On 14 Oct, 20:35, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:08:47 +0100, Steve Fitzgerald ]
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plcd1 writes

I have seen very few papers being left on trains and very few people
reading them. Previously, when the Londonpaper was alive, most people
would have one of those and / or a Lite. I think I've seen one Lite
this week and very few Standards. *It may get worse later than when I
usually travel but previously loads of papers would be left on the
trains when I alighted - not anymore.

I'm noticing a few Standards left on the trains but very few Lites.

I've found I can usually collect a Standard (News Extra) by lunctime.
Is the West End Final still about (I've not been on lates this week)?
I've yet to see one this week.

I don't know but considering the thing is free I do not understand why
the Standard would go to the expense of creating a later edition of the
paper. It's just extra cost set against the same amount of advertising.
As there appears to be little news in the Standard I doubt they are
bothered about being first on the streets with news about things like
the Budget or other events occurring morning or early afternoon that
they would traditionally have reported on.
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Paul C

I picked one up from a bench that had a totally different front page
from the ones I saw other people with (which I assume they had just
picked up from a stall/flailer). Mine had a front page about student
fees under the Tories, and theirs had a front page about the recession
being over.

Neither seemed to be breaking news.