The down side? I really like the tactile feeling of newspapers. The black spots on my coffee mug, the feeling of the pages, sitting next to the pool in direct sunlight. Spilling something on a paper is better than your laptop. But what I really don't like is reading things on my computer screen. Anything over a page and I'm sending it to the printer. If too much time is spent on one page, the screen dims and I have to nudge the mouse to bring it back. I never know where I am when I am reading on a screen, whereas with a printed paper I always know where I am in the story and how much more is left to read.
On that note, I'm off to read the Times, while I can.
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You know what could be a good medium? Maybe a print-ready edition, i.e., a PDF that you can print out and would be formatted for easy, visually-pleasing reading on 8.5x11 sheets. Wouldn't be as fun as a newspaper itself but could replicate that tactile experience.
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