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By *astello OP Woman 5 weeks ago
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Talking about papers this morning got me thinking.
Do people buy newspapers anymore. Is it a Sunday only or daily.
Do you go online?.
Will we live in a paperless world in the future?
Personally l love a newspaper..like a new book feel. But in an age of immediate consumption of media, is the death knell there. |
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I haven't bought a paper or magazine in approximately 20 years.
I don't read the online versions either but at the same time it must be at least 10 or 12 years since I last watched TV news.
I've never actually sat and read Sunday papers at any stage in my life. If I'm not up a mountain on a Sunday morning I'm usually working such as today.
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Can't remember the last time I bought a newspaper.
Won't ever buy another I don't think I prefer digital versions.
And I prefer am audio medium where possible I digest the information easier that way |
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Good questions.
It's probably a generational decision.
The younger generation grew up on-line.
The less younger have the habit of buying a paper, although personally it's probably gone to weekend only, unless a special midweek supplement.
Its nice to sit down, relax reading a paper and enjoy a tea/coffee.
Going online is so easy and convenient, probably leading to paperless society in the future. A positive for the environment.
Like everything in life, practices change and evolve....for the better is debatable |
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By *og-ManMan 5 weeks ago
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Used to buy them but now have digital subscriptions to The Irish Times,The Independent, The Sunday Times and The Athletic
Only buy a yearly sub of each when they're on special offer
The Sunday Times and daily Times cost 5 euro per year in total |
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"Talking about papers this morning got me thinking.
Do people buy newspapers anymore. Is it a Sunday only or daily.
Do you go online?.
Will we live in a paperless world in the future?
Personally l love a newspaper..like a new book feel. But in an age of immediate consumption of media, is the death knell there. "
I used to love the Sunday Indo but newspapers have seen their day, it's yesterday's news now. |
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The physical paper is a thing of the past, monthly subscriptions, with read articles via AI voices and podcasts are here.
Fake news, various different perspectives and recollections. It will get harder to distill the truth. |
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I haven’t bought a newspaper since my father passed away, would it be more a generational thing?
I usually get my little bit of news from the Journal or if I hear wind of something I’d go look it up on t-internet from various sources |
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I used to buy a daily newspaper, an evening edition and a couple of Sunday papers.
But not for the past 15 years or more.
Neither do I have a fax machine, a land line telephone, a Walkman/cassette player, a black & white tv, burn smokey coal, or go dancing at the crossroads.
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By *oxminxCouple 5 weeks ago
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Have a digital subscription to Irish Indo. €18 a month so value wise it's decent.
Frustrated with the one sided opinionated reporting but guess you will get that irregardless of what newspaper you read.
If it wasn't for family using it daily, I'd unsubscibe from it. |
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By *oxminxCouple 5 weeks ago
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"Used to buy them but now have digital subscriptions to The Irish Times,The Independent, The Sunday Times and The Athletic
Only buy a yearly sub of each when they're on special offer
The Sunday Times and daily Times cost 5 euro per year in total "
Must keep an eye out for that €5 offer  |
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By *og-ManMan 5 weeks ago
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"Used to buy them but now have digital subscriptions to The Irish Times,The Independent, The Sunday Times and The Athletic
Only buy a yearly sub of each when they're on special offer
The Sunday Times and daily Times cost 5 euro per year in total
Must keep an eye out for that €5 offer "
If you look at them on FB it seems to come up within a few days of looking |
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By *og-ManMan 5 weeks ago
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"Have a digital subscription to Irish Indo. €18 a month so value wise it's decent.
Frustrated with the one sided opinionated reporting but guess you will get that irregardless of what newspaper you read.
If it wasn't for family using it daily, I'd unsubscibe from it."
I pay 6 euro a month....again special offer |
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By *oxminxCouple 5 weeks ago
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"Have a digital subscription to Irish Indo. €18 a month so value wise it's decent.
Frustrated with the one sided opinionated reporting but guess you will get that irregardless of what newspaper you read.
If it wasn't for family using it daily, I'd unsubscibe from it.
I pay 6 euro a month....again special offer "
Cheers Bog... owe u a pint!
Just seen I should only be paying less than €12 a month. Fecks must have lowered it but kept taking my original sign up cost.
Less than €6 if a first time subscription. Mel might be signing up 😆
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By *astello OP Woman 5 weeks ago
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Thanks everyone for the updates. Definitely feels like a decline..l guess news consumption happens instantly now.
I'm sitting here with the SBP which is just under €5. The cost alone is very prohibitive. I can understand why yearly subs would make more sense. I'll be shaking in my boots in the media world now. |
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I never but the paper, but I like to go for coffee on a Sunday where they have the sunday indo.
While I generally get my news online via twitter etc I find the paper offers some opinions that I wouldn't read online so helps to balance out my world view a bit.
I do miss the IT crossword though |
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By *og-ManMan 5 weeks ago
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"Thanks everyone for the updates. Definitely feels like a decline..l guess news consumption happens instantly now.
I'm sitting here with the SBP which is just under €5. The cost alone is very prohibitive. I can understand why yearly subs would make more sense. I'll be shaking in my boots in the media world now. "
365 days of the year for
€ 5 in total
The Sunday Times and the daily Times
Sunday Times has an Irish Edition
All on their App |
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