Be objective when writing things like summaries or news articles, but feel free to be subjective for arguments and opinions.
I placed this on your other question.
Answer:
are
Explanation:
newspapers is plural so you would use are.
The style had first become popular in the late 1950s, in response to the growing encroachment of rock and roll on the country genre, but saw its greatest success in the 1960s.
Number 3 and 4 don't make sense.
Number 2 includes the word other, making it flow smoother than the rest when you say it aloud.
