As a kid, I remember my parents getting a daily newspaper delivered.
I don’t think I’ve ever bought a newspaper in my life. Not even a digital one.
Do you pay for news? If so, still in paper or digital?
I have an abo for the Tagi but otherwise, no, all my English-language news is free (or pilfered using archive.is).
The last time I bought print media was in the UK back in Feb - copy of the Byline Times at the airport.
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Yes, digital subscriptions to The Guardian, The Times and The New York Times. Since I travel a lot I like to have newspapers upload daily to their iPad apps for offline viewing.
The Guardian isn’t behind a paywall like the other two, but I think it’s worth paying for to support independent journalism.
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I used to buy a Daily Mail when we go to the UK, but haven’t done that the last few trips. Just use BBC and CNN for news online. Maybe when we’re back over permanently I might, but not sure there’s a need to now really.
I still have one subscription, love reading the newspapers with a cup of coffee.
In the UK I used to really enjoy the weekend newspapers - the Saturday Telegraph was great and enough sections for the whole weekend.
I did have an online subscription for a time here but let it lapse.
I used to buy the Spectator too but now it is full of offensive articles by people I can’t stand like Julie Burchill.
I sometimes read the Guardian online but sometimes when I feel I ought to take out a subscription, there is an article which is so woke it’s cringeworthy.
I think the standard of newspapers (UK ones at least) has really gone downhill - both the writing skill and content.
And of course there’s the Daily Mail for laughs!
I am thinking about subscribing to NZZ to learn German but seeing how rarely I am reading a free delivered local newspaper reminds me that I am perhaps delusional. Does the quality of NZZ articles motivate one to read it more often?
The Economist in digital and print. The Atlantic, New York Times and Frankfurter Allgemeine in digital. I also pay for some content / commentary sites like The Atlantic and The Bulwark which I would not strictly describe as news.
I recently cancelled my NZZ subscription because I see a disturbing trend there to argue positions of the populist right, especially in the German edition.
So you are spending quite a bit on those subscription?
Depends. NYT is 4 USD per month. The Economist is probably 300 per year. And you should see what I pay for streaming.
If you expect serious and independent journslism, you should be willing to pay for it.
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What of all these you find the most valuable if you were to keep one? The Economist?
Yes. I had a subscription for the digital version of Zürichsee Zeitung, but recently it has been merged with Tages-Anzeiger. So now I have a subscription for Tages-Anzeiger. What I find inconvenient, that even if you pay 100+ CHF/year you have multiple ads on the page. Also I have noticed that the amount of local news has been significantly reduced since the merge with TA, which is pity.
Tough one. Cannot say. This is probably why I have so many.
I got a free subscription to FT via work and if there’s one subscription I’d have, it would be that. Though I’m too cheap to pay 85 CHF per month for a full subscription. There are some tricks to get it for cheaper.
The NY Times. In fact I just watched a great flick about it.
I’ve subscribed to the NYT, the Economist, NZZ and the SCMP for decades, added The Atlantic after Signalgate. Also ProPublica, although that is technically a donation rather than a subscription.
(SCMP has changed, though, so I’m reevaluating that one. Might switch to the Straits Times.)
Used to subscribe to my hometown paper, the Chicago Tribune, but it has become a shadow of it’s former self since it was sold off to various PE groups with no interest in journalism. I dropped the Trib a few years ago. Sad to do it, but since few real journalists remained, no reason left to add my pennies to some soulless corporate raider’s yacht fund. Sic transit gloria mundi, and all that.
FYI, a free source I regularly read is The Conversation.
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The NZZ is a tough read, the Tagi much easier to learn German, though you might not like the politics. I like to take up special offers, especially from papers of the enemy. Six months of theTelegraph was a hoot, especially the comments. I pay for the NYT and WP, both excellent value. Fox news is free online. Stopped contributing to the Guardian as their standards have fallen, too much opinion masquerading as fact. Just took a cheap year with the Times. The library is great for expensive papers such as the FT. The day starts with stuff.co.nz so I know all the important news over morning cofee
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No. Its all propaganda.
Because the subscriptions cost close to nothing. Both have become super dovish on Trump. NYT did not have one article on the No Kings protests yesterday. Not one.
Beg your pardon
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