I subscribe to, and read, both, plus several other state and national newspapers. The May 3 stories on newspaper circulation, which appeared in both the St. Pete Times and the Tampa Trib were based on the same information from the same Audit Bureau of Circulation report.
Sorry you are so upset about the paper who shilled for Greer losing subscribers.
Upset? No. I'm well aware that both the St. Pete Times and the Tampa Tribune endorsed Judge Greer's reelection in 2004. And I'm well aware that both the St. Pete Times and the Tampa Tribune were (editorially) on Michael Schiavo's side of the conflict, and that neither paper was a friend to the Schindlers. I'm also not so egotistical as to imagine that whether or not I subscribe to those newspapers will affect their editorial policies or that--should I decide to cancel my subscription to one or both--that either will feel at all "punished"; rather, I subscribe to them for the same reason that anyone else does (or, like you, doesn't) because it serves my business and personal interests to do so...a simple cost/benefit analysis. I don't personally give a flying flip if either one of them loses (or gains) subscribers, except to the extent that it affects the rates that I pay for advertising and my 'reach'.
And as to your claim that you "don't read the Times," if that is true, then why--in this post--did you give a report about what articles relative to Terri Schiavo were contained in the St. Pete Times on 5/13/05 (two days ago)? Obviously, you either do "read the Times" (at least the portion you can access online) or your post of 5/13/05 was false.
Whatever.
I have google alerts. I do NOT read the St. Pete Times. I'm waiting patiently for Greer to go to jail. Pinellas County has a corrupt judicial system and Greer cheated in the election. Too bad the JQC will dance around Greer while they get other judges for minor infractions. Florida is a mess, especially Pinellas County. Greer shot his mouth off recently at one of his events. I think they heard it all the way to Washington.