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newspaperman's newspaper en · NOUN
Meanings
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(idiomatic) A newspaper well regarded by journalists.
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.
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.