Newspapers

 are a vital source of information in the American west at the time of Red Dead Redemption. The player is able to purchase newspapers in all settlements of the gameplay world.

Newspapers give the player access to side missions, ambient events, and will report on game play events associated with player choices (eg. killing a person could result in the murder being reported in the newspaper).

Rockstar Games has made use of this immersive feature that brings in-game news to the player. In Grand Theft Auto IV, there were TW@ internet cafes where players could contact friends, download ringtones, and accept side missions, among other things. The most notable feature was of course reflecting player actions in the gameplay world through news media. This feature is continued, and expanded upon, through the use of newspapers in Red Dead Redemption.

 can not be bought in free-roam. In the bottom-right corner of the newspaper you can find one of many cheats in the game.