I then set about the task of finding more appropriate reading material for the waiting room. This search led me to compile the following list of considerations for choosing the periodical right for your office. The first thing to consider is how often you want to be bothered with renewing your supply. No one is impressed by walking into a law office and having to climb over a dune of newsprint. If you do decide to subscribe to a newspaper, there are other considerations.
Advantages are that it's prestigious and instantly recognizable as a highly respected publication.
It also has a good crossword puzzle. Disadvantages are that almost all the news it reports on is about New York City, which does a West Coast practitioner little good. More importantly, it has no comic section. Anyone who has visited New York knows that New Yorkers tend to read The Daily News instead. The Wall Street Journal .