Daily newspaper ?

[Gaer]

Only have a weekly paper around here but the paper is owned by the New York Times
so,
No.

 

[SeniorBen]

I don't subscribe to any paper. I use an online news aggregator to look at the headlines from free news sources and then read the articles that I'm interested in. There are a few sources that I like, and I keep meaning to contribute to them. Maybe this evening.

 

[moviequeen1]

I also have digital subscription of NYT since I don't get the paper on Sat or Sun

 

[SeniorBen]

I read the Washington Post for free by turning off Javascript for that domain. It's owned by multi-billionaire Jeff Besos, so I don't feel guilty about bypassing the paid subscription. He can afford it. And he gets enough of my money through my nearly daily Amazon purchases.

 

[MountainRa]

National and world news I read online. We subscribe to a local newspaper, delivered 5 days a week.
I consider it worth it. It covers local county and town politics, business openings/ closings, festivals, events, and human interest stories. It has daily crossword, word jumble, celebrity cipher, sudoku. It carries the weekly sales papers for all the local grocery stores.

The paper is good at exposing small town bullies, ignoramuses, shady politics, and if your neighbor ie dealing meth. It also celebrates the volunteers, encouragers, civic pride, and reminds you why you are thankful to live where you do.

And I usually know someone in the obituaries.

None of the city newspapers published by huge media corporations have any interest in our small county.

 

[Manatee]

They are handy to put down if you are going to paint something.

Years ago we used to put them in the bottom of the parrot's cage.

 

[Gemma]

WE had that local free newspaper too... all the kids by the time they reached teens would get a job delivering them once a week. My dd did it at 13 and I would walk around with her. It just gave the news and events for the local area and was free... but now that's only available online

Our weekly paper costs $1.00. It's not even available online.

 

[Fyrefox]

When working, I’d bring home a copy of The Washington Post nightly, and get a local paper delivered. When I retired, I just went with delivery of the local paper. It was 60+ dollars for 13 weeks, plus you were expected to tip the carrier, which I did.

As prices of that went up and up, I just went with home delivery of the Sunday edition. Delivery of that became unreliable, and they couldn’t seem to keep carriers, who changed often and couldn’t seem to find the designated, bright yellow paper receptacle of their own company affixed by my house. The papers wound up just being thrown in my general direction, winding up at different places in the yard, or sometimes in the street. When it rained, papers were supposed to be delivered in plastic bags, but carriers couldn’t be bothered to tie the bag closed, so the papers arrived wet, and were a sodden, unusable mess. At least a third of the time, the paper wasn’t delivered at all, but the bills for it sure were.

With high prices and bad service, I now get all of my news on line, and occasionally buy an actual local paper for the coupons at a store. My news app even has a “local” tab…

I do miss the actual newspaper traditions, such as reading the Sunday funnies. When my father brought the Star Ledger home, it cost seven cents for the weekly edition…

 

[Capt Lightning]

In winter, we sometimes buy the cheapest newspaper for lighting the fire in the lounge. Mrs. L does the Sudoku puzzles before they get burned.. I can get any important news from the internet, free of charge. Occasionally there is an interesting article in "The Scotsman" and I get a limited number of free reads per month.

 

[Wontactmyage]

I saw a lady the other day go in the library and make a copy of the crossword and Sudoku from several different papers. Mind blown. Ingenious I thought.