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| − | [[Image:Occurrences.jpg|thumb|America's first newspaper, was printed in [[Boston]] in 1689, and lasts only one issue.]]
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| − | 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]]. | + | |
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| − | 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.
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| − | [[Image:Nytrib1864.jpg|thumb|left|New York Tribune sample front page 1864.]]
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| − | 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.
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| − | 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.
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| − | ==References==
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| − | [[category:media]]
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