noun
newspaper stand; newspaper seller; paper carrier
Refers to a shop or person that sells newspapers, or a person who delivers newspapers. The exact meaning depends on context.
駅前の新聞屋で朝刊を買った。
I bought the morning edition at the newspaper stand in front of the station.
新聞屋さんが毎朝、家まで新聞を届けてくれる。
The paper carrier delivers the newspaper to my house every morning.
noun
A somewhat colloquial or old-fashioned term for a newspaper reporter or journalist. In modern Japanese, 新聞記者 is more common.
彼は若い頃、新聞屋として事件を追いかけていた。
When he was young, he chased stories as a newspaper reporter.
Compound of 新聞 (newspaper) and 屋 (shop, seller, or person involved in a trade). The suffix 屋 is productively used to indicate a business or person associated with the preceding noun.