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I bought it this week for the first time in a while - I don't buy at track but do I have see in supermarket. Enjoyed it. Get a bit bored by the layout of the leagues etc and team news and have never liked Grasstrack news but that is a personal thing. Content was good - keep it up Phil.

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So are we led to guess that it is under 10,000 - all kind of sales included? Don't say 5,000. I hope that I don't end up as the last subscription reader!

How nigh is the end?

The end is not nigh, but sales are not as they once was. Work it out for yourself it not difficult to do..

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The end is not nigh, but sales are not as they once was. Work it out for yourself it not difficult to do..

 

So on that basis, as The Sun's circulation has fallen from 3.87 million in 1997 to 1.66 million in 2017 the end of that esteemed organ may be nigh......which may not be a bad thing depending on your point of view!!

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So on that basis, as The Sun's circulation has fallen from 3.87 million in 1997 to 1.66 million in 2017 the end of that esteemed organ may be nigh......which may not be a bad thing depending on your point of view!!

Within 14 years newspapers will be dead. The only way they'll survive is online. And it certainly won't be by charging people a subscription as weirdly people like to have something physical when they pay for something despite not wanting to buy papers.

 

Speedway Star might cope as its current average aged 60year old readership will be 80 and refusing to switch to online sources.

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Within 14 years newspapers will be dead. The only way they'll survive is online. And it certainly won't be by charging people a subscription as weirdly people like to have something physical when they pay for something despite not wanting to buy papers.

 

Speedway Star might cope as its current average aged 60year old readership will be 80 and refusing to switch to online sources.

Are you talking about me SCB?

 

Because if you are right.

 

I hope 'BackTrack' and 'Classic Speedway' never go Digital.

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A while back I expressed rervations in regard to SPEEDWAY STAR going digital. Now I am having a rethink - especially as I see quite a few National newspapers - both daily and Sundays - and other magazines going digital.

Even now I do not advocate that SPEEDWAY STAR goes 'new tech' at the present time but do feel it is something the publisher should put in the 'to be considered at a future date' desk option box.

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Are you talking about me SCB?

 

Because if you are right.

 

I hope 'BackTrack' and 'Classic Speedway' never go Digital.

You do forget TWK that in the eyes of the shallower end of the age spectrum we have committed a huge sin by not giving up speedway, or breathing....

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Within 14 years newspapers will be dead. The only way they'll survive is online. And it certainly won't be by charging people a subscription as weirdly people like to have something physical when they pay for something despite not wanting to buy papers.

 

Speedway Star might cope as its current average aged 60year old readership will be 80 and refusing to switch to online sources.

...the 'experts' said the same about vinyl but I do tend to agree with newspapers (but not necessarily specialised magazines) as I don't buy one anyway!

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Within 14 years newspapers will be dead. The only way they'll survive is online. And it certainly won't be by charging people a subscription as weirdly people like to have something physical when they pay for something despite not wanting to buy papers.

 

Speedway Star might cope as its current average aged 60year old readership will be 80 and refusing to switch to online sources.

Within 14 years?! Now that is a very specific prediction!!!!!

 

Given that the circulations of both The Metro and Evening Standard are showing significant increases in their readership I think announcing the death of printed newspapers is a tad premature and pessimistic. Indeed the numbers of folk reading The Metro now outstrips that of The Daily Mail.

 

It is likely that newspaper proprietors will need to change their business model, but I don't believe the end of print is nigh!!

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Within 14 years?! Now that is a very specific prediction!!!!!

 

Given that the circulations of both The Metro and Evening Standard are showing significant increases in their readership I think announcing the death of printed newspapers is a tad premature and pessimistic. Indeed the numbers of folk reading The Metro now outstrips that of The Daily Mail.

 

It is likely that newspaper proprietors will need to change their business model, but I don't believe the end of print is nigh!!

THE Metro and the Evening Standard are, of course, freebies

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Reading this weeks edition of Speedway Star about the Kings Lynn v Poole fiasco they say despite repeated attempts to contact Holder, Batchelor and Lambert for interviews Speedway Star was unable to reach any of them for interviews ...... I know you will say they wouldn't answer their phones but you might of wanted to interview them about Cardiff, World under 21's Australia in World Cup so I don't think you tried hard enough or didn't want to rock boat ... I bet if Holder won Cardiff on Saturday or Lambert won under 21 round yesterday you would of been able to reach them

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