I've got this question after reading Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman.
That's a very limited sample though. I used to be an avid newspaper and periodicals reader, 3 subscriptions to monthlies (nature, Scientific American and the Lancet) and a newspaper were paid for, then reading every other publication I could get my hands on.
Now it's all internet.
My other friends and family are much the same. In a shopping center a while ago I was offered something like 6 months free on a newspaper subscription. I said no thanks and the person was like 'what do you want, what does it make to get you to accept' and I said I don't think it can be done.
Even if its free I still have to get rid of the things every couple of weeks, and they harm the environment. I do buy books on paper though, there's something about curling up in a corner with a book that a computer can't give me (yet).
P.S. Not related to the main topic, but you might find it interesting. For the past few months I was reading books exclusively on Kindle but recently I had to buy a paper book (Coders At Work) and the experience is awful so far. I can't highlight and save quotes I like, I can't make notes, I can't quickly look up a word definition. But the worst part is that with Kindle I forgot how difficult and almost impossible it is to read while standing in the train or laying in bed. So, although Coders At Work is a very interesting book I can't wait to finish it and return to my ebook reader.
Not sure how well they work in Europe though, I'll have to look in to that.