Are newsagents dead?

With the impact that online shopping and megastores are having on the way people do business I’ve been thinking about businesses that used to be little gold mines for their owners and now look to have an uncertain future. Top of the list of those facing change must be newsagents as less people read physical newspapers and big stores, even supermarkets, get into selling books and magazines.  This article from a recent ABC Radio National Media. Report spells it out.