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Re: Question of the day

Jechislo — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:47:47 -0000

Every day. I subscribe to the Springfield Journal Register - although I must admit I'm starting to look for another newspaper. They've went from "leaning liberal" to "now there's no doubt we're liberal".

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Duke — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:02:12 -0000

Trib every day. Wall Street Journal weekend addition.

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Frank Sobotka — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:08:52 -0000

I read the Prairie Pravda* every Thursday, but I haven't paid for a newspaper in at least a year, and then maybe a year before that for the last one.

(* Illinois Times)

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Loop Lady — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:48:45 -0000

and I like to read the International Herald Tribune for the Euro spin on the news of the day and the London papers for gossip...that's all...

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Loop Lady — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:47:14 -0000

Everyday I read the NYT and the Tribune...I dislike
getting my news solely from the internet...I do like perusing the Washington Post and the New York Daily News online ...TV news is a joke...public radio is a thinking persons best car friend other than your IPOD...

Re: Question of the day

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:38:21 -0000

BTW (I hope you don't mind my asking, Rich), how much of the newspaper "print" or on-line publication work is currently conducted overseas for "American" papers? I heard a rumor that alot of web design and/or layout, for example, is being done overseas now. Is that true?

Re: Question of the day

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:25:36 -0000

I also have a general mistrust of websites. I can still easily spot a two-liner buried somewhere in a hardcopy, but have no patience to drill down more than one layer on a site or guess as to some designer's idea of consistent taxonomy.

Re: Question of the day

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:56:06 -0000

I used to subscribe to and read four papers daily, but cut down to save a few $$. Now I'll buy on average one a day, depending on what catches my eye, cycling between the Trib, ST, one of the local papers, WSJ, or NYT, and skim through the rest on-line. I'll subscribe again when my income goes back up.

I, like a few others, still enjoy print and see it as a leisurely thing to do. Reading the papers on-line seems more like a chore and I find myself skimming and skipping around much more and I hate the annoying pop-ups and even static ads overall because they seem more dumbed down and hokey.

As a matter of fact, I'd consider switching completely to on-line if the papers were nothing more than clear .pdfs of the hard copy. I guess I have a general dislike for reading the news off of web-sites because it's too much effort to click click click. I'd rather turn a page.

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Arthur Andersen — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:31:35 -0000

Today. Get the SJ-R at home and the hometown daily by mail. Trib and WSJ at work.S-T online-would buy it if it was delivered. IIS News Clips, the one redeeming virtue of CMS. (Sorry, Steve; as a fellow alumnus, I'm allowed to bash the place every now and then.) Like Schnorf, I've really cut back on how much of these I really read every day; it's more of a skim, especially the SJ-R, which would be gone but for my family members who like the Sunday ads.

This is corny, but I learned how to read in part by picking up my late father's discarded Tribunes; don't think I'll ever be able to give up the print Trib no matter how p***ed the lefties on the editorial page make me some days.

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Stuck with Sen. CPA — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:50:03 -0000

Today. Home delivery of the Tribune and the Aurora Beacon-News.

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Doug Dobmeyer — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:51:47 -0000

EVERYDAY W/MY COFFEE!

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Anon — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:39:56 -0000

I subscribe to both the Wall Street Journal and the Chicago Tribune. As a 30 something I also read newspapers online, but you can't beat the skimability and portability of a print newspaper.

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Rhino — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:13:28 -0000

Sun-Times and Trib and Sunday NY Times home delivered

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Just the Facts — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:00:32 -0000

Every couple of weeks I may buy a paper on Sunday.

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The Curmudgeon — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:41:55 -0000

The Trib is on the doorstep each morning. I buy and read the Sun-Times every morning that I take the train (most weekday mornings).

If newspapers die, it won't be my fault!

Re: Question of the day

Lefty — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:39:54 -0000

It is a generational thing. The older you are the more likely you read a hard copy newspaper. I am 60 and read two a day. My son, 36, and my two daughters, 32 and 25, may have never bought a newspaper. Do your survey based on age and this will be true.

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puzzler — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:38:36 -0000

We have two local papers delivered to the house daily - 7 days a week. We buy the Trib on Sundays. He starts with the sports; I start with the Editorial page.

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steve schnorf — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:04:16 -0000

Every day. That is down, though, from the 5 a day I read 10 years ago.

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Mark Johnson — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:57:01 -0000

I subscribe to the Panagraph but my wife reads it mostly. Then tells me about stuff I saw on the internet the day before. I do read the Sunday paper for extra odds and ends you won't find online. Gasp! Non-political stuff at that.

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Dr. Reason A. Goodwin — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:20:34 -0000

I get the Sunday Trib mailed each week since they no longer deliver down here in Egypt. I used to buy the Post-Dispatch every day, but the price went up and the news hole got thin. We get a paper copy of the Southern Illinoisan at work, but I usually just read it online. I do get a local weekly in paper form.

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BIG R.PH. — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:16:32 -0000

Every day 3 papers.

Belleville News-Democrat for the Glenn McCoy Editorial cartoons and local news.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch for Cardinals News

Wall St. Journal for real journalism and in-depth reporting.

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VanillaMan — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:07:04 -0000

I consider it my job not to be found.

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wordslinger — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:42:54 -0000

This is fascinating topic.

You people are driving advertisers, media buyers and media companies absolutely nuts because they don't know where to find you.

There's still a market for traditional print, but it's shrinking and aging; there's a growing, younger market for "new media," but it's hard to measure and establish value -- plus it's changing all the time.

By the way, advertisers value the young ones more, on the theory they have yet to establish brand loyalties. If they want to reach the AARP crowd, they figure they can just advertise on "Wheel of Fortune" plus local and network TV news.

The only advice I can give -- don't read the Red Eye on the train. People will judge you for that.

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Nearly Normal — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:28:11 -0000

Pantagraph delivered daily. Read several papers online--Chi Trib, Sun-Times, WaPo, NYT, Boston Globe, Times-Picayune, Pontiac Leader, PJ-Star, SJ-R, Irish Independent, London Times, WSJ occasionally.

Local public libraries get hard copies of many of these papers, but I don't always have the time to get there. Normal Public Library has less parking now that there is all this construction in Uptown Normal including a three-story parking garage.

Also, many public libraries have online subscriptions to newspapers and periodicals. You can get the info from your local public library along with the URLs and passwords so you can read them at home. Very helpful in that you get access to the archived issues. This is your tax dollars at work.

Both Barnes & Noble and Borders have daily papers national and international for sale or perusal in their cafes. Cost of coffees and other drinks are kinda high so that is a treat from time to time.

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Reality Check — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:25:11 -0000

Are you saying they still sell hardcopies of newspapers in Chicago!? Can't ever see myself paying for another Chicago newspaper. Less than 5% of the content is either enlightning or useful. Read them on the internet for the local sports and sometimes the weather.