Our local paper had a financial scandal a while back involving inflating circulation. The paper is owned by the company that owns our local cable co also. One cannot cancel the paper – when I tried to – twice now – after price increases I am called by the head of subscriptions and she gives me the old price back, plus exempts me from new rule.
New rules? Yes. If one puts in a temporary hold on the paper, they do not deliver it, but you still have to pay for it. They charge extra for special issues of the paper – meaning any issue, such as Thanksgiving, which gives one lots of ads that they are otherwise paid for. Oh, and if someone new wants to subscribe there is a $5 fee to do so?
The paper has gotten smaller and smaller. First they lost most of their advertisers who were po’d at paying for ads at circulation rates which did not exist. Then they fired all their reporters and other writers including long time columnists. Then they sold themselves to a newspaper chain out of state. Then they were bought back by the cable co. 90% of their writing is from other papers. There seems to be 3 people on staff writing – the same woman seems to write everything – travel, essays, obituaries…. If it is snowing 2 feet here, the articles and photos are about the snow somewhere else. The business section is now down to the 4 pages on one piece of paper and half of that is ads and another page is computer/app reviews. Their latest is that their editorial pieces have a 2 line summary each and we are told to go to their online edition to read them in full. One gets the online paper free if one subscribes to the paper or to the cable service – my mom had the cable service and they started sending her the print paper, even though she did not subscribe – it was required for awhile to take it free if one wanted cable service.
The owners of the cable co are rumored to be selling it, perhaps this will end it all.
This is a newspaper that is mentioned in movies and was a major award winning paper. Up until about 20 years ago everyone took this paper and then it tried to move into the nearby major city with a city edition and then they changed from an afternoon papers and youth carriers (even my husband worked for awhile as same for a friend when the friend could not deliver papers) and now is an early am “flip delivery”. A man (or woman) drives past the house at 4:30 am (I am awake and hear them) and throws the paper out the window of the moving car. Due to this early delivery (we take it in at around 3 pm when we come back in from afternoon errands) they do not include the newest news – they will not, for example, have the winner of the Oscars as they are already going to print. Time magazine, a weekly, has “scooped” this paper on local news.
They want something in the area of $2 a paper – I am paying about 50c. The Sunday paper is now just the news -the rest is delivered on Saturday – whether you pay for the Sunday or not.
I complained to a former publisher that the paper was “garbage”. I told him that I knew this as my mother told me never to pick up anything lying on the ground as it is garbage, so if the paper was thrown on the ground for delivery…. I get my paper delivered to a box they gave me (which is why I hear the deliveryman when he delivers as I hear the car, the door open, the music on the radio, then the door close and the car leave.
Our local paper had a financial scandal a while back involving inflating circulation. The paper is owned by the company that owns our local cable co also. One cannot cancel the paper – when I tried to – twice now – after price increases I am called by the head of subscriptions and she gives me the old price back, plus exempts me from new rule.
New rules? Yes. If one puts in a temporary hold on the paper, they do not deliver it, but you still have to pay for it. They charge extra for special issues of the paper – meaning any issue, such as Thanksgiving, which gives one lots of ads that they are otherwise paid for. Oh, and if someone new wants to subscribe there is a $5 fee to do so?
The paper has gotten smaller and smaller. First they lost most of their advertisers who were po’d at paying for ads at circulation rates which did not exist. Then they fired all their reporters and other writers including long time columnists. Then they sold themselves to a newspaper chain out of state. Then they were bought back by the cable co. 90% of their writing is from other papers. There seems to be 3 people on staff writing – the same woman seems to write everything – travel, essays, obituaries…. If it is snowing 2 feet here, the articles and photos are about the snow somewhere else. The business section is now down to the 4 pages on one piece of paper and half of that is ads and another page is computer/app reviews. Their latest is that their editorial pieces have a 2 line summary each and we are told to go to their online edition to read them in full. One gets the online paper free if one subscribes to the paper or to the cable service – my mom had the cable service and they started sending her the print paper, even though she did not subscribe – it was required for awhile to take it free if one wanted cable service.
The owners of the cable co are rumored to be selling it, perhaps this will end it all.
This is a newspaper that is mentioned in movies and was a major award winning paper. Up until about 20 years ago everyone took this paper and then it tried to move into the nearby major city with a city edition and then they changed from an afternoon papers and youth carriers (even my husband worked for awhile as same for a friend when the friend could not deliver papers) and now is an early am “flip delivery”. A man (or woman) drives past the house at 4:30 am (I am awake and hear them) and throws the paper out the window of the moving car. Due to this early delivery (we take it in at around 3 pm when we come back in from afternoon errands) they do not include the newest news – they will not, for example, have the winner of the Oscars as they are already going to print. Time magazine, a weekly, has “scooped” this paper on local news.
They want something in the area of $2 a paper – I am paying about 50c. The Sunday paper is now just the news -the rest is delivered on Saturday – whether you pay for the Sunday or not.
I complained to a former publisher that the paper was “garbage”. I told him that I knew this as my mother told me never to pick up anything lying on the ground as it is garbage, so if the paper was thrown on the ground for delivery…. I get my paper delivered to a box they gave me (which is why I hear the deliveryman when he delivers as I hear the car, the door open, the music on the radio, then the door close and the car leave.
Our local paper had a financial scandal a while back involving inflating circulation. The paper is owned by the company that owns our local cable co also. One cannot cancel the paper – when I tried to – twice now – after price increases I am called by the head of subscriptions and she gives me the old price back, plus exempts me from new rule.
New rules? Yes. If one puts in a temporary hold on the paper, they do not deliver it, but you still have to pay for it. They charge extra for special issues of the paper – meaning any issue, such as Thanksgiving, which gives one lots of ads that they are otherwise paid for. Oh, and if someone new wants to subscribe there is a $5 fee to do so?
The paper has gotten smaller and smaller. First they lost most of their advertisers who were po’d at paying for ads at circulation rates which did not exist. Then they fired all their reporters and other writers including long time columnists. Then they sold themselves to a newspaper chain out of state. Then they were bought back by the cable co. 90% of their writing is from other papers. There seems to be 3 people on staff writing – the same woman seems to write everything – travel, essays, obituaries…. If it is snowing 2 feet here, the articles and photos are about the snow somewhere else. The business section is now down to the 4 pages on one piece of paper and half of that is ads and another page is computer/app reviews. Their latest is that their editorial pieces have a 2 line summary each and we are told to go to their online edition to read them in full. One gets the online paper free if one subscribes to the paper or to the cable service – my mom had the cable service and they started sending her the print paper, even though she did not subscribe – it was required for awhile to take it free if one wanted cable service.
The owners of the cable co are rumored to be selling it, perhaps this will end it all.
This is a newspaper that is mentioned in movies and was a major award winning paper. Up until about 20 years ago everyone took this paper and then it tried to move into the nearby major city with a city edition and then they changed from an afternoon papers and youth carriers (even my husband worked for awhile as same for a friend when the friend could not deliver papers) and now is an early am “flip delivery”. A man (or woman) drives past the house at 4:30 am (I am awake and hear them) and throws the paper out the window of the moving car. Due to this early delivery (we take it in at around 3 pm when we come back in from afternoon errands) they do not include the newest news – they will not, for example, have the winner of the Oscars as they are already going to print. Time magazine, a weekly, has “scooped” this paper on local news.
They want something in the area of $2 a paper – I am paying about 50c. The Sunday paper is now just the news -the rest is delivered on Saturday – whether you pay for the Sunday or not.
I complained to a former publisher that the paper was “garbage”. I told him that I knew this as my mother told me never to pick up anything lying on the ground as it is garbage, so if the paper was thrown on the ground for delivery…. I get my paper delivered to a box they gave me (which is why I hear the deliveryman when he delivers as I hear the car, the door open, the music on the radio, then the door close and the car leave.
eromlig over 8 years ago
Maybe 20 years ago, Stephen. Not these days.
celeconecca over 8 years ago
I haven’t seen a Sunday paper that thick in years!
cknoblo Premium Member over 8 years ago
Looks like it’s a 2011 strip. Maybe it was that big then.
Saucy1121 Premium Member over 8 years ago
Sunday paper these days is the size of the daily a few years ago. The only really big one any more is the Black Friday one and it’s 90% ads.
mafastore over 8 years ago
Our local paper had a financial scandal a while back involving inflating circulation. The paper is owned by the company that owns our local cable co also. One cannot cancel the paper – when I tried to – twice now – after price increases I am called by the head of subscriptions and she gives me the old price back, plus exempts me from new rule.
New rules? Yes. If one puts in a temporary hold on the paper, they do not deliver it, but you still have to pay for it. They charge extra for special issues of the paper – meaning any issue, such as Thanksgiving, which gives one lots of ads that they are otherwise paid for. Oh, and if someone new wants to subscribe there is a $5 fee to do so?
The paper has gotten smaller and smaller. First they lost most of their advertisers who were po’d at paying for ads at circulation rates which did not exist. Then they fired all their reporters and other writers including long time columnists. Then they sold themselves to a newspaper chain out of state. Then they were bought back by the cable co. 90% of their writing is from other papers. There seems to be 3 people on staff writing – the same woman seems to write everything – travel, essays, obituaries…. If it is snowing 2 feet here, the articles and photos are about the snow somewhere else. The business section is now down to the 4 pages on one piece of paper and half of that is ads and another page is computer/app reviews. Their latest is that their editorial pieces have a 2 line summary each and we are told to go to their online edition to read them in full. One gets the online paper free if one subscribes to the paper or to the cable service – my mom had the cable service and they started sending her the print paper, even though she did not subscribe – it was required for awhile to take it free if one wanted cable service.
The owners of the cable co are rumored to be selling it, perhaps this will end it all.
This is a newspaper that is mentioned in movies and was a major award winning paper. Up until about 20 years ago everyone took this paper and then it tried to move into the nearby major city with a city edition and then they changed from an afternoon papers and youth carriers (even my husband worked for awhile as same for a friend when the friend could not deliver papers) and now is an early am “flip delivery”. A man (or woman) drives past the house at 4:30 am (I am awake and hear them) and throws the paper out the window of the moving car. Due to this early delivery (we take it in at around 3 pm when we come back in from afternoon errands) they do not include the newest news – they will not, for example, have the winner of the Oscars as they are already going to print. Time magazine, a weekly, has “scooped” this paper on local news.
They want something in the area of $2 a paper – I am paying about 50c. The Sunday paper is now just the news -the rest is delivered on Saturday – whether you pay for the Sunday or not.
I complained to a former publisher that the paper was “garbage”. I told him that I knew this as my mother told me never to pick up anything lying on the ground as it is garbage, so if the paper was thrown on the ground for delivery…. I get my paper delivered to a box they gave me (which is why I hear the deliveryman when he delivers as I hear the car, the door open, the music on the radio, then the door close and the car leave.
mafastore over 8 years ago
Our local paper had a financial scandal a while back involving inflating circulation. The paper is owned by the company that owns our local cable co also. One cannot cancel the paper – when I tried to – twice now – after price increases I am called by the head of subscriptions and she gives me the old price back, plus exempts me from new rule.
New rules? Yes. If one puts in a temporary hold on the paper, they do not deliver it, but you still have to pay for it. They charge extra for special issues of the paper – meaning any issue, such as Thanksgiving, which gives one lots of ads that they are otherwise paid for. Oh, and if someone new wants to subscribe there is a $5 fee to do so?
The paper has gotten smaller and smaller. First they lost most of their advertisers who were po’d at paying for ads at circulation rates which did not exist. Then they fired all their reporters and other writers including long time columnists. Then they sold themselves to a newspaper chain out of state. Then they were bought back by the cable co. 90% of their writing is from other papers. There seems to be 3 people on staff writing – the same woman seems to write everything – travel, essays, obituaries…. If it is snowing 2 feet here, the articles and photos are about the snow somewhere else. The business section is now down to the 4 pages on one piece of paper and half of that is ads and another page is computer/app reviews. Their latest is that their editorial pieces have a 2 line summary each and we are told to go to their online edition to read them in full. One gets the online paper free if one subscribes to the paper or to the cable service – my mom had the cable service and they started sending her the print paper, even though she did not subscribe – it was required for awhile to take it free if one wanted cable service.
The owners of the cable co are rumored to be selling it, perhaps this will end it all.
This is a newspaper that is mentioned in movies and was a major award winning paper. Up until about 20 years ago everyone took this paper and then it tried to move into the nearby major city with a city edition and then they changed from an afternoon papers and youth carriers (even my husband worked for awhile as same for a friend when the friend could not deliver papers) and now is an early am “flip delivery”. A man (or woman) drives past the house at 4:30 am (I am awake and hear them) and throws the paper out the window of the moving car. Due to this early delivery (we take it in at around 3 pm when we come back in from afternoon errands) they do not include the newest news – they will not, for example, have the winner of the Oscars as they are already going to print. Time magazine, a weekly, has “scooped” this paper on local news.
They want something in the area of $2 a paper – I am paying about 50c. The Sunday paper is now just the news -the rest is delivered on Saturday – whether you pay for the Sunday or not.
I complained to a former publisher that the paper was “garbage”. I told him that I knew this as my mother told me never to pick up anything lying on the ground as it is garbage, so if the paper was thrown on the ground for delivery…. I get my paper delivered to a box they gave me (which is why I hear the deliveryman when he delivers as I hear the car, the door open, the music on the radio, then the door close and the car leave.
mafastore over 8 years ago
Our local paper had a financial scandal a while back involving inflating circulation. The paper is owned by the company that owns our local cable co also. One cannot cancel the paper – when I tried to – twice now – after price increases I am called by the head of subscriptions and she gives me the old price back, plus exempts me from new rule.
New rules? Yes. If one puts in a temporary hold on the paper, they do not deliver it, but you still have to pay for it. They charge extra for special issues of the paper – meaning any issue, such as Thanksgiving, which gives one lots of ads that they are otherwise paid for. Oh, and if someone new wants to subscribe there is a $5 fee to do so?
The paper has gotten smaller and smaller. First they lost most of their advertisers who were po’d at paying for ads at circulation rates which did not exist. Then they fired all their reporters and other writers including long time columnists. Then they sold themselves to a newspaper chain out of state. Then they were bought back by the cable co. 90% of their writing is from other papers. There seems to be 3 people on staff writing – the same woman seems to write everything – travel, essays, obituaries…. If it is snowing 2 feet here, the articles and photos are about the snow somewhere else. The business section is now down to the 4 pages on one piece of paper and half of that is ads and another page is computer/app reviews. Their latest is that their editorial pieces have a 2 line summary each and we are told to go to their online edition to read them in full. One gets the online paper free if one subscribes to the paper or to the cable service – my mom had the cable service and they started sending her the print paper, even though she did not subscribe – it was required for awhile to take it free if one wanted cable service.
The owners of the cable co are rumored to be selling it, perhaps this will end it all.
This is a newspaper that is mentioned in movies and was a major award winning paper. Up until about 20 years ago everyone took this paper and then it tried to move into the nearby major city with a city edition and then they changed from an afternoon papers and youth carriers (even my husband worked for awhile as same for a friend when the friend could not deliver papers) and now is an early am “flip delivery”. A man (or woman) drives past the house at 4:30 am (I am awake and hear them) and throws the paper out the window of the moving car. Due to this early delivery (we take it in at around 3 pm when we come back in from afternoon errands) they do not include the newest news – they will not, for example, have the winner of the Oscars as they are already going to print. Time magazine, a weekly, has “scooped” this paper on local news.
They want something in the area of $2 a paper – I am paying about 50c. The Sunday paper is now just the news -the rest is delivered on Saturday – whether you pay for the Sunday or not.
I complained to a former publisher that the paper was “garbage”. I told him that I knew this as my mother told me never to pick up anything lying on the ground as it is garbage, so if the paper was thrown on the ground for delivery…. I get my paper delivered to a box they gave me (which is why I hear the deliveryman when he delivers as I hear the car, the door open, the music on the radio, then the door close and the car leave.