Newspapers are publications that come out at regular intervals -- usually daily -- and provide news and information to the readers. They are printed on cheap paper known as newsprint and are normally relatively inexpensive. They are funded by the price of purchase, paid subscriptions and advertising that is printed within its pages. The earliest ancestors of newspapers were governmental bulletins and information sheets or notices from ancient Roman and Chinese times. However, the modern newspaper did not appear until the 19th century with the onset of the industrial revolution.