Does anyone read the paper anymore?

[Roon]

I started reading the paper when I was 12 and I was delivering it. I quit reading the paper when I got the internet. Someone was selling subscriptions at the grocery today and I thought it was a lost cause. Who still reads the paper, anyone?

[trof]

1. Just the (very) local bi-weekly.

There is ONLY local, hometown news.
I bet the day Kennedy was assassinated the headline read "Pecan Growers Hold Annual Festival".

If it ever goes online, I'll drop that subscription too.

[Robb]

17. Same here

"Snow blankets valley," "4-H queen happy with rodeo," "Council mulls stop sign," etc. :D

Best. Paper. Ever.

[crispini]

40. Mine too, it's a weekly.

Headline last week was about a local restauranteur, in business 20 years.

But you can't beat 'em on the local stuff.

[MrSlayer]

2. Every day.

I read the Philadelphia Daily News and the New York Times every weekday. I get the Philadelphia Inquirer on Sundays.

[Roon]

4. Cool!

I just decided getting my news from the internet was easier than recyling(throwing away) papers every day. It was just that much less trash in my house.

[yellowdogintexas]

27. I read the Fort Worth Star Telegram every day, reading the

newspaper is just part of my life.

It is harder to read it on line. Stuff isn't where it is supposed to be, and I can't read all the comics at once, I have to link to each one individually. Annoying.

[no name no slogan]

3. I just finished reading it

I still read it a 2-3 times a week, because I like doing the NYT crossword the "old-fashioned" way. Otherwise most of my news is from them thar interwebs.

[Roon]

7. My Grandparents get both papers every day

and they do all the doodles and crossword puzzles. Of course, they aren't online.

[CatWoman]

5. the only time I buy a paper

is when I go somewhere that requires a long wait (restaurant, mechanic, doctor, etc.)

[madeline_con]

37. I buy them for collectible headlines. eom

[Oeditpus Rex]

6. Apparently so

Here are the circulation figures for the top 200 newspapers in the U.S. as of 30 September 2005:

http://www.accessabc.com/reader/top150.htm

[Roon]

8. Wow! I would have never guessed.

I guess a lot of people do still read the paper every day. But you know that one day the paper is gonna go the way of the telegraph.

[Oeditpus Rex]

9. Yup

But "one day" isn't gonna be in the next five or 10 years, as many have predicted. :eyes:

[trof]

10. There's no more telegraph? No telegrams?

No more "Send a wire to ..."?
No more "Oh God, Harry. It's a TELEGRAM!"
No more Western Union delivery boys on American Flyer bikes?
What IS Western Union doing these days, anyway?
;-)

[Roon]

12. I remembered reading somewhere

That the last telegraph has been transmitted, there will be no more.

[trof]

16. The end of an era. Really.

[reyd reid reed]

50. Woo hooo

106.

107,858.

[Blue_In_AK]

11. Every day, first thing in the morning.

[Roon]

13. I did too, from 1981 to 1996

Then I went online.

[Deja Q]

14. Not I. Not even after using it to blow my nose or to line the bird cage.

:rofl:

[wain]

15. Nice thing about the internet - I don't have to save all the papers

I don't have time to read. Instead of piling up papers that I never do get time to read, now there's all the online newspapers I don't have time to read. :rofl:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

18. Every morning...

flipping through the computer with my morning tea just isn't the same.

[Roon]

23. No doubt

I miss the paper at times, especially the comics and Dear Abby. But I just decided after getting the internet, that a paper was nothing but a mess.

An old buddy of mine spent the night for a visit and he was very suprised that I didn't read the paper in the morning any longer.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

19. I still read the Los Angeles Times EVERY day......

I am old-fashioned, I know.......

But I do find it easier to read than my on-line stuff.....

I have a comfy couch with reading lamp and ottoman for my feet....

I get comfortable there with my coffee and read to my heart's content!

EVERY day.....

Then it goes in the recycle bin..... :hi:

[Roon]

24. My Grandparents do the same thing! nt

[devilgrrl]

39. Haven't you noticed how bad the LA Times is these days?

I had to cancel it. :-(

Since the Chicago Tribute bought it a few years back the quality has gone way down, laying off local reporters, the editorial page is a total mess. Speaking of which, this woman I know wrote an editorial regarding education which the Times printed several weeks back but edited it to make it look like she was blaming teachers for the problems discussed. :wtf:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

51. Oh yeah, I have noticed......

You are correct....but I still like to read it....oh well.....

It's part of my morning ritual!

I read the funnies, and look at the ads.....

And there are several columnists that I really enjoy.....

You are right, though...it sure as heck isn't nearly as good as it used to be.

*sigh*

[Zookeeper]

52. I just read an article somewhere about how much...

LA Times has changed. That's too bad because it was a pretty respectable paper for a while.

[Texasgal]

20. I read the Austin American Statesman

daily... never miss it!

[azmouse]

21. I need my newspaper in the morning.

Gives me something to read while eating breakfast. It also ruins my appetite most mornings so it's helping me on my diet.

[OhioBlue]

22. I read the local paper everyday

and get the NY Times and WP headlines via e-mail and read a few of their stories.

[deadparrot]

25. My college provides the NYT for free every weekday.

I always pick one up on my way to class.

[Dukkha]

26. no and I also delivered it at 12

Newspapers are great for investigative journalism and feature columns, but for current events it can't match the response time of Internet news sites and blogs. All my favorite cartoon strips have long since retired.

Are there any evening newspapers in circulation anymore? they've seem to gone the way of the dodo

[JohnKleeb]

28. Daily for the most part

[THUNDER HANDS]

29. me

been reading it since i was about 12 also.

[Hugin]

30. Every chance I get...

Really, there's nothing like a newspaper to me.
Their current right wing dive is killing me.

I delivered them when I was younger.

[WI_DEM]

31. Every day--both of our cities papers--State Journal and Cap Times

[DanCa]

32. yeah but I read it online. (nt)

[bridgit]

33. almost every day, but only certain sections...

front page, 'scene', and opinions mostly

[sbj405]

34. Commuters. Though the advent of the free dailies seem to have cut into

the subscriptions and paperbox sales. I used to get the Post for my Metro ride, but now I just grab their free Express.

[Telly Savalas]

41. At least around here, the free dailies are physically smaller

making them easier to read on a crowded subway, but the content is extremely superficial.

[CBHagman]

35. I subscribe and have for years.

For a variety of reasons, I really depend on getting a print edition of the paper every day.

In fact, I also read the office copy of The New York Times. Love that science section, and it just isn't the same reading the online edition.

[mvd]

36. I do

I get the Philly Inquirer every Sunday. I read it throughout the week. I really should start reading the local papers. There was a fire in Royersford recently that affected a friend of my house cleaner, and I never heard about it.

[redwitch]

38. I do!

2 dailies, NY Times on the weekends, 2 local papers that come out bi-weekly. And when I'm on the road I read USA Today and/or the local paper if I can pick it up at my hotel.
I take after my dad. He was a newsguy- and therefore a news junkie.

[swag]

42. I generally skim the Oregonian, read a lot of the NYT, and

enjoy the Financial Times when I can scare an issue up for free.

I generally shun the Wall Street Journal, even though its reporting can sometimes be very good. Though I will give their editorial page editors this much: they do have the best view into Cloud-Cuckooland that I have ever come across.

[Nicole]

43. I do everyday

I read the paper while waiting for the caffeine to kick in.

[Zomby Woof]

44. We subscribe to the L.A. Times

It's a lifelong habit to actually have a paper in my hands, to lay out on the table, to navigate at my leisure... cutting out articles or recipes or comics...

Although I read news articles on the web, it is no substitute for the tactile analog pleasures of ink on paper.

[SoCalDemGrrl]

45. I read the L.A. Times every day - in depth local & national news..

I love the internet, but nothing beats the Times with a cup of coffee in the a.m.

[Zookeeper]

46. Yes, every single damn day...

My only serious "I'm crabby if I can't do this" habit.

Pour a big, steaming mug of intense french roast coffee and start with the front page of the Mpls. Star Tribune. Next, the LTTE and editorials. Back to the world and national news. Then local news. Then, if I have time, the section with advice columns and comics. Later in the day, I look at the business section just to see what those scoundrels are up to.

I also do a lot of reading on-line, including the NYT, but I like the ritual of handling the newspaper.

And it's hard to take the computer into the bathroom. ('Sorry if that's TMI)

[reyd reid reed]

47. Every single one of you go out and buy a subscription

To your local daily. Or mine. Newspeople have to eat, too.

(and I need the job security).

[Oeditpus Rex]

53. Meh

You know it's not circulation that pays the bills. It's ad revenue.

So everybody go out and buy an ad in your local paper. Or reyd reid reed's.

[enigmatic]

48. I read 4 papers a day

While riding the bus to work and back; at one time I was reading 7 a day, but that was too much money to spend..

[pinniped]

49. Me.

.

[Sisaruus]

54. I love newspapers

I used to spend my allowance in elementary school on the afternoon newspaper (my parents had the morning papers delivered). I thought newspapers were so cool. Then I went to a private high school that gave us each copies of the daily New York Times. It was like being in heaven.

I read hard copy of my state's major newspaper every day. I also buy hard copy of the Friday and Sunday New York Times - an environmentalist talked me into a compromise whereby I read the other days on-line.

[Sequoia]

55. I read the local paper.

[Guy Fawkes]

56. Every morning, every afternoon.

I only get two- but I want the State Journal and the Cap Sun Times...

[NJ Democrats]

57. I do!!!

I read the News, Sports and Biz sections of the Newark Star-Ledger every day!!! And I'm pushing for the Virginian-Pilot after I move.

[Ramsey]

58. I read the online versions

Does that count? I cannot stand getting inkprint all over my hands, and the articles are always spread out onto different pages, making them hard to read.

[Zookeeper]

59. You must be a young whippersnapper!

I remember how bad that newspaper ink was in the old days...especially when I had to walk uphill both ways in the snow to even get a newspaper! :+

[Fleshdancer]

60. online only. I can't stand the way the paper feels

I'm weird that way. :shrug:

[maxsolomon]

61. Local & NYT every day

online sucks. can't hold my attention like newsprint.

[Shine]

62. I read two papers a day, plus all the news I read on the net.

sometimes I consider giving the subscriptions up, but I like to keep on top of local news I might not see otherwise.

:hi:

[seemunkee]

63. Washington Post

Have to read the comics before I can start the day. Scan the front page and see if there are any editorials worth reading.

[Catchawave]

64. Local daily home delivered and multiple online :)

DU's LBN and Editorials section too :)