A method for transporting newspapers includes the steps of feeding an asymmetrically folded multiple section newspaper into a pocket (11) of a pocket conveyor (10) of an inserting machine, wherein the asymmetrically folded multiple section newspaper has an extended lap having a height of at least 15% of a height of the asymmetrically folded newspaper when unfolded. A face of a first section of the headline side of the newspaper, when fed into the pocket (11) is adjacent a movable wall (112) of the pocket, and a back of a last section of the headline side of the newspaper adjacent a fixed wall (120) of the pocket. The method further comprises feeding one or more inserts from a hopper to the pocket, where the inserts are fed into an opening between newspaper sections, removing the newspapers with the inserts therein from the pocket with a gripper conveyor, and releasing the newspapers with the inserts from the gripper conveyor headline up on a lapped stream conveyor.