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They should really have a synopsis for non-subscribers. Might help pull in new subscribers-as why subscribe to something if you don’t know what you’ll get? Comp
by ianai 4y ago
They should really have a synopsis for non-subscribers. Might help pull in new subscribers-as why subscribe to something if you don’t know what you’ll get? Compounded by the hell of modern subscription cancellation.
(I recently got an Economist subscription and it’s way better than expected, but I would have never known has I not bit the bullet…)
- ghaff 4y agoThe Economist is good as is The New York Times (although different). I probably wouldn't (and haven't) gotten the WSJ in addition to either of those unless I really felt the need for a daily financial publication.
- lindbergh 4y agoWhat I wish more newspaper did is to allow one to pay for a single article (whose price could depend on the length/depth of the article).
- bombcar 4y agoThese things are newspapers; you used to be able to buy one down at the corner for a buck. So just make it so you can Apple Pay your way to a day's access to the current news for a buck. Once someone has done it two or three times, offer a subscription to them.
- marak830 4y agoThis. As someone living in Japan, I would love an option to drop a dollar to read the economist or such for a day. I rarely subscribe as, between work and a new son, rarely have time to keep up to date on a particular site, and the background stress of paying for something I'm not using is frustrating.
- skeeter2020 4y ago>> I would love an option to drop a dollar to read the economist or such for a day. Except an issue of the economist is like 8 bucks
- marak830 4y agoThat is a very good point :-)
- NSMutableSet 4y agoBeing asked to pay money for "journalism" is insulting when you consider that readers are the product. Most of the money is made from sponsored content masquerading as unbiased news articles and advertisements.
- ghaff 4y agoYup. There's always some excuse not to pay for something.
- scottLobster 4y agoI mean, people paid subscription fees for physical newspapers, and they made money on ads too..
- qikInNdOutReply 4y agoTry to see the regular payment, as a sort of inverted slice of ransom. Which the public can withdraw en mass, the moment they feel betrayed. Creating a kind of attachement of the employee to the employer (You).
- AlwaysRock 4y agoAlways look for the archive link in the comment.