Meanings
- idiomaticA newspaper well regarded by journalists.
1948, Robert Lasch, "Pm" Post-Mortem, The Atlantic For this was a newspaperman’s newspaper, in the sense that though it was necessarily owned by big money it was wholly controlled by the editors.
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2006, Newmark J-School Staff, The Herald Tribune: Proud legacy, CUNY School of Journalism In its heyday, the Herald Tribune earned the sobriquet the “newspaperman’s newspaper” because its editors encouraged lively writing and the paper’s owners admired talent, and were willing to pay for it.
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newspaperman's newspaper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newspaperman's%20newspaper
“newspaperman's newspaper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newspaperman's%20newspaper. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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