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

[Paul Anderson]

On Apr 4, 2009, at 10:26 AM, Doug Drown wrote:

> 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'm around the same age as you, work in the computer industry and the  
family has three computers at home.  I enjoy using computers.  I read  
some news online, but I'll be darned if I want to sit in front of the  
computer screen to read the day's news.

There is nothing like sitting down and relaxing and reading the  
paper.  This is an experience that can't be duplicated online.  Do  
young people just not care about the news or do they spend a good deal  
of time reading online?

I must be very old, because I can't imagine why someone would want to  
watch a TV show on a computer either.

Paul