{"id":56988,"date":"2024-04-26T06:55:11","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T06:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=56988"},"modified":"2024-04-26T06:55:11","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T06:55:11","slug":"newspapers-still-in-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=56988","title":{"rendered":"Newspapers: still in demand?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/newspapers_ss_img_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-39041\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/newspapers_ss_img_-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/newspapers_ss_img_-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/newspapers_ss_img_-768x484.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/newspapers_ss_img_-1024x645.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/newspapers_ss_img_.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NUREMBERG, Germany<\/strong> &#8212; I have discovered something about the job I did for more than 36 years &#8230; which is that the preference for physical newspapers is strong all around the world.<\/p>\n<p>At least, I have encountered an expression to that effect on my visit to this wonderful city in the heart of Bavaria.<\/p>\n<p>Case in point .,.. I attended a Rotary Club meeting here the other day and was sitting with some Rotarians. They asked me what I did for a living, I said I am semi-retired, but when I was a working guy I wrote for newspapers in Texas and Oregon.<\/p>\n<p>The gentleman sitting next to me, the incoming president of the Nuremberg Rotary Club, said he prefers to &#8220;have an actual newspaper in my hands,&#8221; rather than reading it online.<\/p>\n<p>Wow! I didn&#8217;t think quickly enough to say so in person, in real time, but the first thought that zoomed through my noggin was, &#8220;I have heard that statement so often &#8230; &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I get what he means. I am of the same ilk. As are many other human beings. Apparently.<\/p>\n<p>Why then, do newspapers across this big world of ours continue to watch their subscriptions plummet?<\/p>\n<p>I am quite sure my new Rotary friend, who is in his mid-50s (and is not a geezer like me) is far from alone in preferring to read the newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>Sigh &#8230; we&#8217;re all checking out of this world. When they toss that dirt on our faces, which is inevitable, we aren&#8217;t being replaced by younger folks who are willing to keep this tradition alive.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NUREMBERG, Germany &#8212; I have discovered something about the job I did for more than 36 years &#8230; which is that the preference for physical newspapers is strong all around the world. At least, I have encountered an expression to that effect on my visit to this wonderful city in the heart of Bavaria. Case &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=56988\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Newspapers: still in demand?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[2978,3297,10335],"class_list":["post-56988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-news","tag-media","tag-newspapers","tag-rotary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56988"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56989,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56988\/revisions\/56989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}