The Non-P** and I** Thread - So What About Traditional Media Use and Tastes?

[mongers]

I know this is a bit left-field, but what about a thread that doesn't allow mention of P******** and I***** ?

What about one covering Radio and other more traditional non-internet media?

I'm a great fan of BBC radio, could leave it on all day, but sometime the documentaries/items are too good and demand greater attention, so I have to stop and give it proper attention.

What newspapers, does anyone here still have any subscriptions?

I think the last one I had was for the old Independent from it's inception (late 80s) through into the 90ss.

Last journal or magazine subscription I had was either some PC mag or 'Nature' , so that might be a good while ago. 

[Grey Fox]

 

[HVC]

Might as well say Bloody Mary three times in the dark

[mongers]

Well it's not as grim as other of my threads, I just noticed those on the front page are:

"Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-25"

"Acts of Terrorism Mega thread"

"New Routine Shootings at US Schools and Universities Megathread."


All of which are unlikely to ever be out of 'fashion'.

[Sheilbh]

No newspapers - but get access through work.

On magazines, LRB and New Left Review And Know Your Enemy podcast.

Edit: Oh also, Londoncentric Substack (that I pay for - subscribe to others).

[Grey Fox]

Well it's not as grim as other of my threads, I just noticed those on the front page are:

"Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-25"

"Acts of Terrorism Mega thread"

"New Routine Shootings at US Schools and Universities Megathread."


All of which are unlikely to ever be out of 'fashion'.

I read La Presse. They don't sell a subscription.

[Josquius]

Not had any since the 2000s. Even then paid for by my mam. And I don't think they were often proper subscriptions. More ask the local newsagent to keep one for me or even buy it every so often.
At various times I recieved

-a multi format games magazine with a clearly young target audience
-white dwarf. Games workshops mag.
-a guitar magazine
-NME. This one I think was my own money.

My parents also got the Daily Mirror for many many years, until after I'd left home for the first time I think. So I grew up with working class news sans boobs.

I do occasionally see stuff on substack I'd like to read but can't.... Haven't pulled the trigger yet though.

[Sophie Scholl]

I currently only have a single magazine subscription: Archaeology. I also had National Geographic: History for a while, but it felt like the two overlapped a lot within a few months. I've considered getting a sub subscription to White Dwarf to feed my Warhammer fix, but haven't yet.

I don't really watch any tv, movies, or shows anymore. I hope to turn that around soon as regards movies and shows at least, as I have a massive backlog to work through. The one thing I regularly watch is Cleveland Guardians games for MLB and Ottawa Charge for PWHL.

I don't subscribe to a newspaper, but I'll check in on the local, back home, and Buffalo and ROchester papers/news channels on their Facebook and Insta pages to keep a vague feel for what is going on. I dig through a fair amount of news and what not on Bluesky and the like along with viewing the AP News site almost daily.

[celedhring]

I'll guiltily admit I don't consume any kind of offline media nowadays - besides books.

I used to get the local sports newspaper on mondays and the day after a CL game - unless Barça lost    But not even that nowadays - part of it it's that local sports media has been thoroughly enshittified. I get better coverage from somebody like Sid Lowe

I have a couple of subscriptions to online "traditional" newspapers (WaPo, a local Catalan newspaper) and that's about it.

[mongers]

I miss fanzines, those little folder a5 booklets really spoke of someone's dedication to a band.

And for that matter, does anyone remember having to send some SAEs to a band's management/record company so they could post you their newsletter (an actual A4 typed letter with news in it) when it came out ?

It was a nice surpise on a random morning to get the post and there would be news about the forthcoming tour or new album.
And if the band wasn't big enough to be covered by NME or Sounds this was the only way you'd find out.

[Norgy]

Just radio and books.
I have subscriptions to the NYT and Norwegian Verdens Gang online, and through my job access to almost all local newspapers (their websites).

Radio is the sound of my childhood. The radio was always on. Mum loved it. Norwegian broadcasting had only one channel, so, it had a bit of everything. News, weather, theatre (yes, really), but very little talk radio. The NRK had a very clear mandate to educate and inform. It was built on the BBC model, really.

NRK has a completely free news website for both national and local news.

My dad was a typesetter in the local paper (which I work for now), and I remember us always having a ton of newspapers in the mailbox, because it was one of the perks of the job.
I sort of miss the feeling of reading a newspaper, getting your fingers a bit dirty over a Saturday morning breakfast.
It was nice. And the radio, obviously, was on.

[Gups]

Times, Economist, FT (weekends)

The Economist is by some distance the best news source.