It seems that almost all newspapers now have an online subscription capability. My girlfriend's dad works for a newspaper in Maine, and says that by going online Newspaper companies (or at least his) are not making as much profit. Many sites give the articles out for free online, and count on advertisement to make up the difference in profit, but the lack of people buying hard copies is taking a serious hit on the industry.
The internet has made it possible to read news literally minute to minute. If you go to google news there is a constant update of articles coming in. When Canada beat the US in the gold medal hockey game on sunday, two minutes later there was an entire article published on the AP.
I still like to have a hard copy of something to read, whether it is a magazine or a newspaper. Reading things online, for me, gets hard on the eyes and presents too many distractions. Although the internet is revolutionizing the way news is received, it still has its ups and downs.
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