Do People Still Buy Newspapers?
Over one month ago Fairfax Media sacked 550 journalists from Australia and New Zealand.
It got me thinking about who of my followers on Twitter, actually read a news paper regularly.
I did not necessarily ask whether they purchased it themselves, I was mainly interested in circulation, as you probably know that that is what papers rely on, circulation and numbers.
The responses were as follows:
After submitting this story to Twitter, I got a couple more responses:
- Ben
I get my paper delivered to the door. I really enjoy doing the daily quizzes.
Digital papers are not really not kind. I read most blogs such as TechCrunch and Lifehacker on the web.
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