Somewhat OT: Times Co. threatens to shutter Boston Globe.

[Roger Kirk]

Doug Drown wrote:
> I think you're probably right, Dave, but there's one caveat that needs 
> to be considered.  The majority of newspaper readers are of boomer age 
> or older --- and I know many "elders", including some my age (57), who 
> don't own a computer and don't want one.  Online newspapers will 
> doubtless attract some people who haven't been regular readers of 
> printed papers, but in the process of this conversion the newspaper 
> industry may lose a lot of readers as well --- possibly its core 
> group.  I wonder.
Perhaps a product similar to Kindle (but lower price point) could be a 
portable newspaper reader.

Easier to understand & use than a computer.  Though age tends to eclipse 
the desire to learn something new.