# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266/21 "2020-01-31T15:45:28Z")
I voted yes, but it’s a qualified yes. I didn’t subscribe solely online. I get the Sunday paper (Dallas Morning News) delivered to the house, and along with that subscription comes an online subscription, which I use every day. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266/22 "2020-01-31T15:47:31Z")
> [@rsat3acr](#): > > 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. I’m with you. I like reading an actual paper and really dislike reading it online. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266/23 "2020-01-31T16:02:37Z")
Yes, I subscribed to one yesterday, but it was free. I can’t even remember the title. Times something? ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266/24 "2020-01-31T16:06:59Z")
No but I have found the Danville Press Enterprise tempting more than once. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266/25 "2020-01-31T16:07:42Z")
WSJ and WaPo ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266/26 "2020-01-31T16:16:46Z")
I subscribe to Wired and that gets me online and magazines, but no newspapers. My local newspaper wants $14 a month and that’s just more than I want to pay considering I can read the headline articles in Private browser windows anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266/27 "2020-01-31T16:18:22Z")
NYT, WaPo and Alaska Daily News. We also have access to The Oregonian online through our subscription (and get the actual paper four days a week). There may be others, as my wife is a news junkie. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266/28 "2020-01-31T16:40:35Z")
I have online subscriptions to NYT and WaPo. I also have online subscriptions to The Atlantic, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker. I tried The Economist and dropped it, I was disappointed at the lack of in-depth reporting. I bought all the subscriptions on sale. I think the total is around $15 a month. ---
**Author:** ![Driver8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Driver8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Driver8)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266/29 "2020-01-31T16:48:37Z")
New York Times, Washington Post, and the Seattle Times for me. Technically the Seattle Times subscription also gives me the physical Sunday paper but that wasn’t my motivation. I guess it’s better for them to throw that in (advertising revenue?) with the online subscription. My kid likes the comics but it mostly goes straight in the recycling. I do subscribe to the Economist too but only consume that in physical form. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266/30 "2020-01-31T21:15:16Z")
I subscribe to the physical NY Times and read it daily. One day someone borrowed it from the lobby of my condo and I read the online paper that day, but didn’t like it as much. Later in the day, it was returned. An online sub would be much cheaper though. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266/31 "2020-01-31T22:27:16Z")
[_The Economist_](https://www.economist.com/) is the only newspaper I subscribe to. I had the print edition for years, had combo electronic/print for a while, and am now only electronic. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266/32 "2020-02-01T18:56:55Z")
I used to subscribe to the online Wall Street Journal. Now I find I can access most online articles for free from home through my local library, with a delay of about 24 hours. I can get breaking news from any number of free outlets, so I don’t generally mind waiting 24 hours for the Journal’s more in-depth analysis. Plus I’m a cheap bastard. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266/33 "2020-02-01T20:19:26Z")
I’m subscribed to the local “paper” for a rousing $1/ month. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266/34 "2020-02-01T22:03:59Z")
I have an online subscription to our local newspaper\*, as well as an online subscription to one “national” paper along with getting the print version). \*We recently ended a long tradition of getting home delivery of the local paper. For one thing we’re moving out of state soon. And even if that wasn’t the case we would probably have stopped delivery since the Wile E. Coyote in charge decided to save money (?) by centralizing printing for several newspapers in the chain at a printing plant hundreds of miles away. This decision means the cutoff time for submission of articles/sports stories etc. will have to be several hours earlier, to allow time for printing, shipment and delivery locally. Way to make the paper even less relevant, geniuses! \*\*also, the remote printing plant does not have the capacity to print the shrunken format our newspaper went to several years ago (ostensibly to save money). So the new version will be in the same standard size as it used to be, only with less up-to-date news. No matter if the cost “savings” of remote printing is wiped out by money lost in printing a full size edition; they’ll probably downsize staff again to make up for it. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266/35 "2020-02-01T23:45:29Z")
Yes, Washington Post. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2020, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266/36 "2020-02-02T04:51:43Z")
Yes, we pay $3.99 a month for WaPo through Amazon, which we read on our phones. ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2020, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266/37 "2020-02-02T22:57:34Z")
NYT and Wapo. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266/38 "2020-02-03T02:57:54Z")
Wapo. Fuck NYT. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266/39 "2020-02-03T03:26:39Z")
I like my paper Paper. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266/40 "2020-02-07T18:51:54Z")
> [@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. Me too. I get the Post delivered, and digital is included. I get the NYT web site on a promo where I pay $4/month. I just called to cancel at the end of the promo and they gave me another year at the same price. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847266.md?page=3)