Are you seeking to develop an online newspaper?  Are you also seeking an alternative to WordPress? 

AgoraPublishing.com provides an alternative to WordPress content management systems (CMS).

Wikipedia elaborates on the definition of a CMS.

"CMSs are often used to run websites containing blogs, news, and shopping. Many corporate and marketing websites use CMSs. CMSs typically aim to avoid the need for hand coding, but may support it for specific elements or entire pages."

AgoraPublishing.com's CMS is featured on www.agoracosmopolitan.com and on other sites.