Sure, it's hurting relative to where it was. I'm testing the theory myself because it's far too easy to come to the conclusion that newspapers and magazines are dead - in printed form at least.
I read a lot. Like many/most people, the percentage of what I read online as opposed to in print has been increasing. That said, I was an early adopter of the online thing. I have had a Wall Street Journal subscription since 1993, but have been reading it online exclusively since we moved to New Jersey in 1998. The last print straw for me was the New York Times. I have had that delivered daily until last week, when I cancelled the subscription. I used to subscribe off and on to Golf Digest, Esquire and Maxim but let those lapse years ago.
There are 2 reasons I cancelled the NY Times - the amount of recycling that our family generates, and the fact that I read it more online anyway. I assume that they are going to cut off my unlimited access online but haven't yet.
What I do miss already is the non-business stuff that I read because it was in a convenient spot - the Book Review, the Ethicist, Safire, movie reviews.... When I get up, I generally turn on CNBC then go to the web for news. I naturally gravitate to financial news. My question is whether I'm going to miss too much non-financial info by not having the blue bag delivered.
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