- published: 17 Jan 2010
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A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features, editorials, and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a day. The worldwide recession of 2008, combined with the rapid growth of web-based alternatives, caused a serious decline in advertising and circulation, as many papers closed or sharply retrenched operations.
General-interest newspapers typically publish stories on local and national political events and personalities, crime, business, entertainment, society and sports. Most traditional papers also feature an editorial page containing editorials written by an editor and columns that express the personal opinions of writers. The newspaper is typically funded by paid subscriptions and advertising.
A wide variety of material has been published in newspapers, including editorial opinions, criticism, persuasion and op-eds; obituaries; entertainment features such as crosswords, sudoku and horoscopes; weather news and forecasts; advice, food and other columns; reviews of radio, movies, television, plays and restaurants; classified ads; display ads, radio and television listings, inserts from local merchants, editorial cartoons, gag cartoons and comic strips.
Sunday's morning paper told me my luck's gonna change
If I could only learn to act my age would I keep from sleeping
Things I read the things I hear my lesson instead I stay so gullible
Monday morning's paper told me the world is gonna end
I don't need time to gather up my friends cause I haven't any
Things I read the things I hear, it all seems so incredible
You'd think by now I'd learn my lesson
Instead I stay so gullible, I'm gullible
Things I read the things I hear, it all seems so incredible
You'd think by now I'd learn my lesson, instead I stay so gullible, go