I can remember at the height of the paper news industry, there were at least three editions of the local rag in my large city. People looked expectantly for it: “Can you go out and see if the paper has arrived yet?”
I don’t remember it, but I was told that home mail delivery happened 2 or 3 times per day as well in most urban areas.
I would say it’s a shame that this industry is going down the tubes, but considering that they are largely now purveyors of lies, I won’t.
I carried the afternoon paper six days a week. 28 dailies. 125 Sundays.
Good thing my dad had a station wagon to help me...