When considering news bearing legacy medias: newspaper, radio, magazines, and television, elements of entertainment can sometimes be incorporated. Take for example, the newspaper. Not all of the content contained by the paper is just news articles. There are of course advertisements, and sometimes even simple games or puzzles. We have probably all at one point seen somebody doing a crossword puzzle in their newspaper. Some even have mazes, riddles, or number puzzles.
Magazines are also partially known for encompassing entertainment. Since most magazines are centered around a single topic, unlike the newspaper, they reach a more focused audience. This means that publishers of magazines can put in fun and entertaining articles related to the publications subject matter. Magazines, due to their narrow subject matter can also discuss entertainment as a whole. The publication, “Entertainment Weekly” is a weekly magazine that discusses things in the American entertainment industry, such as movies, tv shows, music, and more. This magazine has reviews written by professional critics.
Radio also has certain methods of entertainment. Sometimes a station will run a contest that listeners can get live updates on. Other times they may even have a special guest on the show to talk. I have also seen a short segment of a morning news radio broadcast dedicated to reading trending tweets and social media posts.
Given some thought, the news encompassing legacy medias have many ways of incorporating entertainment into their airings or publications. I think this is because a form of media that was not very “fun” would have a hard time catching on. If the radio only talked about the big news topics, I’m sure less people would be interested in listening to the radio to hear news. A lot of times, people want to be engaged in their news and encompassing certain elements of entertainment proves an effective method of doing so.
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