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>I don't want to subscribe to just one paper. There are so many good articles in all the papers. A few years back I just went ahead and subscribed to the ones

by pgrote 6y ago

>I don't want to subscribe to just one paper. There are so many good articles in all the papers. A few years back I just went ahead and subscribed to the ones I wanted to support to try to support journalism. It was more affordable than I thought, but there is friction to keep them from taking advantage of you. For instance, at one point it was cheaper for me to subscribe to the Sunday edition of the NY Times to get digital access than just digital access. I live 1000 miles from New York City. lol Renewals are a pain if they try to shift you to the vanilla rates; no one has email support and it requires a call. Anyway, I currently subscribe to NY Times, LA Times, Washington Post, Cincinnati Enquirer, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Las Vegas Review Journal and The Guardian US Edition. I would subscribe to the NY Post if they allowed it. Former WSJ subscriber, but they do not offer long time subscriber discounts. Bloomberg is too expensive. My main complaint is only a few allow yearly subscriptions.

CydeWeys 6y ago
> For instance, at one point it was cheaper for me to subscribe to the Sunday edition of the NY Times to get digital access than just digital access. I live 1000 miles from New York City. The New York Times has nationwide printing and delivery in a lot of cities, so that's actually not that surprising. My parents had it delivered when I was growing up, and that was hundreds of miles from NYC. There's very few other papers that this is true of.
- pgrote 6y ago
  Good point. It just seemed odd to me they would subsidize a print edition, but I guess it was for the advertising. We never opened the blue bag except to recycle the paper.
  - CydeWeys 6y ago
    You've got it exactly right. A print edition is worth a lot more to them in advertising revenue than the digital edition, so it costs less to the customer, even when you factor in the additional cost of printing and distribution. All those local advertising circulars are biiiiig business.
GnarfGnarf 6y ago
Wow! That's commendable. What is the total tab for all your subscriptions?
- pgrote 6y ago
  I think it is $59.90 if I added correctly. All are digital only subscriptions and do not include additional tiered access they may offer. IE: NY Times crosswords, LA times in person events, etc. The Guardian is a yearly subscription promo and will increase to around $19 a month when it ends. NY Times $8.00 (yearly promo) LA Times $14.99 Washington Post $3.99 (prime discount) Cincinnati Enquirer $7.59 St. Louis Post Dispatch $6.59 Las Vegas Review Journal $4.99 The Guardian US Edition $13.75 (yearly promo) I find the subscriptions to be of great value.
ceilingcorner 6y ago
Spending $100 a month on a grabbag of various newspapers is completely infeasible for the average person. Ergo, it's not a solution to the problem.
- pgrote 6y ago
  I understand what you are saying and am grateful I can afford the monthly cost. The cost I pay is worth the value I receive.
  - xnyan 6y ago
    I agree and I also subscribe to what I can. The only problem for us is, like others are saying, I don’t think our subscriptions are enough money and I don’t think it’s feasible financially for enough people to do so at the level needed to keep enough quality newspapers and journalists in business. (in the us) The New York Times is arguably the only non-business paper that makes enough money from subscriptions to make sense sticking it out alone. Maybe the Washington Post, LA Times and a few others (and maybe not, i hear the subscription rates are horrible) too, but for the vast majority bundling digital subscription as a single package is the only way I see for small papers to attract significant numbers of subscribers. It would be really great to read papers from Las Vegas and Cincinnati, but I can’t see myself ever setting up and managing individual subscriptions to them if I am being honest.
- stronglikedan 6y ago
  I'd posit that the average person who would make use of all the subscriptions, as the OP seems to be, could most certainly afford it. As hobbies go, it's really not that expensive.
adrr 6y ago
I always wondered if Bloomberg dropped their rates would they make more money. They have appeal outside of people who work in the industry but at $35/m its a very hard hard sell to these people. For that price i could pick up WSJ($20/m),NY times($5/m), and Economist($10/m).
realdlee 6y ago
Which is your favorite paper?

by pgrote 6y ago

CydeWeys 6y ago

> For instance, at one point it was cheaper for me to subscribe to the Sunday edition of the NY Times to get digital access than just digital access. I live 1000 miles from New York City. The New York Times has nationwide printing and delivery in a lot of cities, so that's actually not that surprising. My parents had it delivered when I was growing up, and that was hundreds of miles from NYC. There's very few other papers that this is true of.

pgrote 6y ago
Good point. It just seemed odd to me they would subsidize a print edition, but I guess it was for the advertising. We never opened the blue bag except to recycle the paper.
- CydeWeys 6y ago
  You've got it exactly right. A print edition is worth a lot more to them in advertising revenue than the digital edition, so it costs less to the customer, even when you factor in the additional cost of printing and distribution. All those local advertising circulars are biiiiig business.

GnarfGnarf 6y ago

Wow! That's commendable. What is the total tab for all your subscriptions?

pgrote 6y ago
I think it is $59.90 if I added correctly. All are digital only subscriptions and do not include additional tiered access they may offer. IE: NY Times crosswords, LA times in person events, etc. The Guardian is a yearly subscription promo and will increase to around $19 a month when it ends. NY Times $8.00 (yearly promo) LA Times $14.99 Washington Post $3.99 (prime discount) Cincinnati Enquirer $7.59 St. Louis Post Dispatch $6.59 Las Vegas Review Journal $4.99 The Guardian US Edition $13.75 (yearly promo) I find the subscriptions to be of great value.

ceilingcorner 6y ago

Spending $100 a month on a grabbag of various newspapers is completely infeasible for the average person. Ergo, it's not a solution to the problem.

pgrote 6y ago
I understand what you are saying and am grateful I can afford the monthly cost. The cost I pay is worth the value I receive.
- xnyan 6y ago
  I agree and I also subscribe to what I can. The only problem for us is, like others are saying, I don’t think our subscriptions are enough money and I don’t think it’s feasible financially for enough people to do so at the level needed to keep enough quality newspapers and journalists in business. (in the us) The New York Times is arguably the only non-business paper that makes enough money from subscriptions to make sense sticking it out alone. Maybe the Washington Post, LA Times and a few others (and maybe not, i hear the subscription rates are horrible) too, but for the vast majority bundling digital subscription as a single package is the only way I see for small papers to attract significant numbers of subscribers. It would be really great to read papers from Las Vegas and Cincinnati, but I can’t see myself ever setting up and managing individual subscriptions to them if I am being honest.
stronglikedan 6y ago
I'd posit that the average person who would make use of all the subscriptions, as the OP seems to be, could most certainly afford it. As hobbies go, it's really not that expensive.

adrr 6y ago

I always wondered if Bloomberg dropped their rates would they make more money. They have appeal outside of people who work in the industry but at $35/m its a very hard hard sell to these people. For that price i could pick up WSJ($20/m),NY times($5/m), and Economist($10/m).

realdlee 6y ago

Which is your favorite paper?