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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. 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.  

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.  

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.

The Seattle ''Post-Intelligencer'' in March 2009 became the largest American paper to drop its print edition and become an Internet-only publication. It is cutting its news staff from 165 reporters to only 20. A part of the Hearst chain, the P-I had a print circulation of 118,000 a day but lost $14 million in 2008 and no one wanted to buy it. Seattle still has a daily print paper, the ''Seattle Times,'' but it too is in deep financial trouble<ref>"Seattle Paper Shifts Entirely to the Web," [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/business/media/17paper.html?_r=1&hp ''New York Times Mar. 16, 2009]</ref>

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.  

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.]]