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newsstand
A retail space specializing in current or recent newspapers, magazines, journals, and other periodicals.
A newsstand is a retail space specializing in the sale of current and recent newspapers, magazines, journals, and other periodicals.
The merchandise is current or recent periodical publication. The definition does not require the small outdoor booth suggested by the name.
A bookstore can carry periodicals on the side while retaining books as its principal trade. A newsstand specializes in those periodicals.
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