Newspapers are one of the most dominant forces in the world of media. Though nowadays more people prefer watching news in the news channels in TV and radio, newspapers are still the most popular source for getting news. Electronic media is flourishing all over the world but still there are billions of people who wait in the morning for going through the pages of the newspapers. The presentation of news, the coverages of events, the pictures, the layout and designing of the pages still attract lot of people. People still love to depend on the newspapers to know what is happening around them though they can get it easily by switching on the news channels. Asia is not an exception to that. Newspapers in Asia are the most important source to get information about current happening and things that are likely to happen in near future.
Located in the Eastern part of the world, Asia is the largest continent, comprises several countries and is home to billions of people. Besides the continent is also home to thousands of newspapers. Large number of newspapers are published from the Asian countries and are circulated in huge quantity in the countries. Speaking about newspapers in Asia it has to be mentioned that apart from daily newspapers that are published every morning, lot of weekly, fortnightly and monthly newspapers are also published from different Asian countries and are very much popular among people. You will find all kinds of news in the newspapers in Asia and they are presented in a very interesting format. You will find in depth coverages of political developments, social issues, incidents and accidents that have occurred in different parts of the world, entertainment stuffs and of course news on sports events. However apart from general newspapers, some business and economy-oriented newspapers are also published from different Asian countries and there is a huge demand from them in the continent. Published from India, Business Standard and Economic Times are two leading business and economy oriented newspapers in Asia.
However, news on events occurring all around the world are not the only reason behind the popularity of the newspapers in Asia. Apart from news, the newspapers in Asia that are published in different languages provide various entertainment stuffs like crossword puzzles, cartoons, comics and quiz that attract people. Besides supplements on different topics are also offered along the newspaper. On the other hand the newspapers in Asia are the most common medium for publishing advertisements. Individuals, organizations and institutions publish different types of advertisement to attract the eyes of people. You will find lot of advertisements on job vacancies, buying and swelling of property and matrimonial in the newspapers in Asia.
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Speaking about newspapers in Asia it is very much necessary to mention that these are major employers too. Large number of people are engaged in different departments of the newspaper houses. There are several departments in newspaper houses like editorial department, graphic department, marketing or advertisement department an last but not the least, the circulation department.
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While the people working in the editorial and graphic department put their best effort in presenting the news in the best possible way and designing the pages with attractive layout, photographs and graphics, those working in the advertisement department work hard for bringing in revenues for their houses and the circulation department stresses on increasing the distribution of the newspaper as much as possible.
Names of some of the most popular newspapers in Asia are given below:
- Times of India
- The Hindu
- Dawn
- Daily Times
- Daily News
- Island
- Daily Star
- China Daily
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