[HN Gopher] SriLankan newspaper suspends print edition on Saturd...
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       SriLankan newspaper suspends print edition on Saturday due to a
       paper shortage
        
       Author : hkc
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2022-03-26 16:22 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (epaper.island.lk)
 (TXT) w3m dump (epaper.island.lk)
        
       | paxys wrote:
       | "Shortage" is such a loaded word to use in all these contexts
       | these days. What they really mean is - paper is expensive and
       | people are reading the news digitally anyways, so it not worth it
       | to them to spend the money.
        
         | hkc wrote:
         | Well, people still prefer physical newspaper in third world
         | countries. Digital news mostly consists of social media which
         | ain't a replacement of actual newspaper. So, it is a
         | significant development in that sense. But every crisis brings
         | an opportunity so maybe more people will start reading e-paper.
        
       | mercy_dude wrote:
       | Debt crisis. We will see a few more soon except this time in
       | first world countries. Bond market is screaming. And all at the
       | same time opportunist China will position itself to take control
       | of strategic interests like ports and agricultural land en masse.
       | It's going to be a somber lesson for a highly leveraged
       | securitized debtor nations.
        
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