# Do you subscribe to an online 'newspaper'? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 31, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266 "2020-01-31T00:57:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266/1 "2020-01-31T00:57:24Z")
Other than the Dope (where it’s not mandatory(, the only websites I pay for are The New York Times and the Washington Post. I’ve subscribed to the online NYT for many years and it’s a cost I never regret. I added the Post in the Trump era and will probably drop it later this year (either sanity will return or the future will be too bleak to want to read about). The Times (and probably the Post) don’t have to worry much about their sustained viability. On the other hand, with so many free online sources, many, maybe most, traditional ‘newspapers’ are gonna fold (which is a bad thing IMO). Anyway, do you pay to subscribe to any online newspapers? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266/2 "2020-01-31T01:33:55Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > Other than the Dope (where it’s not mandatory(, the only websites I pay for are The New York Times and the Washington Post. > > I’ve subscribed to the online NYT for many years and it’s a cost I never regret. I added the Post in the Trump era and will probably drop it later this year (either sanity will return or the future will be too bleak to want to read about). > > The Times (and probably the Post) don’t have to worry much about their sustained viability. On the other hand, with so many free online sources, many, maybe most, traditional ‘newspapers’ are gonna fold (which is a bad thing IMO). > > Anyway, do you pay to subscribe to any online newspapers? We subscribe to the same two that you do. We also send a few bucks a month the way of the Guardian, but not consistently. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266/3 "2020-01-31T01:54:00Z")
I subscribe for online only for the WaPo. I get the physical Chicago Tribune every Sunday and that gives me online access as well. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266/4 "2020-01-31T02:08:46Z")
As mentioned in your other thread, I receive a number of emailed news bulletins at no cost. But I’m cheap. ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266/5 "2020-01-31T02:16:47Z")
Yes. _The New York Times_. ---
**Author:** ![Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266/6 "2020-01-31T02:18:53Z")
Yes. WaPo and LA Times. Beats my local delivered rag for a third of the price for both. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266/7 "2020-01-31T02:25:30Z")
Nope, [news.google.com](http://news.google.com) for me. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266/8 "2020-01-31T03:13:15Z")
Get the NY Times through work, but I used to pay for it out of pocket. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266/9 "2020-01-31T03:20:37Z")
I get my local newspaper (Sunday delivery and unlimited online access) for an inexpensive $5/month, and it’s a very good publication. I’m on the verge of signing up for the NYTimes, but haven’t bit the bullet yet. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266/10 "2020-01-31T03:20:45Z")
I just signed up for the Times, and an online subscription came with my local newspaper subscription. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266/11 "2020-01-31T03:47:16Z")
NYT here ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266/12 "2020-01-31T05:02:34Z")
NY Times ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266/13 "2020-01-31T05:07:21Z")
WaPo but I wait until they send me an offer in the $30/yr range – and then immediately cancel & disconnect my card so I don’t get a surprise $150 charge a year later. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266/14 "2020-01-31T05:25:53Z")
_The New York Times_ only. I finally caved in when they stopped printing a local edition of _The Miami Herald_ here in Panama. ---
**Author:** ![Heracles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heracles/32/487_2.png) [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266/15 "2020-01-31T10:20:20Z")
I only subscribe to [Le Devoir](http://www.ledevoir.com) (a Québec-wide newspaper) at this point. The Canadian government has announced a new [tax deduction for online news subscriptions](https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/programs/about-canada-revenue-agency-cra/federal-government-budgets/budget-2019-investing-middle-class/canadian-journalism/digital-subscriptions.html); I don’t think it’s in force yet. I expect it will make these subscriptions more popular in Canada. ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266/16 "2020-01-31T11:19:35Z")
I subscribe to the New York Times and the Toronto Star online. For the Star I get the replica edition, which is an electronic version of the physical paper, which they sell separately from web site access. Recently they have also added free access to the Wall Street Journal for Star subscribers, so I’ve got that going for me. ---
**Author:** ![theunwinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/34f0e0/32.png) [@theunwinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theunwinder)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266/17 "2020-01-31T11:39:46Z")
No way. The local paper limits my views to 3 per month. I go into “Incognito Mode” to see articles after I’ve hit their limit. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266/18 "2020-01-31T11:54:20Z")
I work at a university so I have an .edu email address, which usually gets me a year or few of many major newspapers free, or at least at a fairly steep discount. I got WaPo for free for several years, and then it was converted to a paid subscription but I pay the “academic rate” of $5/month. I used to have others but I’ve long used up all of my free access, and WaPo tends to be the only one I regularly read, so that’s the one I kept. ---
**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266/19 "2020-01-31T14:17:07Z")
I pay for the local paper and I get the online version included. I have never looked at the online version. I’m oldish and like a paper newspaper. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266/20 "2020-01-31T15:27:51Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > Other than the Dope (where it’s not mandatory(, the only websites I pay for are The New York Times and the Washington Post. > > … > [@Maserschmidt](#): > > We subscribe to the same two that you do. We also send a few bucks a month the way of the Guardian, but not consistently. Ditto to all three of those, plus The Atlantic online. I also pay for my local paper online. There’s nothing much to it, but occasionally something happens locally that I need to know about. And I want to support them. I don’t watch any TV news and only listen to NPR when I’m in the car (which isn’t much now that I’m retired). I also pay for The Dope because I support it and it’s the right thing to do. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266.md?page=2)