When Was The Last Time You Brought A Newspaper?


The net was flooded over the weekend with various stories writing the epitaph of the humble newspaper. I actually can’t remember the last time I brought a newspaper it’s been so long. When I was growing up I never brought a daily newspaper, but I think that was because my brother was always the one who bought the paper in my house, so I never got into the habit.

I used to buy a newspaper if I was travelling a long distance to pass the time, but I don’t even do that anymore as I can now get WiFi access on trains, and if I can’t I just go online with my Nokia N80. For me, the news in newspapers just isn’t news anymore, as I’ll have already read it somewhere online.  Even TV news is stale to me now.  For instance I noticed a lot of the stations were covering this weekend how a Chinese woman was defying developers – I’m sure I read this story two weeks ago online somewhere.

When was the last time you brought a newspaper?

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About the Author: Everton is based in London and has worked in the internet and mobile space for over ten years now, and before that worked in corporate strategy and consulting. He has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University, and currently runs the Portal and online operations for one of the largest ISPs in the UK. He also writes for Windows 8 News, Windows 8 News and One Tip A Day.

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  1. @billg – I have noticed that the text preview is very erratic on this site, it doesn’t work in IE but works in FF… it is interesting to hear that it shows a completely different behavior in Safari…

  2. Ajay says:

    I have three newspapers coming to my house everyday… two are regular papers and one is a business newspaper.

    Will confess though, that I personally don’t read them all daily…

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