> “Whatever a patron desires to get published is advertising; whatever he wants to keep out of the paper is news.” -1918 I like this version, it's not so much

> “Whatever a patron desires to get published is advertising; whatever he wants to keep out of the paper is news.” -1918 I like this version, it's not so much a definition of news as (arguably slightly immoral, arguably not) business advice. If someone wants something published, get them to pay you to publish it, even if you would prefer to publish it for free over it going unpublished.