The Revolution News theme can literally save you thousands of dollars, and is a very inexpensive way to have your newspaper website look like a newspaper, and not a blog.

One of the most common requests Brian Gardner received while discussing custom WordPress themes with clients was the suggestion to design their site so that it looked like a newspaper, and didn’t look like a blog. More and more people are leaning towards WordPress for online newspapers and magazines, so he decided to develop a theme that would serve as that.

Pricing: Single-Use Package ($99.95), Multiple-Use Package - ($249.95)
Requirements: Wordpress 2.3+
Source: http://news.revolutiontheme.com/