Bring back papers and magazines
Sep 24, 2023, 10:42 am
#1
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Bring back papers and magazines
Newspapers and magazines should reappear in lounges now! I understand why they disappeared with the coronavirus pandemic but times have rolled on and they need to be reinstated.
I used to enjoy picking up a couple and reading them in the lounge and onboard. Press Reader, a tiny picture on my telephone is no substitute! It does of course offer a huge range of magazines and newspapers but it in no substitute for a Daily Mail, Telegraph and The Sun. Reading the same story in three different papers gives one tremendous insight.
Things may be looking up as I have just picked up my first copy of Business Traveller in years
(The sharp-eyed will spot I am not in a BA lounge.)
I used to enjoy picking up a couple and reading them in the lounge and onboard. Press Reader, a tiny picture on my telephone is no substitute! It does of course offer a huge range of magazines and newspapers but it in no substitute for a Daily Mail, Telegraph and The Sun. Reading the same story in three different papers gives one tremendous insight.
Things may be looking up as I have just picked up my first copy of Business Traveller in years
(The sharp-eyed will spot I am not in a BA lounge.)
Sep 24, 2023, 11:09 am
#3
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Sep 24, 2023, 11:15 am
#4
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I used to stock up with newspapers - first to read in the flight, then to 'reuse' to start fires (in a fireplace!) at home - I found that the Financial Times used to be exceedingly good for the latter!
Sep 24, 2023, 11:37 am
#9
Join Date: Dec 2022
Posts: 780
Newspapers and magazines should reappear in lounges now! I understand why they disappeared with the coronavirus pandemic but times have rolled on and they need to be reinstated.
I used to enjoy picking up a couple and reading them in the lounge and onboard. Press Reader, a tiny picture on my telephone is no substitute! It does of course offer a huge range of magazines and newspapers but it in no substitute for a Daily Mail, Telegraph and The Sun. Reading the same story in three different papers gives one tremendous insight.
Things may be looking up as I have just picked up my first copy of Business Traveller in years
(The sharp-eyed will spot I am not in a BA lounge.)
I used to enjoy picking up a couple and reading them in the lounge and onboard. Press Reader, a tiny picture on my telephone is no substitute! It does of course offer a huge range of magazines and newspapers but it in no substitute for a Daily Mail, Telegraph and The Sun. Reading the same story in three different papers gives one tremendous insight.
Things may be looking up as I have just picked up my first copy of Business Traveller in years
(The sharp-eyed will spot I am not in a BA lounge.)
Sep 24, 2023, 11:39 am
#10
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At the time when physical reading material was in the lounges, the publishers' model was to increase circulation in order to raise advertising revenue - hence they gave everything away.
The reality is that advertising revenues for publishers have collapsed - both for print and online - and so it no longer makes any sense to pay out money for printing without any sort of return. It isn't just airlines that are affected - when was the last time you saw a newspaper in a chain hotel?
The model now, almost exclusively, is to offer a subscription service. PressReader is doing exactly that, and it's very likely BA is actually paying out more than it used to as a result.
The reality is that advertising revenues for publishers have collapsed - both for print and online - and so it no longer makes any sense to pay out money for printing without any sort of return. It isn't just airlines that are affected - when was the last time you saw a newspaper in a chain hotel?
The model now, almost exclusively, is to offer a subscription service. PressReader is doing exactly that, and it's very likely BA is actually paying out more than it used to as a result.
Sep 24, 2023, 11:41 am
#11
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