The NJ paper (News Tribune, later TNT, now Home News Tribune) I grew up with is now about 20 pages total. About 2-3 pages of world news, 2-3 of local news, a couple of sports, obits (for which they now charge an exhorbitant fee), comics.
A far cry from the fat papers we used to get. Heck, we used to get them twice a day (morning & evening editions).
Now, meh.
P.O.E., I recall in those good ole days, we had 5 editions in the Chicago 4 majors newspapers.. The last being a midnight, overnight rap-up..
Some folks would wait at our downtown paper stand, even in the extreme weather, for the most recent edition to be dropped off the truck so they had the latest news to read on the streetcar on their way home..
Further, we also had EXTRA EDITIONS, when some extraordinary story broke.. The last time I shouted..”EXTRA, EXTRA, READ ALL ABOUT IT” was the death of Joseph Stalin..