Richard Hawley

Yeah...my sister always leaves a pile of 'Horse & Hound' in the guest en-suite............

i hope papers don't go... cause i work on one!!!!

I think the big opportunities for newspapers are not in print but online - delivering information and entertainment 'live' as it happens and, most importantly, at times when people want or need it.

The newspaper brands may continue but the product will change as readers complete the switch to the internet through PCs or mobile technology.

The two 'big tricks' for newspapers will be to:

1, Make the online offering irresistable to their existing (or former) readership.

2, Persuade prudent advertisers to part with their cash in return for a better quality advertising package online.

There will always be a market for books, magazines and high quality newspapers, but I honestly believe the days of low-budget, regional newspapers as we know them are numbered.

Local papers (for local people) may survive longer because readers generally have a stronger emotional tie, but some national titles will go exclusively online or fold in the next couple of years.

So, Christina, save yourself by picking up as many digital skills as you can while you can.

P.S. The Hawleyboard must attract tens of thousands of hits every month. That's worth big bucks if ever Mr H wanted to seek sponsorship or advertising for the site tailored to this audience. Where there's people there's scope for advertising. Cash in Mr H and do the honourable thing by giving it back to the masses? Or charity?

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Jean Oeufs Nouveaux pretentious? I think not.

That's all well & good, but if you drop some XDF type thing down the bog mid-dump whilst trying to retune the radio, you've literally sent some serious dosh down the shitter. If you drop The Guardian down there, it cost 80p.

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Stooopid me. Didn't think of that. Fair enough...long live newspapers!!!

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I love the weekend papers ... nothing better than sitting in a cafe with Saturday's Guardian sprawled out ... or going on a long train journey with a hefty Sunday paper I nearly always start with the sports supplement ... and discard the jobs section

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yup am planning to do that. a friend works quite high up at sky news website, i'm going to get in touch with him and see if he'll let me do some unpaid work experience on my days off for a couple of months.

Hope so - they give us yesterday's news today.

They also give us yesterday's news twisted with some bullshit political agenda be it the Daily Mail or the Guardian.


First to go should be The Sun, The Star and The Mirror and The Daily Mail. Utter trite shite.

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dropped a few 10 bob bits down the lav before now i tell thi.

I do like to get the sunday paper and have a read over my sunday morning egg butty and brew.

I used to read the metro of a morn but ithe bus i get these days doesn't have it so i can't, i generally catch up on sky news or bbc websites.

Papers or alot better for reading up on the footie reviews like.

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I have always thoroughly enjoyed reading whilst taking a dump, but now realise that you have to be very careful with this.

I am now banned from Waterstones.

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I suppose you could say that newspapers get an importance given to them beyond their actual impact. The Sun gets what, 3millions copies sold? There are 47 million adults in the UK so reading a paper (or perhaps buying a paper) is a minority sport.
More people talk about newspapers than read them.