Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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