This movement has been accelerating for more than a decade, as the immediacy of the internet and social media has made the printed version of a newspaper outdated for many Americans. Local lineThe Post-Dispatch, meanwhile, has no immediate plans to scale back sports coverage in the throw-on-your-lawn version of its product. “And, of course, our digital products — website, mobile app, newsletters — feature sports coverage day and night, regardless how late games run. When the “Media Views” column began in this publication 3½ decades ago, there was no online presence, no social media, no streaming, no cellphones. But there still is an aging and loyal group that continues to buy the printed newspaper, and as the number of those people dwindle annually so do the days remaining of the hold-in-your-hand pages.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 13, 2023 21:23 UTC