Does anyone subscribe to a digital edition of a newspaper?

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Camper6

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I just signed up for the Washington Post. But I didn't realize what I was signing up for because they were offering one free month for $1.00. So I sent in my dollar to try it out. However after 30 days they bill you on your credit card for $13.00 a month. They do say you can cancel at any time. I'll find out how easy it is to cancel.

I used a prepaid credit card so it's not a problem. This is how they hook you when you don't read the fine print.
 

A couple of yrs ago,I bookmarked the digital edition of the NYT,didn't cost me anything
I've been buying the paper for so many yrs,I decided in April to get home delivery ,M-F,each month my credit card is billed $30
 
moviequeen1 said:
A couple of yrs ago,I bookmarked the digital edition of the NYT,didn't cost me anything
I've been buying the paper for so many yrs,I decided in April to get home delivery ,M-F,each month my credit card is billed $30
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Home delivery is nice. Being able to read the paper is a joy I miss now. I can't get delivery because the paper boys are not allowed into the apartment. They don't like leaving them because they get too many complaints when people pick them up.
 

I subscribe to the daily paper delivered & get a free digital edition emailed along with it. It’s a nice extra for when I want to share an article with someone without mailing a clipping. I don’t do”freetrials” any more. Easy to get started, big nuisance to get rid of.
 
I understand that newspapers are falling on hard times. I used to subscribe to a paper newspaper. It was a pain to drag heavy bundles of old newspaper to the recycling bin. But I liked the feel of having a real thing in my hands. Still, online newspapers are OK. I don't like the ad block removal thing. I'm beginning to notice that supposedly 'news' items are nothing more than teasers to their pay-to-see sites. It's kind of like P. T. Barnum.. It was their collection of news oddities that you have to pay admission to see. But once inside, the three headed chicken looks like a fake.
 
No.

I do my best to get past the blocker on my local paper long enough to check the obituaries each day. It's interesting that sometimes the blocking is very aggressive and at other times it seems to be very lax. I think that this is an intentional strategy to get people used to reading the news and then blocking them once they are hooked so they will sign up for a subscription.

I do miss actually holding and reading the daily paper with my coffee especially on Sunday morning when the sections of the paper used to be strewn around my chair for most of the day.

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Lots of them, including the Washington Post, LA Times and NY Times. I refuse to pay more than $1.00 per week per digital subscription. When my CC shows they bumped the rate I call and tell them to cancel my subscription. They start making offers to keep me, which I repeatedly decline until they hit the magic $1.00 per week. Then I accept and all is well for another year.

It's a ridiculous dance. I first learned the steps with magazine subscriptions. Then cable TV providers, then long distance providers, next came cell phone services, then internet providers, etc.

p.s. I sometimes miss paper newspapers, then think back to how filthy my hands got from the ink, and all that paper waste in the recycling bin.
 
When I view online topics in the NY Times or W. Post and it doesnt open the article, I simply copy and paste the topic headline into the address bar and find the same, or very close to it, written material from another source.....been doing that for a year now....
same with my main local paper that now requests an online subscription.....I go to two other local sources that are free and get the same info ;)
I wonder if the main paper here is gonna go out of business cuz of this....hmmmm.....
 
I subscribe to NY Times, WS Journal, and Washington Post. I occasionally take advantage of special sale rates on LA Times but don't read it consistently, although I think it's an excellent newspaper and far better than our trashy local paper. Just not enough time in the day!
 
Yes, the Globe & Mail.

Camper6, you’ve got a heck of a deal at $13 per month. I’ve been reading the Covid-19 news & about it seems about once a week they offer me my last chance at $29/month for a years subscription. Not happening.
 
@Jules, I'm confused. Why would you tell @Camper6 that he's got a heck of a deal at $13 per month when you keep turning down $29 for a year, which breaks down to $2.41 per month.

Just checked my digital subscription rate.
March 14, 2020, I bought a one year digital subscription to the Washington Post for $29. If I opt to renew it after a year the annual fee will be $100. That's assuming I'm unable to dicker with them on the price - which I almost certainly will be able to do.
 
good newspapers, but international news from several countries gives you a well rounded picture of how other nations perceive U. S. behavior ( which, to me) is more important than home grown analysis.
BBC on satellite is not the same BBC you get on PBC..
 
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We take the paper version of our local paper, and the paper version of the New York Times. I have tried the digital version of both, and it just didn't work for me, ..... or for my cat who vastly prefers to pee on newspaper instead of liter. Pooping in the liter box is fine with her, but for number one, it is newspaper.

I cannot prove it, but I think she selects specific articles to express her opinion.
 
StarSong said:
Agreed, @jerry old, I also read BBC.com and AlJazeer.com for their takes on the news.
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I also go online to read RT News. Are you ready? Is the FBI watching? RT stands for Russia Today. But honestly they give the news from all over. I really don't see them slanting it toward Putin the way Fox News slants it to Trump.
Hey don't forget the CBC News from Canada. They also have great music.
 
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Jules said:
Yes, the Globe & Mail.

Camper6, you’ve got a heck of a deal at $13 per month. I’ve been reading the Covid-19 news & about it seems about once a week they offer me my last chance at $29/month for a years subscription. Not happening.
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$13.00 a month? I'm going to go for a better deal. $29.00 a year is what I am after.
Our local paper is $10.00 a month. But they do have a condensed online version which has a competitor online with them.
 
StarSong said:
@Jules, I'm confused. Why would you tell @Camper6 that he's got a heck of a deal at $13 per month when you keep turning down $29 for a year, which breaks down to $2.41 per month.

Just checked my digital subscription rate.
March 14, 2020, I bought a one year digital subscription to the Washington Post for $29. If I opt to renew it after a year the annual fee will be $100. That's assuming I'm unable to dicker with them on the price - which I almost certainly will be able to do.
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I find these pages on the internet are too costly to bother with. It's robbery far as I can tell.
 
Bethea said:
I find these pages on the internet are too costly to bother with. It's robbery far as I can tell.
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Overhead and salaries have to be paid. It's fair and appropriate to financially support services when value is received. I get more than my money's worth from the online periodicals I read.

Investigative reporting isn't a hobby; it's a paid job. Newspapers are a business. If we don't pay for them, they disappear.
 


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