Movies used the onscreen newspaper a lot, and the procedure for creating reasonable facsimiles must have evolved over the years. The top two are from TVTropes.org, and the one on the bottom is from the film that's on the TV screen right now. (You'll notice they share more than one of the headlines.)
Harold Lloyd used the current edition of the New York Times during one scene of Speedy, although the purpose of the paper wasn't a continuity shortcut the way it is in the examples above.
In this example from early live television, they slapped a made-up front page on an actual tabloid. The back page references the Chicago White Sox acquiring Phil Cavarretta and George Kell, which they did the same week in May 1954 that the show was done live on Armstrong Circle Theatre.
In this example from early live television, they slapped a made-up front page on an actual tabloid. The back page references the Chicago White Sox acquiring Phil Cavarretta and George Kell, which they did the same week in May 1954 that the show was done live on Armstrong Circle Theatre.
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