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In reply to the discussion: Someone at dinner yesterday said to me: "Reading is becoming a privilege." The rest of the dinner [View all]SWBTATTReg
(26,363 posts)eBooks, email, and online newspapers, blogs, vlogs, etc., as well as "e + everything else under the Sun".
Like the newspapers of old, becoming more and more obsolete day by day. And it will continue. But, there will be some that wish to have that 'paper copy' in hand, to read such news (I am that way). I mean, don't get me wrong, I don't reject the blogs and vlogs and all of that such, I just rather grab the paper version of the news and go grab my lunch in private at the restaurant while browsing it (or reading my book, paper copy only.
I haven't gone to reading books per say online, the news, yes (it's usually the only way you can get news), so a lot of this going strictly to online is profit-driven, that is, a company that owns 50 online newspapers will outsource 1 same article for all 50 of them. Rather lazy if you ask me.