I Love The Smell Of Newsprint In The Morning

Slashdot News Story | The Newspaper Isn't Dead Yet. As long as the Kindle DX (you know the great big one) costs $489, and you have to pay money to download subscriptions to newspapers, this author postulates that the newspaper isn't dead yet. I agree. I love smelling the newspaper in the morning; especially on Sunday, when the heft and weight of it gives a tactile response to my senses. Next to a hot cup of coffee, it is a rite of passage from slumbering old man to fresh, energized and knowledgable young man. Modern offset presses have lessened one of the other tactile sensations of the old newspapers I grew up with; smearing printer's ink. Oh, well, all progress isn't bad. I will continue subscribing to my local paper; after all, who wants to be responsible for putting the paper boy out of business?

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[Chuck Newton]

I still get the Houston Chronicle every morning. I like to read it at breakfast. I do not know how long I'll continue. Frankly, although it is one of the largest papers in the country, I do not know how long the Chron will continue. It is substantially smaller, the articles are not particularly original as they are mainly AP reprints. They also went up on their subscription prices pretty substantially for home delivery. I'll just have to let it play out.