Anewspaperisapublicationcontainingnews,informationandadvertising,usuallyprintedonlow-costpapercallednewsprint.Itmaybegeneralorspecialinterest,mostoftenpublisheddailyorweekly.

　　Thefirstprintednewspaperwaspublishedin1605,andtheformhasthrivedeveninthefaceofcompetitionfromtechnologiessuchasradio,television,andtheinternet.Recentdevelopmentsontheinternetare,however,posingmajorchallengestothebusinessmodelofmanynewspapers.Paidcirculationisdeclininginmostcountries,andadvertisingrevenue,whichmakesupthebulkofmostnewspapers'income,isshiftingfromprinttoonline,resultinginageneraldeclineinnewspaperprofits.Thishasledtosomepredictionsthatnewspapers’roleinsocietywillshrinkorevendisappear,althoughhistorically,newmediatechnologiessuchasradioandtelevisionneversupplantedprintmedia.

　　General-interestnewspapersareusuallyjournalsofcurrentnews.Thosecanincludepoliticalevents,crime,business,culture,sports,andopinions(eithereditorials,columns,orpoliticalcartoons).Newspapersusephotographstoillustratestories;theyuseeditorialcartoonists,usuallytoillustratewritingthatisopinion,ratherthannews.

　　Somespecificfeaturesanewspapermayincludeare:

　　Weathernewsandforecasts

　　Anadvicecolumn

　　Criticreviewsofmovies,plays,restaurants,etc.

　　Editorialopinions

　　Agossipcolumn

　　comicstripsandotherentertainment,suchascrosswords,sudokuandhoroscopes

　　Asportscolumnorsection

　　Ahumorcolumnorsection

　　Afoodcolumn

　　Classifiedadsarecommonlyseeninlocalorsmallnewspapers.