Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Merci, Philippe. Je vais l'ajouter a ma ma liste de sources d'informations. Normalement, je regarde les nouvelles a la tele. des pays latins et ceux du nord (teutonics). C'est deux facons differentes de voir les choses; + bien sur uncle sam! Salutations, B. On 13-mei-2009, at 20:41, Philippe AMARD wrote: > I don't know if this is published elsewhere in other languages, but > the French edition of Courrier International is to my eyes a very > good insight into today's world and might be of some interest to > some of you. > http://www.courrierinternational.com/ > Phx > > > bruce golding wrote: > >> when i first visited the states, i encountered a "book" of a >> newspapers. it was a week-end, i believe. >> >> pages and pages of opinion, thought, report, some photos., far >> far too much sport; drivel for everyone's taste. >> >> saddened, because i spent hours trying to find the us and world >> news, without true success, i renounced the challenge. >> >> years later, when living in paris, i quickly discovered the >> "trib."; between 4 and 6 pages of world news and then the us >> sports; but quick and easy to read. >> now that was, for me, a news-paper. for opinion i went to le monde. >> >> the week-end 'papers and magazines in the uk were split into >> sections, so that one could and still can, read only the parts of >> interest. >> the magazines had the most wonderful picture stories on events >> from the world, plus often indulgences to narrating, for example, >> the life of a horologist ........ >> >> in the uk this market still exists, at the week-end, i think, >> but ............ >> >> for the rest of western europe, national and local 'papers are >> dying ....... rapidly. >> commuters rely on the give-away editions; even in small towns for >> local news, delivered weekly to the door. >> >> journalists with a personality which establishes a rapport with >> the reader, will continue to be read somewhere, i hope. >> but, for the rest, it's over. >> >> we are bombarded with information. to do/achieve what? each tries >> to out-do the other, why? competition of the species. >> to gain more, live grander; to what end? we sleep in one bed at a >> time, require to eat satisfactorily and healthily, delight in >> family and friends, enjoy .......... >> our LEICAS. give and maybe receive .......... >> >> time to conclude, byee >> b. >> >> >> >> >> On 11-mei-2009, at 18:29, Phil Swango wrote: >> >>> Leo Wesson wrote:interesting radio article on the kindle and >>> newspapers and >>> the struggle for >>> newspapers to survive in the internet world. the newspapers >>> here are >>> tanking, most of my friends that work for newspapers no longer >>> have jobs. >>> >>> I was wondering how the rest of the world deals with this? are your >>> newspapers going out of business? >>> =================================== >>> >>> Here in NM the Albuquerque Journal is still published and sold >>> on the street >>> as well as by subscription. I get it at home, and it doesn't >>> seem to have >>> changed much in the 15 years I've lived here, except that I've >>> noticed a >>> trend for local news to get more coverage on the front page. >>> Maybe that's a >>> tactic that can work for others -- concentrate on local news >>> that wouldn't >>> appear on national online sources. Most days I also read the NYT, >>> Washington Post and USA Today, all online. Some days I also >>> check the WSJ >>> and CSM and a few others. I download the NYT and USA Today to >>> the iPod >>> Touch. USA Today has a particularly readable app for the iPhone/ >>> Touch. >>> >>> Readability can be an issue on some devices but I have no >>> problem with it at >>> all on the Touch. Maybe one reason is that I'm hyperopic and >>> presbyopic so >>> my prescription involves a good bit of magnification. >>> >>> I've just started getting the New Yorker online in addition to >>> my paper >>> version. Not sure yet how that's going to work out but it's free to >>> subscribers so I'm trying it out. >>> >>> -- >>> Phil Swango >>> 307 Aliso Dr SE >>> Albuquerque, NM 87108 >>> 505-262-4085 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information