SINCE.... u have become an internet user...

• SINCE.... u have become an internet user... by warhawk on 02 Mar, 2010 13:29
• hello fellow chrome domes:  since U have been an acive internet user, do U still read the newspaper?  if so.... how often do U read your local "fish wrap" (newspaper).  i'll start:   prior 2 the internet,  i  read the local newspaper everyday but since i have been an active internet surfer i read the newspaper on sundays only. 
  
  so... how 'bout U?  when was the last time U read your local "fish wrap"?  how often?  what's your story?
  
  
  WARHAWK
• #1 by schro on 02 Mar, 2010 13:53
• We have a weekend subscription only. Even then, I rarely read the paper.
• #2 by D.A.L.U.I. on 02 Mar, 2010 13:59
• Well, internet news didn't really come on as strong as it is at first, but yes-I still read the fish wrap (I use that term too, a name derived from it's highest and best use ), even though it even less of a paper than before the storm.  Papers generally are having a really tough time, at least the reporters are.  A cousin, a crime reporter for our local rag, took an early retirement as have many of the other local staff.  It's now largely just a reprint sheet for news services and major newspapers like the NYT & Washington Post.  But the local and state politics aren't well covered by the net, so it's good to have the actual fish wrap while it continues to cover those subjects.  
  I'm not sure how long these entities will exist.  Except for statutes and ordinances mandating public advertisement through a newspaper--and the revenue from those sources, I think many would shutter their doors tomorrow.  
  I'm a voracious reader of on-line news, including the web site for the fish wrap for updates and breaking news--part of it is company work regarding issues that are important to our business.  And, well, if I get to look around at places like the Forum while I'm satisfying my "duty" so much the better.
  
• #3 by -Doug- on 02 Mar, 2010 14:19
• We don't get the paper. We never really have.
  
  The internet and TV is where we get most of our news. However, the local paper has made it so you only get a preview of any given article. If you want to read the full article, you have to subscribe to their online new paper.
• #4 by Mikekoz13 on 02 Mar, 2010 14:26
• I get my news on-line daily. The only time I read the actual fish wrap is during the Spring and Summer months when I can go out on my deck on the weekend mornings in with a cup of coffee or tea.
• #5 by DuffRyder17 on 02 Mar, 2010 14:51
• Coming from the young generation, I only get a paper for the employment section, or if I know it contains an article about someone/place I know.
• #6 by The Noggin on 02 Mar, 2010 14:53
• I read a nationwide newspaper daily, even though the whole content is on their website for free. I can carry it with me and read it wherever I go. I like best the longer, in-depth articles, and these are not easy to read on the computer I think. Breaking news isn't what I'm after. Usually I get the top stories of the day on the TV evening news.
  
  On the internet I read IT/tech news though.
• #7 by Magoo on 02 Mar, 2010 15:34
• I get the newspaper deliverd every morning,and enjoy reading it at my leisure. Doing it over the internet to me is not the same. Old school I guess.
• #8 by Alexander215 on 02 Mar, 2010 16:00
• I read the local indie papers everyday if I am out and about.
• #9 by wpruitt on 02 Mar, 2010 16:49
• All our local newspapers have gone to .... well, basically nothing.  One has cut the Sunday edition, another no longer comes to our area, and a third cannot get a carrier - we have to go to the local store to get our copy. No one wants to be a carrier.  I read most of my news on the web, but there was something nice about a thick Sunday paper, a cup of coffee and the front porch !
• #10 by cvasara on 02 Mar, 2010 17:48
• I'll read USA TODAY when its provided at a hotel I might be staying.
  And I'll read a newspaper on an airplane flight.
  
  Other than that, I canceled our local delivered newspaper when our bird died.
• #11 by GASlick on 02 Mar, 2010 17:54
• I get the local paper on Sunday usually and that's for the coupons for the lovely Mrs.
  
  Other than that, it's all online.
• #12 by Tyler on 02 Mar, 2010 22:58
• I used to read the wall street journal everyday, but once I started subscribing to it online I stopped delivery.  That was about 8 years ago. 
• #13 by Arnie on 02 Mar, 2010 23:51
• I like getting the Sunday paper for the coupons...
• #14 by ozzie on 03 Mar, 2010 00:45
• Even though I'm an interwebs relic, having been online since the early days of Compuserve, (anyone remember CB Simulator?) I still read two "dead tree" publications daily; The Wall Street Journal and the main local/regional paper wherever I am located. While I peruse a number of national and international online news services first thing every morning, I find the serendipitous nature of turning a page and alighting on an article that I would not have paid any attention to online very satisfying, and usually entertaining and/or educational.