[Leica] kindle and newspapers

[leica at ralgo.nl (bruce golding)]

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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