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Thread #171738   Message #4156741
Posted By: Bill D
30-Oct-22 - 11:45 AM
Thread Name: BS: The Cost of Newspapers
Subject: RE: BS: The Cost of Newspapers
After several years of daring the Washington Post to charge me full price for digital..(I 'cancelled', then they let me keep the introductory price)... I finally let them renew at full price.
    For many, many years I subscribed to local print newspapers, beginning with The Wichita Eagle in my home town. (I delivered it for several years in the 50s). Now they are online at Kansas.com, and won't even let me read headlines without subscribing.

So... I pay for the digital Washington Post, and get a basic rundown of the world's news at refdesk.com and can sort thru sources from all over the world. I has a section of online papers down the right hand column called "USA/World Newspapers" sorted by region, country & US states.
Many of the online papers are free... and even the ones in local languages can be often be translated by Google.

I am of two minds about the demise of newspapers in print.. it's sad to see so many local papers unable to survive, but it does save a lot of trees, my floor is not ankle-deep in unread papers, and digital can be updated instantly. (RefDesk refreshes constantly)

Anyone want a copy of the last two copies of The Washington Star from 1981? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Star...or the first printing of USA Today?