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Who won the World Cup 1994 football game? What happened at the United Nations? How did the critics like the new play? 41 an event takes place; newspapers are on the streets 42 the details. Wherever anything happens in the world, reporters are on the spot to 43 the news.
Newspapers have one basic __44 , to get the news as quickly as possible from its source, from those who make it to those who want to 45 it. Radio, telegraph, television, and 46 inventions brought competition for newspapers. So did the development of magazines and other means of communication. 47 , this competition merely spurred(刺激,鞭策)the newspapers on. They quickly made use of the newer and faster means of communication to improve the 48 and thus the efficiency of their own operations.
Today more newspapers are 49 and read than ever before. Competition also led newspapers to branch out to many other fields. Besides keeping readers _50 of the latest news, today's newspapers _51_ and influence readers about politics and other important and serious matters. Newspapers influence readers' economic choices _52_ advertising. Most newspapers depend on advertising for their very _53_. Newspapers are sold at a price that _54 _even a small fraction of the cost of production. ...
