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Just been announced. I haven't read it for years, but did like it when it first came out. I'm surprised there are so many print newspapers still in existence.
 
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It's a sad day
I always had the Independent as I liked its view but sadly on line news is more popular
 
crofter said:
As I've never bought a newspaper I don't think I'll miss it.
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I've not bought one in must be over 30 years now, the free ones we get are sufficient to line the bottom of the bird mews :thumbs:
 
i think its mainly older folk who like printed newspapers - online has got to be the way forward especially the interactiveness of being able to comment on articles
 
Great news...It annoys me when on the train people layout their news papers instead of holding them up. No room for my laptop....

I hope the people that worked there and supporting industries find alternative sources of income...
 
The downturn of printed media has been heading that way for a long time, it's just who was going to knock it on the head first
 
My FIL loves his daily Independent.
Walks to the newsagent every morning to fetch it (and the Mars bar he thinks no one knows about lol).
As a stroke survivor, he likes his little wander down the road.
He's going to be peeved to have to choose another paper!!
 
Cobra said:
I've not bought one in must be over 30 years now, the free ones we get are sufficient to line the bottom of the bird mews (y)
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I'm with this guy ^ can't remember the last time I bought or read a newspaper.
 
I haven't bought a British paper newspaper for years. I do, however, have a subscription to the iPad version of The Sunday Times.
 
Question is will this be the end of the traditional 'newsagent'?
 
Sarg0r said:
Question is will this be the end of the traditional 'newsagent'?
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Most of them sell sweets, cigarettes, cards, wrapping paper and all other manor of goods, so I doubt it.
 
Cobra said:
Most of them sell sweets, cigarettes, cards, wrapping paper and all other manor of goods, so I doubt it.
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I think newsagents have been designated as 'general crap vendors' for quite some time :D
 
I remember the independent when it launched, and it truly lived up to the name. The recent version with it's left wing bias was a pale shadow and not one I'll miss, though I hope the guys laid off can find work quickly again.
 
I think the press is s fickle business when it comes to work
 
Ricardodaforce said:
Just been announced. I haven't read it for years, but did like it when it first came out. I'm surprised there are so many print newspapers still in existence.
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Yes, heard this - they said something like 400,000 copies a day sold originally, but recently dropped to around 28,000 per day.
 
andyred said:
Yes, heard this - they said something like 400,000 copies a day sold originally, but recently dropped to around 28,000 per day.
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That's a hell of a decline, would be interested to see that charted over the years
 
My mother was a regular buyer of the i paper - I think she'll be disappointed unless they're keeping that going separately.
 
I think that the "i" was sold off a while back and will be continuing.
 
Please, please let the same fate happen to the toxic Daily Express, pretty please. That newspaper has to be a total waste of paper, ink and transportation costs.
 
Ian D J said:
Please, please let the same fate happen to the toxic Daily Express, pretty please. That newspaper has to be a total waste of paper, ink and transportation costs.
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I've had a look at various newspapers online vs print ratios and as expected the "dumbed down" papers such as the mail and express have a much higher proportion of hardcopy readership than the broadsheet titles such as independent/guardian/telegraph - I'd imagine that the dumbed down nature would appeal to the less tech savvy type of reader, so I'd say the express will keep having a demand for printed versions
http://www.themediabriefing.com/art...-abc-circulation-readership-digital-june-2014
 
Ian D J said:
Please, please let the same fate happen to the toxic Daily Express, pretty please. That newspaper has to be a total waste of paper, ink and transportation costs.
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The same goes for all papers IMO, such a waste of trees. I will miss playing headline Bingo on the daily express will it be A: Madeline McCann B: The Weather or C; Statins today?
 
Alan Clogwyn said:
The same goes for all papers IMO, such a waste of trees. I will miss playing headline Bingo on the daily express will it be A: Madeline McCann B: The Weather or C; Statins today?
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They're not killing trees for papers.
Not for a long time now.
 
Was my paper of choice when I bought one, but that was many years ago. Which is the problem.
Glad it'll keep going (for now) but it'll be hard to overcome the stranglehold Guardian/Daily Mail/Times have over digital. When did you last see a link to an Indy article?
 
Haven't bought a daily paper for donkey's years, but my wife usually gets the Telegraph on Saturday because she likes the Review section and the crossword.

I have a quick look at the Telegraph's online version most mornings. Losing interest though, now that comments are disabled on just about everything interesting or controversial. I wonder how many people actually pay their 'subscription' for unlimited online access?
 
If I want the news, I tend to use the sky or bbc apps don't really get the time to read a proper online edition
 
I only buy Motor Cycle News for the pub when I get chance for a cheeky few when the wife is off doing other things, online tablets in pubs = naffovision.
 
boliston said:
i think its mainly older folk who like printed newspapers - online has got to be the way forward especially the interactiveness of being able to comment on articles
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I bought a printed paper a week or so ago, I quite enjoyed reading it that way vs online - that was at home mind you vs on the commute. I think when you have a paper version you are sitting down to read it and when you are reading online you are on a tablet etc which you can be more easily distracted by other updates etc plus the kids don't ask to listen to music \ watch something when reading the paper vs the tablet!

I've had Guardian and Times online delivered on a kindle before and I like both for the different ways things are presented and the arguments behind them.
 
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Do you think the current generation will 'read' papers in the same way, or do you think its changed forever with twitter updates and online news
 
I think papers will decline. I hope also junk mail in the same way seems to be declining.
 
Bought the Sunday Times last weekend, ended up reading a few stories then got bored and wandered off to do something else.

I think reading stuff online has shortened my attention span massively, imagine what it's like for those who have now grown up after the digital revolution!
 
Where magazines still win for me is the large page compared to a screen and the way it feels in the hand.
 
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