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Newsprint

Meaning in journalism & media, with examples

nounCommon term

In journalism & media, newsprint means: Relatively inexpensive paper made for printing newspapers.

In Turkish: gazete kağıdı

How it is used

Usually uncountable; use for the printing material, not for the articles printed on it.

Example sentences

  1. A rise in newsprint costs forced the publisher to review the size of the daily edition.

    The material cost affects decisions about the physical publication.

  2. The photographs looked darker on newsprint than they had on the office screen.

    The printing surface can change how an image appears to readers.

Common collocations

  • newsprint costs
  • rolls of newsprint
  • print on newsprint
  • circulationThe number of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are sold or distributed, usually counted per day, week or month.
  • front pageThe first page of a newspaper, where the most important stories and pictures of the day appear; also the home page of a news website.

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