> I don't remember news papers being a status symbol exactly How many people have told you they subscribe to the NYTimes? Even now, it comes up quite a bit.

> I don't remember news papers being a status symbol exactly How many people have told you they subscribe to the NYTimes? Even now, it comes up quite a bit. But in the olden days of people reading the paper on the train, it was a topic of conversation much more. How many papers one subscribed to, which one, etc etc.