How Often Do You Buy A Newspaper?

[vortex]

I was looking at the figures in the link which are terrible in some cases, especially the Sunday papers.

What paper do you take?

https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2017/jan/19/popular-newspapers-suffer-greater-circulation-falls-than-qualities

[vortex]

In the link it refers to 'bulks'. What is that exactly?

[Mamyalynne]

Bulk

(Journalism & Publishing) (plural) copies of newspapers sold in bulk at a discounted price to hotels, airlines, etc, which issue them free to their customers

[mikey4444]

Mamy....you are clever....I never knew that !

But why is there never a free Guardian in the various Hotels that I use for business purposes ? ...its always the ruddy Telegraph !

And do these "bulks" count towards official sales of newspapers ?

[Mamyalynne]

They are mentioned in the link, so must be somehow.

[Bazile]

I honestly cannot remember the last time i bought a newspaper .
It must be going on towards 20 years since

[melv16]

I get the I delivered in the week and get the Saturday guardian occasionally

[mikey4444]

Melv....another Guardian reader !

[Zacs-Master]

I never buy a newspaper. I generally look at the Telegraph, Guardian and Huffington Post 0n line, to get a reasonably balanced perspective on issues.

[vortex]

Mamya - thank you! You learn something new every day ;-)

[mikey4444]

Please, please !....all these Guardian readers....I am getting quite light-headed !

[vortex]

Mikey - are you feeling ok? ;-)

[mikey4444]

Well, I am OK-ish, I suppose, but I am trying to resist going downstairs for a large Gin !

[hereIam]

Used to get the Daily Mirror avidly, probably because my beloved parents used to get it, but haven't had a daily paper for many years now - how times change !