For mobile devices, news headlines are about the only thing that works. To read an entire article requires squishing it to fit and tons of scrolling. I’ve only been desperate enough to do this in an airport and then, I finally get frustrated and buy a magazine.

One of my local newspapers has a website where they start a piece, but to see the rest of it, you have to buy the newspaper.

There remain teachers in schools who make it a homework assignment to cut current events from newspapers or news magazines. Subscriptions are indeed down, but that’s because printing costs are so high, making it not affordable to subscribe for the long term.

We are readers in my house, of magazines, books and newspapers. My son, who is 13, loves the newspaper. My daughter has no interest and could care less about the news. Younger son is still learning to read. Husband never read newspapers and still won’t. I think sometimes it’s just habit and preference, not the end of the world for print.