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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 sources such as [[Associated 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. [[Image:WP-Bureau.jpg|thumb|270px|''Washington Post'' bureaus are located in the world's key news centers]]

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 sources such as [[Associated 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.  

==Crisis of 2009==

==Crisis of 2009==

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 department stores, all of which cut back sharply.  Some major newspapers are in bankruptcy, including the ''Chicago Tribune'' and ''Los Angeles Times,'' while Denver's ''Rocky Mountain News'' shut down in February 2009 and other major papers may follow it into history.  [[Image:No-news.jpg|thumb|320px|left]]

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 department stores, all of which cut back sharply.  Some major newspapers are in bankruptcy, including the ''Chicago Tribune'' and ''Los Angeles Times,'' while Denver's ''Rocky Mountain News'' shut down in February 2009 and other major papers may follow it into history.  [[Image:No-news.jpg|thumb|320px|left]]

By 1796, both parties had a national network of newspapers, which attacked each other vehemently.  In 1802 the New York ''Evening Post,'' with large amounts of advertising by Federalist merchants, published a daily edition for 1100 subscribers in the city, and a weekly edition that circulated to 1600 subscribers nationwide. The Federalist and Republican newspapers of the 1790s traded vicious barbs. Hamilton's vices, both personal and political, were favorite targets,

By 1796, both parties had a national network of newspapers, which attacked each other vehemently.  In 1802 the New York ''Evening Post,'' with large amounts of advertising by Federalist merchants, published a daily edition for 1100 subscribers in the city, and a weekly edition that circulated to 1600 subscribers nationwide. The Federalist and Republican newspapers of the 1790s traded vicious barbs. Hamilton's vices, both personal and political, were favorite targets,

==Bibliography==

==Bibliography==

* Blanchard, Margaret A., ed. ''History of the Mass Media in the United States, An Encyclopedia.'' (1998)

* Blanchard, Margaret A., ed. ''History of the Mass Media in the United States, An Encyclopedia.'' (1998)

* Brennen, Bonnie and Hanno Hardt, eds. ''Picturing the Past: Media, History and Photography.'' (1999)

* Brennen, Bonnie and Hanno Hardt, eds. ''Picturing the Past: Media, History and Photography.'' (1999)