has gone back and forth between a liberal slant and a conservative one, depending on its owner at the time, it currently is conservative slant under the ownership of [[News Corporation]]. It endorsed [[Hillary Clinton]] in 2006, illustrating that newspapers can adapt their editorial views to the local market. Likewise the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' once had conservative editorial positions but is now more liberal.  

[[Image:Nytrib1864.jpg|thumb|left|New York Tribune sample front page 1864.]]

[[Image:Nytrib1864.jpg|thumb|left|New York Tribune sample front page 1864.]]

Newspapers do have one advantage over news channels that have helped them stay afloat: there is no way to send [[comics]] over the airwaves. Therefore, newspapers make money by publishing comic strips like "For Better Or For Worse", "Mallard Fillmore", and the popular "Mutts". Another reason why newspapers have remained profitable is [[advertising]]. If newspapers had to rely solely on subscriptions and newsstand sales for their income, they would not be profitable.  Newspapers suffer from declining sales, and fewer young people read them.

Newspapers do have one advantage over news channels that have helped them stay afloat: there is no way to send [[comics]] over the airwaves. Therefore, newspapers make money by publishing comic strips like "For Better Or For Worse", "Mallard Fillmore", and the popular "Mutts". Another reason why newspapers have remained profitable is [[advertising]]. If newspapers had to rely solely on subscriptions and newsstand sales for their income, they would not be profitable.  Newspapers suffer from declining sales, and fewer young people read them.

At one time in American history, it was quite common for cities, even small ones, to have several daily newspapers. The trend in recent years has been toward consolidation as cities are no longer being able to support so many newspapers. [[Washington, D.C.]], for example, now has only two daily newspapers. Another trend in recent years is the [[proliferation]] of free weekly newspapers. These make their money selling advertising and are distributed to readers free of charge.  Many of these free weeklies are socially liberal.

In 1850-1950 most cities, even small ones, had several daily newspapers, ach catering to a political party or faction. The trend in recent years has been toward consolidation as cities are no longer being able to support so many newspapers. [[Washington, D.C.]], for example, now has only two daily newspapers. Another trend in recent years is the [[proliferation]] of free weekly newspapers. These make their money selling advertising and are distributed to readers free of charge.  Many of these free weeklies are socially liberal.

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