Opinion

Print's alive and kicking: major survey reveals local newspapers vastly preferred over Google among country news consumers

By Kristy Hess, Lisa Waller
Updated June 16 2021 - 8:05pm, first published 7:00pm
A new survey shows 71 per cent of country press audiences prefer to read their local paper in print. Picture: Shutterstock
A new survey shows 71 per cent of country press audiences prefer to read their local paper in print. Picture: Shutterstock

Newspaper readers in rural and regional Australia are five times more likely to go directly to their local newspaper website than Google or Facebook for local information, and almost 10 times as likely to go to their local news website over a council website for news and information.

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