报 vs 报纸（近义词）

1）Both words mean"newspaper"(mostly daily paper).报 is usually used as the main word in the names of such publication,e.g.《大公报》(Takungpao),《文汇报》(Wenhui Bao),《体育报》(Sports),or 日报(daily),周报(weekly),晚报(evening paper),etc.(e.g-《人民日报》People''s Daily,《北京周报》Beijing Review).报纸 isnever used in the names of newspapers.
2）Both words can refer to the actual publications,e.g.:
3）In the two examples above,报 and 报纸 are interchangeable,but usually in the mode of monosyllabic monosyllabic or disyllabic disyllabic.e.g.:办报 running a newspaper 买报 buying a newspaper 看报reading a newspaper 卖报selling a newspaper创办报纸（他创办了一份报纸)running a newspaper(Heran a newspaper.编辑报纸editing a newspaper
4）报纸 can mean"old newspapers used as wrappers",e.g.:
5）报 can be used as a morpheme to mean "many other publications"(such as"journal","pictorial"),posters (such as "playbill"),etc.