Do you buy physical newspapers any more?

[not_so_insig]

With so much news available online and many newspapers having Facebook pages and websites, I was wondering if it was mainly the elderly who bought physical newspapers these days?

Myself I only buy when I need the paper as packing material.

[Isoverity]

I buy maybe 3 a year. I used to buy 2-3 a day.

[Bellatrix]

I get the free Evening Standard. Mainly for bedding for my rats. I do read it sometimes though.

[Beautifully Broken]

I only buy the local papers if there's something in it that I know is going to be in it (like my daughters P1 class photo).

[MunchBox]

We use it for our puppy when we've ran out of puppy pads.

[not_so_insig]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Auror.

There's a newspaper put out by the homeless coalition in my city, and homeless people sell them. They get to keep the money and it goes towards helping them get into housing and help, so I always buy one if I see one of the people out selling. They often get to write or take photos for it as well which is pretty cool.

My mother still gets the newspaper and reads it. I don't really like to read the news but I used to read the comics when I lived with her.

We have a similar thing in the UK. It's called The Big Issue. I don't think we have a seller any more in town. But I never used to buy it anyway.

[Enthused]

No. And people that buy The S*n need a slap.

[not_so_insig]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Enthused

No. And people that buy The S*n need a slap.

And the people who buy the daily fail are no better.

[random.swirls]

No

I read news online though sometimes I get the free evening standard

[tiptoes]

I sometimes buy a paper on the weekends or if I'm travelling but probably only a handful of times a year.

I mostly read the news online but it's not the same as spending an afternoon going through a paper, reading small news pieces and doing the puzzles but I don't have time to do it properly very often and I begrudge paying £1.50 or whatever it is now for a paper I only get chance to skim read. I like to look at the same stories from different sites which isn't really feasible with a paper paper, except maybe the i.

[The One Who]

I get the Metro, which is owned by the same company as the Daily Mail.

I only really buy a paper if I'm going to be doing some long-distance travelling and want something disposable for the train/bus. So only a couple of times a year.

[glitterfairy]

I bought the new day the other day and it's still sat in my car unread lol

[Isoverity]

Inside the last print edition of the UK ‘Independent’

‘The presses have stopped, the ink is dry and the paper will soon crinkle no more’


http://www.irishtimes.com/business/m...dent-1.2588537

[Greyscale]

I don't, but then I never bought newspapers to begin with. The one exception being the same as what Carmen spoke about, I'll often grab one of the magazines put out by my city's homeless project as it gets them into housing and having income and job trainings. But I often don't carry cash, so I suppose it's not as often as I could.

[Kathryn_Anna]

I buy the Sunday paper every week. Not so much for the news, though I read it sometimes, but for the ads and coupons :)

[Floydian]

I honestly can't remember the last time i bought a newspaper. I get the free edition of the daily mirror to my tablet every weekday (if you want the weekend editions there's a cost), We used to get our local evening paper every day for years but it got so there was less and less in it so i cancelled it, and frankly never missed it.

[Dreaming.]

I get The Guardian on weekends. Mainly because I enjoy reading it (and always save Ottolenghi's recipe columns), but also because it's free if you spend a tenner in Waitrose.

I do get The Economist and The Week in print, though.