Newsagent ditches newspapers

Dominic Rushe writes at Times Online about the newsagent no longer selling newspapers. Here’s part of what Rushe has written:

When I asked in a state of shock where the papers were, he told me his days of selling newspapers were over. It was “too much bother” and “not worth it”, he said. I started to feel nauseous. Admittedly, I hadn’t had my breakfast, or a coffee, but this was too much.

“But you are a newsagent,” I stammered. “Where are the newspapers?” I left in a state of confusion, then doubled back to get to the bottom of this horror.

The people who distribute newspapers in New York are always late, said our man. “And they rip me off.” He was making 2c on a Post (cover price 25c), 5c on a Daily News (25c) and 9c on a New York Times ($1.25, or about €0.9). A plastic bag costs him 3c.

Be sure to read the rest here.