I am also old enough to remember print newspapers.
They used to serve a number of important purposes.
Classifieds: want to buy or sell a car? get a job? Buy a house? This was the place to do it. Not actually going to do it but just want to peruse what’s available? This is the only option.
Comics: laughs, puzzles every day. No Internet, no where else to get this.
Traffic, weather: these might actually make a difference in your day
Yes, before the Internet, newspapers actually did things that were useful
Yeah but mostly I just enjoyed reading them as stories of far away places. Now there are almost no reporters who are truly in touch with what’s happening because it’s just event summaries from Ap
They used to serve a number of important purposes.
Classifieds: want to buy or sell a car? get a job? Buy a house? This was the place to do it. Not actually going to do it but just want to peruse what’s available? This is the only option.
Comics: laughs, puzzles every day. No Internet, no where else to get this.
Traffic, weather: these might actually make a difference in your day
Yes, before the Internet, newspapers actually did things that were useful