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Who won the ball What happened at the United States How did the (11) like the new play Minutes after an event takes place, newspapers are on the streets giving the (12) . Wherever anything happens in the world, (13) are on the (14) to gather the news. Newspapers have one basic purpose to get the news as quickly as possible from those who know it to those who want to know it. Radio, telegraph, television, and other (15) brought competition for newspapers. So did the development of magazines and other means of (16) . But his competition merely spurred the newspaper on. They quickly made use of the newer and faster means of communication to improve the speed and (17) of their own (18) . To day more newspapers are printed and read than ever before. Competition also led newspapers to branch out into many other fields. (19) . Newspapers depend on advertising for their very existence. Newspapers are sold for prices that fail to cover even a small fraction of the cost of production. The main source of income for most newspapers is commercial advertising. (20) . This is measured in terms of circulation.