Newspapers aggregate material into an attractive package, which includes reporting. I think reporting will always be important for regional newspapers and city-based papers because journalists do it better than amateurs. I don't see many bloggers in the courtroom or at local council meetings. While people may not buy a paper to get the football scores, the paper needs to give the scores to set the context for analysis and commentary on the games. That makes reporting a fundamental part of journalism and it always will be. I'm like you when it comes to weekend reading. I get the weekend papers home delivered, but only scan metropolitan papers at work during the week. It has surprised me that weekend circulation has fallen greater than weekday circulation in Australia over the past two years.