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articles.latimes.com — The Club Penguin Times, after all, is more widely read than New York's Daily News, the Chicago Tribune or the Dallas Morning News. And it's not even 3 years old.

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  • pingpants, on 03/27/2009, -0/+22small children sitting at computers buying igloo upgrades shall inherit the earth
  • ColorWheel, on 03/27/2009, -1/+18How is it possible the "Club Penguin Times" has more readers than New York Daily News and Chicago Tribune?! And it's authored by 6 year-olds! I think I need to subscribe...
  • pinkflyingpig, on 03/27/2009, -1/+17There is something wrong here! I don't remember that I could read (or write) at 6. This is just another Disney propaganda! I bet all little penguins have no mothers, like the characters in Disney movies.
  • GreenZephyr, on 03/27/2009, -0/+12Who'd thought the answer to the newspaper industry's problem is - penguins!
  • headlightfish, on 03/27/2009, -0/+12if i were a newspaper veteran, i'd probably want to go punch a penguin now
  • mpn401, on 03/28/2009, -0/+9I'm such a nerd for thinking this meant increased use of Linux among kids.
  • Pyrrish, on 03/28/2009, -1/+10The Times and Tribune have their share of 6 year old writers too.
  • atlasdugged, on 03/27/2009, -0/+8Do they have a gossip column? I wonder if there is a penguin equivalent to Paris Hilton?
  • senorboombino, on 03/27/2009, -0/+8Hire these kids to run some of those papers in trouble...
  • inactive, on 03/28/2009, -1/+9If you think that's impressive, I have two newsletters that have 10 times the circulation.

    The first is titled "BUY CIALI$ VI4GR4", and the second, "NIGERIAN PRINCE SEEKS YOUR ASSISTANCES IN THE TRANSPORTATION OF CURRENCY".

    Combined, they have a weekly circulation of 300 million.

    Surely, when old media dies, we'll all read penis enlargement emails.
  • ArthurSucks, on 03/28/2009, -0/+7My little niece used to play that game. It's actually one of the safer sites to send a 6-7 year old.
  • diggitydingdong, on 03/27/2009, -0/+7Niche publication meets general audience on the cusp of consumerism. No ads yet, but I'd wait and see! Calls to mind Red Stripe/Red Streak vs Chicago Sun Times/Chicago Tribune - rebundling the news in a slicker package to reinvigorate a tired audience. This is even better...
  • gab00n, on 03/28/2009, -0/+6Kids should be out playing in the yard with a stick.
  • ganymede2010, on 03/28/2009, -0/+5All I know is my nieces and nephews absolutely adore club penguin. They're definitely on to something.
  • kinseyincanada, on 03/28/2009, -0/+5and im sure a ***** load more people play WoW, and watch American Idol than the news.
  • bardomedia, on 03/28/2009, -0/+5Obligatory post welcoming penguin overlords.
  • ferbs027, on 03/28/2009, -0/+4Is it just me or does that web page look like its been taken over by spammers...?
  • archivedigger, on 03/27/2009, -0/+4Is that a commentary on Digg?
  • LargeStack, on 03/28/2009, -0/+4My kids are on this site all the time.

    The site has a chat feature and 90 % is about site fees and it being a scam.

    Seems 6-12 year olds dont like having to pay to play.
  • CaptOblivious, on 03/28/2009, -0/+4You couldent read at SIX?

    Wow, I was reading sci-fi pulps in 1st grade (1965), The teacher was Astounded at my Analog collection. {sorry, grin}
  • MaxstarO, on 03/27/2009, -0/+4Let's hope Disney doesn't start advertising on that 'paper'.
  • brownsound00, on 03/28/2009, -0/+3for some reason i thought this had to do with a viral marketing campaign with mr.freeze + penguin to promote the next batman.

    boy was i ever wrong.
  • RomeyRome, on 03/28/2009, -0/+3My 6 year old reads 90 wpm. She has been typing in domain names since 4.
  • walker4bc, on 03/27/2009, -0/+3I'm thinking this is all about the parents. Has to be...
  • C0ntraRadical, on 03/28/2009, -0/+3Club Penguin has a well-known liberal bias.

    At least that's what Hannity told me...
  • Blitzenn, on 03/28/2009, -0/+3sure does seem like this is a case of selective counting.
  • wannaBdug, on 03/27/2009, -0/+3I think I'll subscribe sounds like a more interesting read than some articles I have been reading lately
  • bimtott, on 03/28/2009, -0/+3Yeah, but they'll hire Bill Kristol to do Op-Eds, and it'll be all downhill from there...
  • absentmindedjwc, on 03/28/2009, -0/+3both chicagotribune.com and latimes.com gets more than 12 million unique visitors

    dont get me wrong, this is pretty cool stuff, but just saying
  • AManWithNoName, on 03/28/2009, -0/+2I could read at 6, and although I couldn't write by hand, I knew how to type. But yes, this is totally propaganda. It'll most likely end with a giant mickey mouse rampaging through the cities.
  • andrewlotta, on 03/28/2009, -0/+2Your kids are on the site all the time...apparantly they don't mind having to pay to play.
  • zomgz, on 03/28/2009, -0/+2spam much?
  • leif77, on 03/28/2009, -0/+2Step forward through the backdoor of the room... where does it lead? To your cave... step forward into your cave... you're going deeper into your cave... and you're going to find... your power animal...


    Slide!
  • SigmaEcho, on 03/28/2009, -1/+2That headline hurts my brain...
  • pingpants, on 03/28/2009, -0/+1KDE 4.0 'R' US!
  • pinkflyingpig, on 03/27/2009, -0/+1I checked, so far it is clean! but this paper is addictive...
  • s0nicfreak, on 03/28/2009, -0/+1I could read completely by 3.
  • bduddy, on 03/28/2009, -1/+2I'm sorry, that just doesn't work.
  • subsocial, on 03/28/2009, -0/+1Edit: They feed a somewhat normal looking page to IE. Firefox and Chrome get the fugly version it seems.

    PS. Yep, I have too much time on my hands... Friday night! Wooo!
  • happytedium, on 03/28/2009, -0/+1Is it just me, or does this website/article look horrendously bad? There's giant blue links all over the place.
  • subsocial, on 03/28/2009, -0/+1Yeah, plus they're doing it in a way that adblock doesn't catch. Yet another reason to get news from a child on a penguin or whatever the hell.
  • LargeStack, on 03/28/2009, -0/+1You can play in a limited fashion without saves I believe.
  • museamongmen, on 03/28/2009, -0/+1My sister has one of these. The 'newspaper' isn't very much reading, I'm surprised this was even written. Lots of colorful pictures and little captions, that's it.

    Or I don't know, if there is meatier content, then I have never seen my sister read it. She isn't too fond of it :(
  • shadoturtl, on 03/28/2009, -3/+1Aug '08 article. slow news day here at Digg as well
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