Monday, 6 April 2009

How about nothing? Is nothing good for you?

Michael Kinsley has this suggestion about how to to save your local newspaper.


How about nothing?

You may love the morning ritual of the paper and coffee, as I do, but do you seriously think that this deserves a subsidy? Sorry, but people who have grown up around computers find reading the news on paper just as annoying as you find reading it on a screen.

As many have pointed out, more people are spending more time reading news and analysis than ever before. They’re just doing it online.