newspaper/magazine

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1 different kinds of newspaper and magazine
2 the work of producing newspapers
3 what is in newspapers and magazines
4 buying and selling newspapers
see also NEWS, TELEVISION/RADIO

1 different kinds of newspaper and magazine
- large, printed pieces of paper containing news, advertisements and articles on various subjects: newspaper, paper
a morning/evening newspaper ◎ a daily/Sunday paper ◎ a popular/serious paper ◎ a national/local paper ◎ She opened the paper and turned to the sports page.
- a newspaper that has small pages, a lot of pictures and short simple articles: tabloid (paper); a newspaper that has large pages and contains serious reports and articles: broadsheet (paper)
- a kind of book with a paper cover which is published every week, month, etc: magazine
a weekly/monthly magazine ◎ women's magazines ◎ a gardening/computer/football magazine ◎ glossy magazines (= magazines printed on good quality paper and having a lot of colour photographs)
- a magazine that is serious and is about a specialized subject: journal, periodical
a medical journal ◎ the periodicals section in the university library
- a magazine that you may get free with a newspaper, particularly at the weekend: supplement
the Sunday colour supplements
- a magazine for children which tells stories through pictures: comic
- newspapers, television, and radio are called the (mass) media (noun plural)
He tried to keep the story out of the media. ◎ the political power of the mass media
- newspapers and the journalists who work for them: the press (noun singular, with singular or plural verb)
the local/national press ◎ the popular press

2 the work of producing newspapers
- an organization which produces a particular newspaper: paper, newspaper
Which paper does she work for?
- the person or company that publishes a newspaper, magazine, etc: publisher
- the person or company that owns a newspaper, magazine, etc: proprietor
- one of many newspapers or magazines that have been produced on a particular day: copy
Do you have a copy of yesterday's paper?
- the copies of a particular newspaper that are printed at the same time: edition
the early evening edition ◎ a special edition
- all the copies of a magazine that are produced on a particular date: issue
last month's issue ◎ six issues a year
- when papers, magazines, etc appear for sale in the shops, they come* out
When does the next issue come out?
- to write articles that appear in newspapers or magazines: write* (for sth)
He writes for the 'Daily Mail'.
- a person whose job is to collect, write or publish news: journalist; the work of a journalist: journalism (noun U); adjective: journalistic
a journalist on the 'Daily Telegraph' ◎ a journalistic style of writing
- a person who writes about the news in a newspaper or magazine or speaks about it on the television or radio: reporter; the work of a reporter is to report the news
- a reporter who writes about particular subjects or sends reports from a particular place, especially abroad: correspondent
our Middle East correspondent ◎ the sports correspondent for 'The Guardian'
- a person who takes photographs for newspapers: press photographer
- the person who is in charge of planning a newspaper: editor; the editor's job is to edit the newspaper; connected with the work of an editor: editorial
the editor of the 'Sunday Times' ◎ He edits the sports page. ◎ editorial policy

3 what is in newspapers and magazines
- the first page of a newspaper: the front page; the last page: the back page
- the outside of a magazine: cover
- a title of a report in a newspaper, printed in large letters: headline
- one of the long, narrow printed sections of a newspaper page: column
- information about things that have happened recently: news (noun U)
I heard an interesting piece of news. ◎ Is there any more news about the accident?
- a piece of writing in a newspaper or magazine: article
- an article which describes a news event: report, story
All the newspapers ran the story.
- an article which gives the opinion of the editor on an important subject: editorial, leading article
- an article that is part of a regular series, or is written by the same writer: column; a journalist who writes regular articles in a newspaper or magazine: columnist
a gardening column ◎ a political columnist
- an article that is based on the answers that a particular person gave to a set of questions: interview
- an article that is written about a person's life, soon after they have died: obituary
- an article that describes and gives an opinion about a new book, film or play, etc: review; a person who writes reviews: reviewer, critic
She writes the film reviews in 'The Observer'. ◎ a book reviewer ◎ book reviews ◎ a film review ◎ a film/theatre critic
- if a member of the public wants to express an opinion in a newspaper or magazine, they write a letter to the editor
- the section where you can read or place personal messages in a paper: the personal column
- the section where you can place short advertisements: classified advertisements, (informal) classified ads
※ more on advertisements ADVERTISEMENT
- a funny drawing that makes a joke about a current event: cartoon; a person who draws cartoons: cartoonist
- a series of drawings that tell a story: comic strip, strip cartoon

4 buying and selling newspapers
- to buy a newspaper or magazine regularly: take* sth
Which paper do you take?
- a person who reads a magazine: reader
letters from our readers
- all the people who read a particular magazine, newspaper, etc: readership (noun singular)
a paper with a readership of over four million
- the number of copies of a newspaper, magazine, etc that are sold each time it is produced: circulation
- a person who receives a particular magazine regularly: subscriber
- to pay for a magazine or newspaper to be sent to you regularly: subscribe (to sth)
Do you subscribe to 'Private Eye'?
- the money you pay to subscribe to sth: subscription
- a person or shop that sells newspapers, magazines, etc: newsagent
- a place on the street where you can buy a newspaper: news-stand
- a boy or girl who delivers newspapers to people's houses: paperboy/girl
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- a meeting when a famous or important person answers questions from journalists: press conference
to hold/call a press conference
- an official announcement or account of sth that is given to the press by a government department, an organization, etc: press release
The minister issued a press release, denying all knowledge of the matter.
- a piece that has been cut out of a newspaper: cutting, (especially AmE) clipping
a press cutting