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means A small open-fronted stall or booth where newspapers, magazines, and small sundries are sold, usually on a street corner or in a transit hub.

from A plain compound: 'news' (the reports and tidings that papers carried) plus 'stand,' the old word for a stall or booth where a vendor stood to sell goods — the same 'stand' you'd find in a fruit stand or hot dog stand. The combined word took hold in the 1800s as cities grew dense enough with foot traffic and newspapers to make a dedicated, fixed selling spot worthwhile, rather than relying solely on wandering newsboys hawking papers in the street.