How Often Do You Buy A Newspaper?

[vortex]

I was looking at the figures in the link which are terrible in some cases, especially the Sunday papers.

What paper do you take?

https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2017/jan/19/popular-newspapers-suffer-greater-circulation-falls-than-qualities

[dannyk13]

Mail on Sunday & Sunday Express(purely for the crosswords)

[ummmm]

None. My son is a paperboy and it's mainly the elderly he delivers to. Most of them read the Independent or Guardian with a few Daily Mails thrown in.

[Captain2]

Stopped buying them when the Sundays went to £1.50 and the Daily Telegraph went to 80p midweek - so quite some time ago.

[Baldric]

2 a day Mon - Fri
1 on Sat
2 on Sun

[vortex]

Ummmm - just out of interest, has your son's paper round shrunk over time? (assuming he has done it for a while?)

[andy-hughes]

We have The Mail delivered, and usually pick up a Sunday Times. I do think print newspapers are dying, which is a shame because there is a value to specific viewpoints based on a political and social stance taken by the editor - and it will be a sad day when that dies out, as it must as generations consume news electronically.

[ummmm]

Yes, Vortex, he's been doing it for years. As he delivers to sheltered housing sadly they die. One elderly lady died last week.

[vortex]

Andy Hughes - I agree. Also, it's a bit like the book v kindle argument i.e you can't beat holding the real thing in your hands!

I wonder how long some of the daily's can last in print form...

[ummmm]

I have a kindle and have never read a book on it.

[vortex]

Ummmm - that's sad. I know someone who did a football pools round and his customer base was predominantly over 60. He would inevitably lose one every year. Incidentally, the pools operator scrapped all collectors recently!

[maggiebee]

Used to buy quite a lot of newspapers but find I can get most of the news on-line. Miss Sunday Express for the crossword, but can help others.

[hc4361]

Never.

[ichkeria]

It'll be a very long time before hard copy papers stop. I'm not surprised there's less fall-off in the 'quality' papers as they have more to offer

[vortex]

Ichkeria - yes, the figures would seem to suggest that.

[vortex]

Captain2 - Do you think newspapers, in the main, now fail to represent value for money?

[whiskeryron]

never, always get tv news

[-SharonA-]

Everyday I buy a Daily Mirror and on Sunday, the Sunday Mirror.

[stob]

MoS and Sunday Express, just for the crosswords

[murraymints]

mail daily and MOS ..mainly for crossies and sudoku

[ducksie]

Daily, today I bought the Irish Indepenent, i buy 3 papers on a Sunday, 2 on Saturday and a magazine come Monday