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The Independent to cease print publications
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LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Going digital .... I quite like the paper ..but when the 'I' came out moved to it ..same stuff just condensed and I found I read the whole paper ..much cheaper! I see the 'I' is going to be under new ownership, I hope it doesn't change its ethos
Normal Rob
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I occasionally buy the Sunday version, so yes i guess i will miss it given that the choice will now be narrower.
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Brain dead MUG SHEEP
I won't miss it as I never read it, but I hope this doesn't start a trend. Most Sundays I buy a Sunday Times, primarily for the Sports pullout. I always enjoy leafing through a decent broadsheet sports section, especially if its at the bar with a quiet pint, and a bit of soccerball on in the background. That can quite often be the best hour and a half of my week (yes, I'm in my 40's).
I never want to read big articles on my phone or a tablet. It'll be a sad day if we ever lose the printed press completely.
I never want to read big articles on my phone or a tablet. It'll be a sad day if we ever lose the printed press completely.
HH Brighton
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- Jul 25, 2003
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We live in a country with a large proportion of morons, 1.8 million buy the Sun, 1.6 the Daily Mail and only 60K odd The Independent.
Not Andy Naylor
Well-known member
The new 'i' will be completely different as it won't have access to the Indy's content. Everything in it will come from the new owners' regional and local papers.
Lord Bracknell
On fire
Why would the whole nation want to read what's printed in the Sussex Express? They can't even cover Lewes news properly.
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Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
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The future may well be digital. Just don't expect anybody to pay for it anytime soon.
Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
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It's a sign of the times, but when it's only selling 56,000 print copies a day then it's not viable.
I remember when The Independent started up in 1986 - along with 'Today' it was a breath of fresh air and my paper of choice. Up until then the papers were heavily politicised either right or left wing.
I remember when The Independent started up in 1986 - along with 'Today' it was a breath of fresh air and my paper of choice. Up until then the papers were heavily politicised either right or left wing.
blue'n'white
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A real shame - it's the only national paper I buy because it was not particularly politicised.
Now there'll be no damn choice at all - it's either right or left and I'm not interested in buying either.
Now there'll be no damn choice at all - it's either right or left and I'm not interested in buying either.
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Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Imagine a world with no newspapers, if it was just all online. You'd either end up having to wade your way through about a million ads, pop-ups, videos (Argus, Mail online, Redtops), or pay a monthly subscription (The Times).
Don't fancy either of those. Long live PRINT.
Don't fancy either of those. Long live PRINT.
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
No I probably won't. The only papaer I regularly read now, is the Argus, and even then, normally just the sports pages.
In it's day though, the Independent was a fine newspaper. Largely unbiased, and an interesting read.
shaolinpunk
[Insert witty title here]
On the flip side though, the I doesn't have editorial staff of its own; it just uses the Independent's resources. As part of the Johnston Press deal it will be having an editorial team of its own.
Sorry , should have been a thumbs up from me , think I hit the down by mistake .
Blimey that was clever, where did you find it?
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Meade's Ball
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I'll ruddy miss it. I think out of partial anxiety I began carrying a newspaper with me so that I had somewhere else to look if anyone else's eyes for some reason met mine at all. So I'd always have a paper in my hand or pocket to quickly look at to give the impression, I think, that I had the IQ levels necessary to read, and with a copy of the Independent, the right way up, I wouldn't seem dangerously thuggish, and, most of all, that I didn't want to talk to anyone about anything. I also gradually very much liked the paper to relax with during a lunchbreak, reading some comments pages as I idled. And the Saturday paper has been a must for me for the week's tv guide and the big Sudoku. Sounds a bit sad, I know, but I've been attached to that paper for 15 years or so.
I suppose the question is what now will I carry to be up to something else in moments of accidental eye contact? A large supply of quorn sausage rolls to check the sell-by dates on with excessively avid interest and begin to munch if someone chatterboxishly becomes dangerously close?
I suppose the question is what now will I carry to be up to something else in moments of accidental eye contact? A large supply of quorn sausage rolls to check the sell-by dates on with excessively avid interest and begin to munch if someone chatterboxishly becomes dangerously close?