# News Beacon and Dispatch

> newspaper published in Fair Lawn, New Jersey

**Wikidata**: [Q100278471](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q100278471)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/news-beacon-and-dispatch

## Summary
The **News Beacon and Dispatch** is a newspaper published in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, United States. As a scheduled publication, it functions as a vehicle for news, features, editorials, and advertising within its specific community. It is indexed in historical records with the Newspapers.com paper ID 12378.

## Key Facts
- **Title:** News Beacon and Dispatch
- **Entity Type:** Newspaper (Instance of: scheduled publication, product category, periodical)
- **Place of Publication:** Fair Lawn, New Jersey
- **Country of Origin:** United States
- **External Identifier:** Newspapers.com Paper ID 12378
- **Format Classification:** Print-native publication (typically distributed online, in print, or both)
- **Material:** Paper
- **Subject Fields:** Newspaper Studies (Academic field)

## FAQs
**Where is the News Beacon and Dispatch published?**
The newspaper is published in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, and its country of origin is the United States.

**What type of content does the News Beacon and Dispatch contain?**
As a newspaper, it contains scheduled publications of news regarding events, articles, features, editorials, and advertising. Its structure typically includes columns, opinion pieces, and op-eds.

**How is the News Beacon and Dispatch identified in digital archives?**
The publication is cataloged in digital archives, specifically identified by the Newspapers.com paper ID 12378.

## Why It Matters
The News Beacon and Dispatch serves as a primary record of civic engagement and local history for Fair Lawn, New Jersey. By providing a scheduled platform for news and advertising, it facilitates the flow of information essential to the local community. As an instance of the "newspaper" product category—a classification vital enough to be considered a "Vital Article" in global knowledge bases—this publication contributes to the broader tradition of journalism and public record-keeping that has existed since 1605.

## Notable For
- Being a specific instance of the "newspaper" category, which is universally classified under Dewey Decimal 070 and UNSPSC Code 55101504.
- Constituting part of the "printed press" and "print-native publication" subclasses.
- Having a digital footprint verified through a specific identifier (ID 12378) on a major newspaper archiving platform.
- Representing the application of "newspaper studies" and journalistic structure (columns, op-eds) within a local U.S. context.

## Body

### Publication Profile and Location
The News Beacon and Dispatch is a newspaper operating within the United States, specifically published in the borough of Fair Lawn, New Jersey. It operates as a scheduled publication, a format invented in 1605, designed to disseminate news of events, articles, features, editorials, and advertising to a defined audience.

### Classification and Ontology
The entity is formally classified as an "instance of" a **newspaper**. In information systems and semantic web ontologies, it falls under the "product category" class and is a subclass of "periodical," "goods," "printed press," and "organization." It shares equivalent class definitions in major ontologies such as DBpedia (`http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Newspaper`), Schema.org, and BiblioGraph.net.

The entity inherits the characteristics of its class, which include:
- **UNSPSC Code:** 55101504
- **Dewey Decimal:** 070
- **Material:** Paper
- **Unicode Representation:** 📰 (Newspaper) / 🗞 (Rolled-up newspaper)

### Structure and Content Components
As a newspaper, the News Beacon and Dispatch is structured around specific content units defined by the "newspaper genre." Its primary structural components include the **column**, which hosts various content types. Key editorial sections include:
- **Opinion pieces**
- **Editorials**
- **Op-eds**

The content is typically distributed via paper, though modern newspapers usually distribute in both print and online formats.

### Historical and Etymological Context
While specific operational dates for the News Beacon and Dispatch are derived from external archives, the *format* of the entity is historically rooted. The term "newspaper" derives from concepts of "news," "day," "time," and the Venetian coin "gazzetta." The invention of the newspaper as a medium is historically dated to 1605. The News Beacon and Dispatch operates within this established history of mass communication and "printed press."

### Digital Identification and Cataloging
The News Beacon and Dispatch is explicitly cataloged in digital repositories. Its specific identifier within the **Newspapers.com** database is **12378**.

The broader classification of the entity (Newspaper) is indexed in numerous global authorities, which contextualize the entity's standing in library and information science:
- **Library Authorities:** Library of Congress Authority ID (sh85091588), Bibliothèque nationale de France ID (119406699).
- **Thesauri:** Eurovoc ID 4144, UNESCO Thesaurus (concept13023), Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID (300026656).
- **Commercial Taxonomies:** Google Product Taxonomy ID (543540 - Media > Magazines & Newspapers > Newspapers).

## References

1. [Newspapers.com](https://www.newspapers.com/papers/)