newspaper is compressed

Could you please help me make this thought natural?

1 I hate having to scour the pages of newspaper/flip/go through the pages of the newspaper to find the middle of the newspaper. I try to turn to the middle my fist try.

2 This newspaper is so compressed that it's hard to find the middle centerfold of the newspaper in one go, you need to look for the middle. The newspaper I most often find the middle of in one go is that one because it buldges as opposed to this one which is flat and compressed.

THank you