03-17-2011, 06:20 PM
We pay about $75/yr. for LA Times daily delivery (gotta get those fry's ads...) which includes full digital access and a daily email reminder/headline preview, and then share as needed w/ other friends and family that subscribe to other digital content where they live.
It's kinda sad, all the grappling for customers, but we need good journalism. I'm not sure what the optimum pricing model would be, but something like an additional 25-35% on top of your local newspaper's fee, ought to get an "all access" pass to all other domestic media... they could track who reads what media outlet by the logins. The Hartford Courant could see how many NY Times or Washington Post subscribers were reading which articles, and the Dallas Morning News could see how followers were from the Denver Post or Orlando Sentinel. Everyone wins.
It's kinda sad, all the grappling for customers, but we need good journalism. I'm not sure what the optimum pricing model would be, but something like an additional 25-35% on top of your local newspaper's fee, ought to get an "all access" pass to all other domestic media... they could track who reads what media outlet by the logins. The Hartford Courant could see how many NY Times or Washington Post subscribers were reading which articles, and the Dallas Morning News could see how followers were from the Denver Post or Orlando Sentinel. Everyone wins.