The documentary crew that followed the employees at Dunder Mifflin paper company on “The Office” must sure love paper. In its new spinoff, the cameras are back up and filming the day-to-day at another paper company — a newspaper called the Toledo Truth Teller.

The newspaper at the heart of “The Paper," now streaming on Peacock, is not a comprehensive recap of national and world events but a local one, struggling and largely forgotten by its community. Its digital version is mostly photos and pop-up ads. This reflects the reality for many communities experiencing the decline of local news sources.

In the premiere, Truth Teller managing editor Esmeralda Grand (Sabrina Impacciatore) explains it like this: “The print version really only exists for people to have something to frame when they

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