PING!
We lost our ‘hometown’ newspaper..............
Our area newspaper moved out of state—literally—production plant, offices, all of it.
So—I guess they no longer qualify as a “hometown” newspaper.
They are the “Hartford” Courant.
:-)
Newspapers have no problem lying to their readers—so they certainly would have no hesitation in lying to their remaining sucker advertisers.
Same here in Williamsport, PA.
Who needs it?
Newspapers are obsolete.
The internet sounded their death knell.
Who gets a newspaper anymore?
Post Gazette is $5.50 a week, if you pay for the year... you get 1 actual physical sunday paper a week and the rest is digital.
I stopped buying the local papers about 3 years ago. Used to get the Sunday edition for the comics, crossword, & coupons. Last one I bought was $6.
News content mostly fluff or way-liberal bent - only a few pages of it.
IMHO, taking advantage of senior citizens, many of whom still have newspaper rituals.
Ours is a Gannett-owned rag. Enough said.
I was one of those people who had the paper delivered every day and read it cover to cover - world/national news, local news/OpEd, business, sports and entertainment (live theater, movies, books, restaurants, comics.) I also had favorite columnists and looked forward to my daily 20-30 minutes with the paper, either during work lunch break or after work or with breakfast on the weekends.
I can’t remember exactly when, but reading the paper slowly went from being a pleasure to being almost a chore, so I stopped.
I wonder how many people get the paper these days. I pick up a section once in a blue moon at the car servicing place or the eye doctor and they’re very slim with little content now.
Dropped the rags decades ago.
Nothing but leftist bilge.
The worst was the LA Times. Why get pissed off every time you get the rag and see the hate.
1.75 for Greensburg, PA daily I think. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette only publishes twice a week & I don’t know prices as I rarely see it. So I buy my mom a paper from a small town in next county and most if the local news is irrelevant to her. We used to have 2 major papers in City, before the 1960s even more. Of course we were much more important then.
When I moved to New Mexico in ‘92 Albuquerque had a morning and afternoon paper. It’s now down to just the morning, pretty thin and $2.00.
I haven’t subscribed to a newspaper in 20years. Have not missed it either.
Just as funny:
The Gannet-owned Cincinnati Enquirer is trying to make up the lost print sales by selling their digital version. They just published a big pat on the back article that they were up to 40,000 digital subscriptions. You can buy an introductory six month digital subscription for $1.00!
And if you wait a day before re-upping your subscription for another six months, it is only another $1.00! So that pays for almost ONE employee.
Are newspaper’s dying? You betcha!!!
I haven’t even LOOKED at our local paper in literally DECADES.
They can charge $100 a day for all I care.
I get the Shreveport Times for $8.00 per month - Sunday Paper only. I used to get it daily but I got sck and tired of all the queer and tranny stories and all the “the Klan was bad to black folks back in the day” crap. It was bought out by Ganett, and it no longer represents Shreveport. I just buy it now for the sales ads, and the NYT Sunday puzle.
Charge $10 for subscription.
Offer discount subscriptions for $2
Claim tax deduction of $8 for advertising cost.
Stopped getting a newspaper when I discovered FR in 98!