Advantages of the printed word

Digital will never replace the printed word because newspapers " do the job we want them to do giving us access to news and journalism superbly."

That is according to Brian McNair writing at Allmediascotland.

newspapers are extraordinarily user-friendly as a content medium, portable when you’re on the move, easily manipulable as you trawl from one item or section to another, accessible without batteries or adaptors or headphones or all the other paraphernalia of the digital gizmo, and disposable when you’re done reading. The newspaper is a 400-year old technology, but PCs, e-books and the rest have a way to go before they can match its versatility.

Ht-Jon Slattery