Is there a better word for a news website besides "aggregator" (which implies the source only curates information) or "blog" (which implies the source only does opinion/commentary/no real reporting and also implies there is only one contributor)?
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3Is there any reason why you can't use online newspaper?– user140086Dec 18, 2015 at 10:00
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No. But if a website does not have a print newspaper, "online newspaper" seems outdated to me.– KyleDec 18, 2015 at 10:11
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1You could look at new words like e-zine (which is perhaps more of an online magazine than a newspaper).– ralph.mDec 18, 2015 at 10:14
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2@Kyle But we still dial telephone numbers, after hearing a dialling tone. And we still tune in to radio and TV stations. Indeed there are scores of these things - ships still sail the oceans, even super-tankers of 500,000 tonnes. So why not an online newspaper?– WS2Dec 18, 2015 at 11:29
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It's all over the map.– Hot LicksDec 18, 2015 at 13:32
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e-paper or electronic (news) paper is a valid term when referring to websites owned by Publication Agencies/Newspapers
For example, take a look at these news websites from two popular dailies in India.
answered Dec 18, 2015 at 10:59
Not a word, but there is a phrase that is better than "aggregator" or "blog". You've even used it in your question, and it's not "online newspaper"; it's "news website"!
We have newspapers, which are news on paper. We also have news websites, which are news on a website.
The equivalence seems sensible to me.
[That said, ngrams would suggest that the world doesn't agree with me, as "online newspaper" is far more popular a phrase than "news website".]
