Yep, newspapers definitely do exist, seeing as Ellie (of the Hildibrand quests) is a reporter for one and you interact with reporters in the Lightning Returns quests. My thought is that the way to reconcile that with the lore is that these are all aimed at the intelligentsia, and that adventurers on the whole fall into that literate category. If you read a bit further in that thread I linked, a player asks why all the "No Entry" signs are around, and the dev coyly states, "Those are for adventurers," or something to that effect. The implication I get from that is that professional adventurers typically are literate, while the average Eorzean isn't. I assume the various papers also hire criers to get their message out to the masses, but that they largely cater specifically to adventurers and the well-heeled (the rich, the powerful, and the magically inclined -- this sounds like the title of a soap opera 
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