How we should pay for newspapers

Re:How we should pay for newspapers by DrJokepu on Thursday March 22, 2018 @12:17AM (#16645684)

In addition to the NYT, I also subscribe to my local newspaper (The Daily Freeman, http://www.dailyfreeman.com). It doesn’t have the resources of something like the NYT or WaPo, but I feel like local newspapers are essential for local democracy, at the very least by keeping local politicians on their toes. Also, local drama is always entertaining.

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Re:How we should pay for newspapers by danso on Thursday March 22, 2018 @01:17AM (#16645954)

I'm curious, how engaged are you with your local paper, in terms of how often/regularly you read it, and how useful it is in your day-to-day life? It's been awhile since I've used my local paper (didn't really have one in NY, and I'm not really engaged with Palo Alto). I know my hometown newspapers, now owned by Gannett, are more or less gutted. Both in terms of physical paper and shallow (and ad heavy) websites.

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Re:How we should pay for newspapers by DrJokepu on Thursday March 22, 2018 @03:32PM (#16651916)

I read them daily. I would say it’s actually more useful in my day-to-day life, what happens on a national level rarely affects me directly the way local happenings do.

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