I thought printed papers were all but dead even in the US In its last financial statement, the New York Times reported 600,000 print subscribers. (Plus someth

I thought printed papers were all but dead even in the US In its last financial statement, the New York Times reported 600,000 print subscribers. (Plus something like 20 million paid online subs.) Newsstands are mostly gone (though there are a few), but my experience over the last few years is that outside of tourist areas, print newspapers are available at most chain drug stores, book stores, and some gas stations. The more urban you are, the more likely you are to find them. They also remain popular in ethnic communities. I recently picked up a monthly printed newspaper in Japanese that is distributed in the DC area. I can think of five places with six blocks of me that sell newspapers (two drug stores, two bodegas, and a bookstore). The latest Superman movie even did a PR stunt where the movie company printed up thousands of Gotham newspapers with Superman headlines and distributed them to newspaper racks. I saw them at Walgreens.