Print media starts on its death throes

Posted on June 24, 2009 by Patti N.| 5 Comments

And they wonder why the print media are dying out…

And from the print-publisher-in-utter-denial file comes news that the Newport, RI Daily News is changing its pricing structure to punish people who want to read their news only online.

The Daily News will now charge $145 annually to a newspaper subscriber, $245 if a subscriber wants the paper and access to the paper’s Web site—and, if you can believe it, $345 if the subscriber only wants the Web site.

Yep, The Daily News is charging subscribers more than twice for its content online than for its printed edition.

Via Newspaper Death Watch: They’re Charging What?!


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5 Responses to Print media starts on its death throes

  1. CGHill | June 24, 2009 at 8:22 pm | Reply

    And $445 if you want neither, I presume.

  2. Patti | June 24, 2009 at 9:11 pm | Reply

    Hey, that almost sounds worthwhile!

  3. Eric | June 24, 2009 at 11:38 pm | Reply

    Sorry, but I refuse to pay a penny more than $200 in order to not read a newspaper. I have my principles.

  4. Patti | June 25, 2009 at 5:19 pm | Reply

    You’re a wise man, Eric! :)

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