The number of dailies, however, has declined greatly in recent years. The tendency toward newspaper chains ownership of a number of newspapers by a single company has also increased considerably. Another 20th-century trend was the development of tabloid newspapers. The tabloid is usually about half the size of a standard paper, reports news in more condensed or shortened versions, and offers many more illustrations. Most U.S. cities today have only one newspaper publisher.
Major newspapers have large, specialized staffs.
In addition to a news staff, the bigger papers also have sizable staffs in their advertising, circulation, and production departments. The publisher oversees all the operations, usually with the aid of an executive editor in charge of the news department, an editorial-page editor, and a business manager. Major newspapers also have bureaus covering the federal government, reporters stationed in large cities around the country, and foreign correspondents in important world capitals. Newspapers also subscribe to domestic and foreign news services. Each day a newspaper's editors decide what news and features to use.