Though actual "dead tree" newspaper sales are still on a relentless decline.
Unfortunately, the possible beneficial effects of that on political discourse are lessened not just by the already mentioned way they influence the broadcast media (which has, if anything, *increased* in recent years) but they way their headlines still blare at people from supermarkets and petrol stations.
Make them like the old porn mags, sold from "beneath the counter" to consenting adults only 
I'd always though they were on the top shelf though maybe that came later.
