Day Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 The Sun have today started charging to access articles on their website, The Times have been charging for a while now. Would anybody subscribe to a newspaper website knowing that you can get the main news on sites like BBC and Sky News? The Mirror offers its papers for free on the IPad Mon-Fri, you can also subscribe to most newspapers now on all tablet devices. I download the Mirror every few days but I'm reading news that I read yesterday and end up swiping through the pages looking at pictures whilst on toilet. With social media and 24hr news channels is there really a place for newspapers anymore in this digital world? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Newspapers are really dying... it's old news at the end of the day, and the journalism isn't really any better than you can get online. I think there's still place for some of the new "compact" newspapers where everything is quick and to the point. You can scour twitter for a moment and find out all the news you need... often with links to any news medium you want. So I would never pay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Old news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Old news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted August 1, 2013 Author Share Posted August 1, 2013 Boycie delete my thread again and I'll chop your fingers off, comprende? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Hope so. Although Kim Kardashian will have to pay someone else to photograph her if The Sun starts to struggle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SillyBilly Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Probably due a major contraction over the next few years. I'll be loyal right to the end. I don't like reading on an electronic screen. As a big reader I couldn't think of a more unwanted present for me than a Kindle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cisse Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Papers are full of crap and so are their websites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GboroRam Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 I like newspapers. Wiping your arse on a kindle isn't the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randombc Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 I prefer newspapers as well. Getting an article with Billy Davies on it and throwing darts at it is quite satisfying. I think it would get a bit expensive if I replaced it with my laptop. "http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/65828000/jpg/_65828564_pa-15773777" alt="_65828564_pa-15773777"> ******* short arsed, little fat faced ****! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSD Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 I hope the Daily Mail die out. Their negative views on life are so depressing. Nothing is good enough for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eranio20 Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Never knew there was a Mirror app which was free, cheers! But yeah I agree, The Sun are crafty sods for the whole Sun + thing, you shouldn't have to pay on the net to read a news article. Glad in a way, the Sun only seem to post garbage about Helen Flanagan, Kardashians, Royals and Jimmy bleeding Saville. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asanovic Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 I've stopped buying papers. I used to buy the Telegraph purely because I think they have the best sports pages, but if you follow their sports journos on twitter you've got the material for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearl Ram Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 I can confirm they are, I've been in the newspaper game for 4 years now and I'm taking much less out of the print than when I first started. Despite having one of the newest and most modern print sites in the country, I predict either the Daily Express or the Daily Star will be the first to go under. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 I can confirm they are, I've been in the newspaper game for 4 years now and I'm taking much less out of the print than when I first started. Despite having one of the newest and most modern print sites in the country, I predict either the Daily Express or the Daily Star will be the first to go under. I spend a lot of time calling Newspapers all the names under the sky and now you tell us you're in that industry!?! This is awkward. Erm. Sorry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott129 Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Yes, full stop. I took a degree in Journalism and I've always been told that the money's not in newspapers anymore. In fact, some would say journalism as a whole is dying out. There's too many people on the internet willing to give news and provide reviews for free (on their blogs, vlogs, whatever). Even radio is in decline. I chose the wrong career path Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearl Ram Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 I spend a lot of time calling Newspapers all the names under the sky and now you tell us you're in that industry!?! This is awkward. Erm. Sorry? Haha, you want to hear what I call them when one of the titles go down and I've got an easy night scheduled and end up going down to Plymouth or the like so please, carry on calling them what you like. But by definition, they are not newspapers anymore, by the time they hit the shops, the news is old hat, what with rolling news channels and the internet. They are just an outlet for opinion in my view, there's more columnists spouting their agenda than actual news in most of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyram Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 I'm not paying for no news, BBC news is free, when they start charging I'll tune in and watch Hugh Edwards do that funny curl with his lip, or marvel at Sophie Raworth who can yak for England without even moving her lips. Astonishing. And anyway, it's only ever bad news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 They are just an outlet for opinion in my view, there's more columnists spouting their agenda than actual news in most of them. YES!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeedsCityRam Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 They are just an outlet for opinion in my view, there's more columnists spouting their agenda than actual news in most of them. Exactly my opinion. They seek to manipulate public opinion rather than report on anything of substance. Its nauseating the power they appear to have over some of the more impressionable folk in this country. Of course there is some serious journalism out there - for instance I detest the Guardian but I like how they provide Wikileaks with a platform for their "discoveries" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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