Reading A Newspaper

Sitting down in your favorite chair you settle in for a nice long session of reading the daily news. The soft, dry crinkle of the newsprint between your fingers is the perfect sensation to set your mind at ease. The outside world wanders away as your attention becomes engrossed in the stories, ideas, and opinions taking shape before your eyes. World demand of newsprint in 2006 totaled about 37.2 million metric tons. This was about 1.6% less than in 2000. Between 2000 and 2006, the biggest changes were in Asia—which saw newsprint demand grow by about 20%—and North America, where demand fell by about 25%. The average U.S. daily circulation in 2006 on a typical weekday was 52.3 million, compared with 62.5 million in 1986 and 57.0 million in 1996. This sound uses the following sound file from Freesound:http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=82427