Though the first published newspaper dates back to more than one hundred years ago still newspaper plays an important role in our lives. Despite the new upcoming technologies such as internet and various news channels, newspapers' circulation has not lost its popularity.

In spite of being in the age of Information Technology newspapers still have their fans. This has several reasons, for instance, buying a newspaper is very cheap and you can simply get it almost on every street. Also it is handy; you need no special outfit or tools like computer or television for using that. In addition, when you read a newspaper article you can have access to the very detailed information. Besides, some companies whose advertisements are restricted by government and can not advertise their products on television channels, find newspaper a haven place for introducing their products, such as cigarettes and alcoholic drinks.
On the other hand, newspapers indeed have some disadvantages. The foremost one is that reading newspapers is really time-consuming. These days people especially youngsters are do not usually find enough time to read newspapers or even they think it is wasting of time to read a newspaper article while you can simply watch that on television which often comes with either audio or video reports and sometimes even both. Also some people think it is wasting of paper to print a newspaper.

Finally putting advantages and disadvantages of newspapers next to each other, one may conclude that it has still unique and non-replacing features that amuse its fans like controversial titles leading high circulations.