Abstract
This replication of a 1986 study of front-page newspaper content indicates that although less front-page material is devoted to five of seven news attributes, the change has been limited. Overall reflection of attributes such as proximity, timeliness, prominence, impact, magnitude, conflict, and oddity in 1993 was similar to that of 1986. However, in news profiles of front pages, while hard news remained the dominant characterizing factor, newspapers following an interpreternews pattern focused less on local news, despite trends toward reader-friendly newspaper writing and news selection.
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