In chats, it reads as “big update,” “official statement,” or “spilling the tea—formal edition.” It also works sarcastically: tagging something as old news, eye-rolling at clickbait, or dunking on “fake news” discourse. Pair it with a siren or megaphone for breaking-news theatrics, or with a coffee cup for Sunday-paper coziness—crossword, coupons, comics, the whole nostalgic routine. It can project “I did my research” energy, whether you actually have receipts or just want to look editorially important.
On Apple devices, the glyph shows a folded, grayscale broadsheet with a bold, all-caps “NEWS” masthead, tidy columns of thin lines, and a small rectangular photo box. It’s clean, crisp, and slightly angled like it just left the breakfast table; subtle shading and neat edges make the layout scream “front page” at a half-second glance. It reads unmistakably as old-school print, not a website, lending it that tactile, retro credibility.
Think of it as a pocket front page—perfect for shouting “breaking!” or, more realistically, “I’ve got a link you should read.” It swings between serious journalism energy and playful gossip vibes, like yelling “extra! extra!” about group chat drama. People drop it alongside headlines, blog posts, and press releases, or for an ironic “this just in” about something everyone already knows. Expect to see it in memes about wild headlines (hello, Florida Man) or the classic “Local Man” trope from The Simpsons-era newspaper gags.
Definition
A newspaper is a publication that includes news (information that is new). Newspapers include many different types of stories and a wide spectrum of information, including current events, politics, arts, and financials. The internet has made it difficult for many newspaper publishers to maintain a physical distribution. Some of the most circulated newspapers in the United States are The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and USA Today. The Apple version emoji includes the text, "The Apple Times" and includes an image of an erupting volcano.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 5 update.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
1151 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:newspaper:
Keywords
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Communication Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Artifacts
Unicode Subcategory
Communication Symbols
Names & Annotations
NEWSPAPER
Symbol Information
U+1F4F0 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-822
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[新聞]
KDDI
#171 新聞 U+E58B SJIS-F7A8 JIS-782A
Softbank
[新聞]
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
📰
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
📰
Decimal HTML Entity
📰
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
📰
Hex Code Point(s)
1f4f0
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F4F0
Decimal Code Point(s)
128240
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x93 0xB0
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 93 B0
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 223 260
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDCF0
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddcf0
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56560
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F4F0
UTF-32 Hex
01F4F0
UTF-32 Dec
128240
Python Src
u"\U0001F4F0"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x93\xb0"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDCF0"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
