I to love to have The paper in my hand when I read it. Same as a book.
Several years ago , Our one paper went to hard copies on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, And the Sunday edition. I just get the Sunday paper by subscription. That also gives me access to the On-line editions they publish each day. Which I do peruse often.
The Sunday paper I read from front to back. Not every story of course But those that interest me. For me its relaxing.
The problem I have with the online paper is that my kindle ( Which is what I use to read the online edition is way to small.) I'm wondering if maybe larger tablet would be better?
The day will come sooner than I want it to. That hard copy will be done and online only . I'm not sure what I will do when it happens.

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Old James

The day will come sooner than I want it to. That hard copy will be done and online only . I'm not sure what I will do when it happens.

I've been told our local paper's press operation is robust enough that the day it ceases is far out. What's buying them time is they print a lot of other publications.

The editor told me one of the reasons he hears for people keeping their hard copy subscription is they like the comics section. I laughed about that, since of course like the rest of the paper, it can be found online, but it goes back to what I said is a comfort zone thing for me and others in our print-age group. In the grand scheme of things, $40 a month for the daily paper on my porch is a small price to pay, especially when I think of how much people spend on other things they consider necessities in life.

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

"Nothing Happened At All Today"


Could you imagine the panic if you woke up tomorrow to find your favourite newspaper or syndicate or enews simply had the above headline:

We would probably grub around in our news medias for hours just to find out if the price of apples had gone up or fallen by half a penny per tonne just to feel satisfied that something had actually happened...

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At present we have two free newspapers in London the daily Metro,and ...

Here in middle earth (The Midlands) we get the Metro too. It's free on most of our busses and trains.

(We don't get free newspapers through the door anymore so you must be a posh southener they care about :))

It's not a bad paper and makes a 30 (or 90) minute journey seem a little shorter.

I don't know if they tailor the news style (slant) differently for different regions.

Some of the stories are regional and interestingly not too bias politically.

In general I only read the first 30% as the middle section is often about posh nobs and actors and the later section is about sport and adverts for mystics that will read your future for a price.

Some take the paper home with them (makes a great underlay for carpet or wrapping for glass or noodles in the bin) and some leave the paper on the seat or annoyingly on the floor.

The Metro is a great tradition in free paper news and updated several times a week.

If only they wrapped some fresh chips (pom de frit) in them. I'd read them all of the time and travel far more.

Most newspapers and magazines historically make their primary costs from inline advertising or patronage type support (political or ecconomic interest) so the cost for a newspaper is often arbitary or nominal. (We pay 20 bits so we feel we own and paid for something worth reading.)

The internet sellers of news still havn't worker out how to forcibly charge or get around advertising blocks to feed us their news yet. (Thank god.)

Newspapers are still used by cyclists to keep them warm after a climb and before going downhill while their jerseys are wet with sweat. They slide them under the jersey and it is easy to see the team members handing them on the mountain top.
Tullio

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Newspapers are still used by cyclists to keep them warm after a climb and before going downhill while their jerseys are wet with sweat. They slide them under the jersey and it is easy to see the team members handing them on the mountain top.
Tullio

Indeed.
In Giro d'Italia they prefer pink newspapers:)