dead-tree press

dead-tree press

Newspapers that are printed on paper or print journalism in general. With the ubiquity and low cost of digital publishing, the dead-tree press is becoming increasingly irrelevant. Why do you waste your money on the dead-tree press when the news is available online for free?
See also: press
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • the printed word
  • print
  • go to press
  • get (something) (down) on paper
  • print up
  • stop press
  • in press
  • put (something) in print
  • put in print
  • get into print
References in periodicals archive
The only link those supporters have with the club is through the TV, internet and the good oldfashioned dead-tree Press - and they might have drawn their own conclusions on the surly Scot as he delivered another acerbic post-match interview.