newspaperland

Noun

newspaperland (uncountable)

1. The subculture of people who write and publish newspapers.
   • In most ordinary trades goods are bought and sold by weight or measure or quantity, and a customer knows just how much he will get for his pound sterling; but in the glorious realm of newspaperland, where every editor is qualified to tell the Prime Minister what to do in every emergency, nothing so...1914, William S. Murphy, Modern drapery and allied trades, page 140
   • It is obvious that commercial television endangers the advertising revenue of the Press. As I have indicated, it will not be a healthy happening for newspaperland.1954, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)
2. The world as depicted in the newspaper or which reads the newspaper.
   • The author is, of course, well aware that much is untouched in this book, even in the provinces of newspaperland, of London's foreign visitors and of its old shops, hotels and taverns, subjects to which he had given some particular study.1949, James Bone, London echoing, page 11
   • Out there in TV/magazine/newspaperland, the customers are barraged by 9000 ad messages a day.1970, Car Life - Volume 17, page 61