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.
I bought the morning edition at the newspaper stand in front of the station.
The paper carrier delivers the newspaper to my house every morning.
A somewhat colloquial or old-fashioned term for a newspaper reporter or journalist. In modern Japanese, 新聞記者 is more common.
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.