I've been an online subscriber since day one. But this year may be the last - I'm seriously considering pulling the plug. Most of what they have is not proprietary and can be got elsewhere.
Likewise, this is the year I'm pulling the plug on the National Geographic. I've been a member since 1977. They can print all the environmental claptrap they see fit, but I ain't paying for it any more.
I was born in 1977 and I endorse not paying for NatGeo.
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45&aid=172052
No progress in Philly newspapers contract talks
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/peter-roff/2009/10/20/government-should-stay-out-of-media-let-the-press-fend-for-itself.html
Government Should Stay Out of Media, Let the Press Fend for Itself
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/20/inside-the-beltway-64999506/
HAILING THE BAILOUT
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2009/oct/20/downturn-us-press-publishing
Report dares to call for public funding to save American journalism
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a27402ac-bd10-11de-a7ec-00144feab49a.html
Call to subsidise local news reporting
http://blog.heritage.org/2009/10/19/when-government-rewrites-the-news/
If Government Rewrites News
http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2009/10/20/new-study-says-little-or-no-local-news-at-most-radio-stations/
New study says “little or no local news” at most radio stations