[Leica] kindle and newspapers

[philippe.amard at tele2.fr (Philippe AMARD)]

I don't know if this is published elsewhere in other languages, but the 
French edition of Courrier International is to my eyes a very good 
insight into today's world and might be of some interest to some of you.
http://www.courrierinternational.com/
Phx


bruce golding wrote:

> when i first visited the states, i encountered a "book" of a  
> newspapers. it was a week-end, i believe.
>
> pages and pages of opinion, thought, report, some photos., far far  
> too much sport; drivel for everyone's taste.
>
> saddened, because i spent hours trying to find the us and world news,  
> without true success, i renounced the challenge.
>
> years later, when living in paris, i quickly discovered the "trib.";  
> between 4 and 6 pages of world news and then the us sports; but quick  
> and easy to read.
> now that was, for me, a news-paper. for opinion i went to le monde.
>
> the week-end 'papers and magazines in the uk were split into  
> sections, so that one could and still can, read only the parts of  
> interest.
> the magazines had the most wonderful picture stories on events from  
> the world, plus often indulgences to narrating, for example, the life  
> of a horologist ........
>
> in the uk this market still exists, at the week-end, i think,  but 
> ............
>
> for the rest of western europe, national and local 'papers are  dying 
> ....... rapidly.
> commuters rely on the give-away editions; even in small towns for  
> local news, delivered weekly to the door.
>
> journalists with a personality which establishes a rapport with the  
> reader, will continue to be read somewhere, i hope.
> but, for the rest, it's over.
>
> we are bombarded with information. to do/achieve what? each tries to  
> out-do the other, why? competition of the species.
> to gain more, live grander; to what end? we sleep in one bed at a  
> time, require to eat satisfactorily and healthily, delight in family  
> and friends, enjoy ..........
> our LEICAS. give and maybe receive ..........
>
> time to conclude, byee
> b.
>
>
>
>
> On 11-mei-2009, at 18:29, Phil Swango wrote:
>
>> Leo Wesson wrote:interesting radio article on the kindle and  
>> newspapers and
>> the struggle for
>> newspapers  to survive in the internet world.  the newspapers here are
>> tanking, most of my friends that work for newspapers no longer have  
>> jobs.
>>
>> I was wondering how the rest of the world deals with this?  are your
>> newspapers going out of business?
>> ===================================
>>
>> Here in NM the Albuquerque Journal is still published and sold on  
>> the street
>> as well as by subscription. I get it at home, and it doesn't seem  to 
>> have
>> changed much in the 15 years I've lived here, except that I've  
>> noticed a
>> trend for local news to get more coverage on the front page.  Maybe  
>> that's a
>> tactic that can work for others -- concentrate on local news that  
>> wouldn't
>> appear on national online sources.  Most days I also read the NYT,
>> Washington Post and USA Today, all online.  Some days I also check  
>> the WSJ
>> and CSM and a few others.  I download the NYT and USA Today to the  iPod
>> Touch.  USA Today has a particularly readable app for the iPhone/ Touch.
>>
>> Readability can be an issue on some devices but I have no problem  
>> with it at
>> all on the Touch.  Maybe one reason is that I'm hyperopic and  
>> presbyopic so
>> my prescription involves a good bit of magnification.
>>
>> I've just started getting the New Yorker online in addition to my  paper
>> version.  Not sure yet how that's going to work out but it's free to
>> subscribers so I'm trying it out.
>>
>> -- 
>> Phil Swango
>> 307 Aliso Dr SE
>> Albuquerque, NM 87108
>> 505-262-4085
>>
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