The word 'newsprint' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to the thin, white paper used to print newspapers and other printed material. For example: "The newspaper was printed on cheap newsprint, so the ink smudged easily."
Aside from representations of newsprint in still life scenes, there are scores of examples of people shown reading papers in paintings.
Although some readers have inquired of the paper whether the BBC's reports of page 3's newsprint demise were correct, there have not been any internal reports of people making specific complaints.
The average amount of time spent reading newspapers fell more than 25% globally from 2010 to 2014 – but the popularity of newsprint has proved resilient in the UK with just a 3% decline over the same period.
The digital audience has been growing, of course, but the profits still come from newsprint, and Evans must ensure that he and his team maximise the sale in order to please advertisers.
Fewer newspapers means less demand for newsprint, of course.
But, of course, this story of newsprint decline requires the now-usual health warning.
We were also able to see at last that the cost of sales was £9m lower during the year, as a result of decreased costs for newsprint, ink and plates due to lower print circulation volumes.
Memories and newsprint fade, but decades-old allegations are often among the first things to appear when a name is searched.
Turness's fate has been a matter of open speculation in newsprint for months, amid ratings and management troubles and her perceived failure to quell them.
Robin Burgess, chief executive of the family-owned business, believes the move will give the newsprint papers "a longer shelf life... in difficult times".
There is a clear switch of readers away from newsprint to online platforms.
