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Do you pay for access to any online newspaper?

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Mizzougrad96, Jan 10, 2014.

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  1. doctorx

    doctorx Member

    No.

    One site in my area is really screwed up. I clicked on it and was greeted by a message that told me I had reached my number of free stories for the month and that I was welcome to subscribe.

    It was New Year's Day.
     
    doctorx, Jan 13, 2014
    #37
  2. Roscablo

    Roscablo Well-Known Member

    I don't get e-editions, but I get the Denver Post's Kindle edition. I actually like it a lot. It's only $6 a month, a fraction of a print subscription, so I feel it's affordable and a value. Very easy to ready and it contains everything storywise in the paper. Easier to navigate than the website, too. Sometimes when there are story packages they get out of order and it's hard to figure that out, but I don't have many complaints otherwise.

    I probably wouldn't pay a lot more than that for it, though. If anything because the total content just isn't there. Some days I can go through the whole thing in 10 minutes. Probably another reason to not pay for online, or really any of this stuff. The quantity and quality of content is just rarely there across the board any more.
     
    Roscablo, Jan 13, 2014
    #38
  3. Kolchak

    Kolchak Active Member

    Does your place accuse employees who don't kiss ass or tout the company line of being negative too? Or is that a universal newspaper attribute?
     
    Kolchak, Jan 13, 2014
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  4. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    Pay for NYT. I don't read it every day on my iPhone but I love that it's there. Clean app, too.

    I'll confess, once I hit the 15-views paywall on the local Gannetteer, I open a different browser. I justify it by saying "I do pay for media!" ... just not theirs.
     
    playthrough, Jan 13, 2014
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  5. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    Sounds like a Gannett paper. :D
     
    Mizzougrad96, Jan 14, 2014
    #41
  6. accguy

    accguy Member

    I pay for my local paper. We have subscriptions for the NYT and WSJ through work.

    I do have a subscription to Next Issue, a great tablet app which is basically Netflix for magazines.
     
    accguy, Jan 14, 2014
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