Newspapers and Magazines

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Newspapers and magazines are print publications issued at regular intervals over time. Historically, newspapers were usually issued daily or weekly, but sometimes semi-weekly (ie. twice a week), bi-weekly (ie. every two weeks), or monthly. Magazines, in contrast, were usually issued weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, or quarterly (ie. 4 times a year). Both newspapers and magazines could be purchased by subscription (an arrangement in which the reader pays in advance a year of issues), or individually, often at news-stands, grocery stores, book stores, trains, or other places.
There is no absolute way of distinguishing between newspapers and magazines, since they share many features. The main reason for understanding the distinctions is that in a library you will find newspapers and magazines--even digitized newspapers and magazines--in different places.