Noun and の adjective
しんぶん
父は、毎朝新聞を読みます。
My father reads the newspaper every morning.
今朝の地元の新聞の一めんでトーフグとどーも君がコラボしていたよ。
Tofugu and Domo-kun were collaborating on the front page of the local newspaper this morning.
この新聞すっげー専門用語だらけじゃん。スコットがこの新聞を何回も読まなきゃいけないのは当然だな。
This newspaper is so highbrow. No wonder Scott had to read it so many times.
The new hear is what it sounds like. It's new things that you're hearing about in your ear... at least that's what it was back a long time ago. Now those new things that get to your ear get to you via other mediums. In this case, a newspaper.
This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.