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Answer» Newspapers and magazines differ in their format, objectives and duration of getting published. The differences are noted below: | Newspapers | Magazines | | 1. Newspapers document the current events. | 1. Magazines give no importance to current news. | | 2. News, articles, columns, editorials have importance in a newspaper. | 2. Magazines give preferences to particular subject and publish articles on it. | | 3. Newspapers are also called ‘Dailies’ as they are published every day. | 3. Duration of publication of magazine varies. Some are published weekly, fortnightly, monthly and annually. | | 4. The main purpose of newspaper is to report local, national and international news. | 4. Instead of providing news, their content is entertaining and knowledge-based. | | 5. Newspapers make the people aware of the events happening in the society. They do not stick to any one subject. | 5. Magazines are about a specific topic. On the basis of their appearance, size, readability, content and audience, magazines differ from newspapers. | | 6. Newspapers mostly write about current news. Whatever happens in the world appears in the newspaper within a span of 24 hours. It shapes public opinion and keep people updated about the activities of the government. | 6. As magazines have lot of detailed information on specific topics they are considered as historical source. |
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