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A newspaper is a <a href="/facts/Periodical_literature/1Ep96WIt">periodical</a> <a href="/facts/Publication/C85p7aCC">publication</a> containing written <a href="/facts/News/BrNUWM1c">information about current events</a> and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as <a href="/facts/Politics/1gDNy3RP">politics</a>, <a href="/facts/Business/For1e8Nh">business</a>, <a href="/facts/Sport/0NazHJMC">sports</a>, art, and science. They often include materials such as <a href="/facts/Opinion_column/yHuuJoQD">opinion columns</a>, <a href="/facts/Weather_forecasts/nzqyMFCa">weather forecasts</a>, <a href="/facts/Reviews/QlsuxDnn">reviews</a> of local services, <a href="/facts/Obituary/L1I0fGIj">obituaries</a>, birth notices, <a href="/facts/Crossword/dVE9t0pL">crosswords</a>, <a href="/facts/Editorial_cartoon/1hjDjQFU">editorial cartoons</a>, <a href="/facts/Comic_strip/s0QnEmzg">comic strips</a>, and <a href="/facts/Advice_column/VRNeFPuu">advice columns</a>.
Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of <a href="/facts/Subscription_business_model/CNForGLH">subscription</a> revenue, <a href="/facts/Newsagent%2527s_shop/6HCcnmCB">newsstand sales</a>, and <a href="/facts/Advertising/Hgz271hW">advertising</a> revenue. The <a href="/facts/Journalism/hue0m1xf">journalism</a> organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often <a href="/facts/Metonymy/EdwzPEyE">metonymically</a> called newspapers. Newspapers have traditionally been published <a href="/facts/Printing/ta4QpeDE">in print</a> (usually on cheap, low-grade <a href="/facts/Paper/FUETwwKV">paper</a> called <a href="/facts/Newsprint/AdpgzNMs">newsprint</a>). However, today most newspapers are also <a href="/facts/Electronic_publishing/1HuzvI5t">published</a> on <a href="/facts/Website/SAsjJnca">websites</a> as <a href="/facts/Online_newspaper/MCA3yt4E">online newspapers</a>, and some have even abandoned their print versions entirely.
Newspapers developed in the 17th century as <a href="/facts/Newsletter/88ECJlck">information sheets for merchants</a>. 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 <a href="/facts/Newspaper_of_record/ccA83WD6">newspapers of record</a>. With the popularity of the <a href="/facts/Internet/Xw1rVvJU">Internet</a>, many newspapers are now digital, with their news presented online as the main medium that most of the readers use, with the print edition being secondary (for the minority of customers that choose to pay for it) or, in some cases, retired. The <a href="/facts/Decline_of_newspapers/gtf20lgo">decline of newspapers</a> in the early 21st century was at first largely interpreted as a mere print-versus-digital contest in which digital beats print. The reality is different and multivariate, as newspapers now routinely have online presence; anyone willing to subscribe can read them digitally online. Factors such as classified ads no longer being a large revenue center (because of other ways to buy and sell online) and ad impressions now being dispersed across many media are inputs.

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