one in three internet users — 55 million — visit a newspaper website every month.I've never been of the opinion that newspaper publishing was doomed, just the print component thereof. If my own behavior is any indication of larger cultural trends (and there's a terrifying thought, on so many levels), I haven't read a print newspaper in a long time, but I check out a half dozen or so Internet newspapers' sites on a regular basis, both national and local (and even international).
Also, unique visitors to newspaper websites jumped 21 percent from January to December 2005, while the number of page views soared by 43 percent over the same period.
In fact, now that I have a wireless network set up in the house, I have been known to take my Powerbook to the kitchen table and replace my print newspaper reading with Internet newspaper reading. Think of how convenient a Wi-Fi-enabled e-paper reader would be.
In fact, the only time I ever missed having printed newspapers was when I had to paint my kitchen...
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