The guy in line said he will not pay $5 for the Sunday Times starting in June...nor will he pay $2 for the daily paper. He said he will simply just read the paper on his iPhone.
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Anonymous
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He won't have a paper to read if everyone -- like him -- starts refusing to pay for it. News gathering isn't free, folks.
clinging to print media is like clinging to vinyl lps. people aren't going to stop explaining all the things that are better about reading a physical newspaper any time soon, in the same way that some people will still try to tell you why a vinyl sounds better than a cd or an mp3.
don't get me wrong, i'm not trying to knock sentamentalism, but for sentimental reasons only will a print new york times continue to exist. granted i speak on behalf of the first generation more or less indifferent to the "joie" of cracking open the sunday times with my coffee at the neighborhood swivel-stool lunch counter - i understand why such "joie"s exist, and i'd be lying if i said i didn't have a few of my own that i'd hate to see disappear...like neighborhood swivel-stool lunch counters for instance. so i understand the sorrow about the decline of print media, but i don't necessarily think it's fair to reproach people who don't cling as tightly to the feel of $5 soft recycled news print against their hands.
and last time i checked, web advertising was a pretty profitable field so i'm not so sure that we will have to pay to read the news online any time soon either.
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He won't have a paper to read if everyone -- like him -- starts refusing to pay for it. News gathering isn't free, folks.
I'm with you, anon...
If no one buys papers - there won't be a "physical" Ties, AND they'll charge $5 to read it on an iPhone.
clinging to print media is like clinging to vinyl lps. people aren't going to stop explaining all the things that are better about reading a physical newspaper any time soon, in the same way that some people will still try to tell you why a vinyl sounds better than a cd or an mp3.
don't get me wrong, i'm not trying to knock sentamentalism, but for sentimental reasons only will a print new york times continue to exist. granted i speak on behalf of the first generation more or less indifferent to the "joie" of cracking open the sunday times with my coffee at the neighborhood swivel-stool lunch counter - i understand why such "joie"s exist, and i'd be lying if i said i didn't have a few of my own that i'd hate to see disappear...like neighborhood swivel-stool lunch counters for instance. so i understand the sorrow about the decline of print media, but i don't necessarily think it's fair to reproach people who don't cling as tightly to the feel of $5 soft recycled news print against their hands.
and last time i checked, web advertising was a pretty profitable field so i'm not so sure that we will have to pay to read the news online any time soon either.
Vinyl LPs are making a comeback.
And I meant to thank you for the comment, JSenk...Going to update the blog again? I like what you do.
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