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   Compass Rose
   

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   It will cost around $16 a month, but will be free for people who have print subscriptions.

   http://cdn.optmd.com/V2/62428/452394/index.html?g=Af////8=&r=community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/reader_feedback/public/display.php?source_name=mbase&source_id=2020414873

   If you just read the Times online, will you buy a subscription?

   Posted 2 months ago #
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   great idea
   

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   I've seen lots of other newspapers trying this around the country.

   the only difference is those are decent papers.

   The Seattle Times is very poor journalism and I couldn't imagine paying a nickel for it.

   hopefull they'll give you 5-10 free articles a month for that one big local story I might want to check out.

   Posted 2 months ago #
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   shelley
   

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   I read maybe one or two articles per week. When Andy was alive we got the Sunday paper delivered and it was pretty inexpensive. Nice way to wake up Sunday AM, lounge about, read the paper, leisurely breakfast.

   Here's the word on this development from the source: http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2020414873_boardmancolumnxml.html

   And here's the interesting bit from the article:

   Those without a print or digital subscription will still be able to access Seattletimes.com on a limited basis. But if you visit the site repeatedly, you will ultimately encounter a barrier requiring enrollment.

   And it appears the "paywall" will be circumvented by the same method as used for the New York Times. Throw all cookies away when closing the browser.

   Posted 2 months ago #
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   Mondoman
   

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   I'm torn because the Seattle Times is not a great paper for general news, but they do cover Seattle and WA state politics and issues (for instance, Mike Lindblom does a good job on transportation issues). I'd like more coverage of the latter rather than less, so I reluctantly subscribe to the Seattle Times. These days, we have too few reputable civic watchdogs, not too many.

   It sure would help if the ST had a clue IT-wise, as their subscription and other IT-related aspects seem stuck in the 1960s, not even the 1990s.

   Shelley, you're bad (grin), but I won't tell!

   Posted 2 months ago #
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   onederfullone
   

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   They are 'free' to try.

   I'll get links, without the annoying 'pop-up' adds. Looking forward to it.

   You'd think a paper is worth something, turns out, it just isn't.

   More and more advertisers are figuring it out, and it's doom.

   Look on the bright side, fewer and fewer pulp farms.

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   jj
   

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   The digital-only subscription is more money than having it delivered to your home. I would assume it's cheaper to send a story digitally than have to pay for the paper, ink, and a delivery truck.

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   allisonw
   

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   It's the same with the print magazine I write for. The print subscription can usually be had for less than the digital. The difference in my case is that the digital is a standalone tablet magazine and the digital one is a separate subscription from the print.

   I have to buy them both and it kinda kills me that it's over $30 a year.

   Posted 2 months ago #
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   Cate
   

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   I suspect they are pricing it this way to up the numbers of their print subscribers (and thus charge more for advertising.)

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