I just wanted to buy a newspaper... So, my dislike of newspaper delivery made me get a mod to stop it. Great! But I'm planning a hood with no NPCs. And if I wanted my sims to buy a paper at an owned business? Challenging. Here's the gist of my trying to work this out.
Neither the rack from cmomoney & MogHughson or the rack cloned from it by Sigmund Sims work on owned lots. Sims just stand at the register doing nothing. Unowned lots with npc cashiers, they work fantastically.
Then, I tried the buyable newspaper by Reece on MTS and the newspaper box by Simslice. Neither are fully functioning newspapers. No composting, can't get a job with them, no checking the weather.
This little box by ahowardmiller (assisted by twojeffs) on MTS is the only way I've found so far to buy a fully functional newspaper on an owned lot. Can't find any paper dispensers cloned from this one or any recolors (anyone know of any?). I can only do the simplest of recolors, but that might be the way to go.
Download the SIM TODAY Newspaper Stand HERE. Now, if I can just find a modded magazine rack that sold the hobby magazines, I'd be all set. 🙃