Comments on: Blog rally to help the Boston Globe http://drinkboston.com/2009/04/09/blog-rally-to-help-the-boston-globe/ Bars, bartenders and imbibing in Beantown. Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:49:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jill http://drinkboston.com/2009/04/09/blog-rally-to-help-the-boston-globe/comment-page-1/#comment-31384 Jill Fri, 10 Apr 2009 02:53:55 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/2009/04/09/blog-rally-to-help-the-boston-globe/#comment-31384 I've been reading the papers online for the last couple years, too. But I miss reading the paper paper, and the Globe is important. So I just went to their website and signed up for home delivery: $4.63 a week is a bargain. I’ve been reading the papers online for the last couple years, too. But I miss reading the paper paper, and the Globe is important. So I just went to their website and signed up for home delivery: $4.63 a week is a bargain.

]]> By: Todd http://drinkboston.com/2009/04/09/blog-rally-to-help-the-boston-globe/comment-page-1/#comment-31342 Todd Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:55:49 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/2009/04/09/blog-rally-to-help-the-boston-globe/#comment-31342 Just a thought... why doesn't the news papers set up a email paper... meaning... when I wake in the morning my paper has been emailed to my computer and printed out for me waiting there for me with my pre-timed brewed coffee... I would pay for that.... (and you could formate the paper to your own likes...large print...small... legal paper... reg paper....or just get the sections you want) Just a thought… why doesn’t the news papers set up a email paper… meaning… when I wake in the morning my paper has been emailed to my computer and printed out for me waiting there for me with my pre-timed brewed coffee… I would pay for that…. (and you could formate the paper to your own likes…large print…small… legal paper… reg paper….or just get the sections you want)

]]> By: ljclark http://drinkboston.com/2009/04/09/blog-rally-to-help-the-boston-globe/comment-page-1/#comment-31335 ljclark Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:02:21 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/2009/04/09/blog-rally-to-help-the-boston-globe/#comment-31335 Interesting. I've never paid for online news. I pay to get two Sunday papers (including the Globe) delivered, but I read a greater variety of news sites online for free during the week. It seems inevitable that many newspapers, perhaps including the Globe and Herald in Boston, will have to abandon print. That won't be good for people without ready access to computers. There was a radio interview (WBUR) today with Ben Taylor, of the family who used to own the Globe. He actually said that no newspaper owner could have predicted six or seven years ago that newspapers would be in such a position. Really? I think that the average person on the street could've predicted that. But we're supposed to be constructive, here, right? Paying good bloggers to contribute some content is one idea. Interesting. I’ve never paid for online news. I pay to get two Sunday papers (including the Globe) delivered, but I read a greater variety of news sites online for free during the week. It seems inevitable that many newspapers, perhaps including the Globe and Herald in Boston, will have to abandon print. That won’t be good for people without ready access to computers.

There was a radio interview (WBUR) today with Ben Taylor, of the family who used to own the Globe. He actually said that no newspaper owner could have predicted six or seven years ago that newspapers would be in such a position. Really? I think that the average person on the street could’ve predicted that.

But we’re supposed to be constructive, here, right? Paying good bloggers to contribute some content is one idea.

]]> By: steinpilz http://drinkboston.com/2009/04/09/blog-rally-to-help-the-boston-globe/comment-page-1/#comment-31328 steinpilz Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:20:34 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/2009/04/09/blog-rally-to-help-the-boston-globe/#comment-31328 As someone who has gradually moved from having two papers delivered daily to reading these two, and more, daily on the web I'd suggest that the Globe and other papers could remain viable primarily as web sites, perhaps publishing a weekend edition (or a free smaller daily) for nostalgic readers who like the real papers. I happily paid for access to newspaper web sites until they all became free. As someone who has gradually moved from having two papers delivered daily to reading these two, and more, daily on the web I’d suggest that the Globe and other papers could remain viable primarily as web sites, perhaps publishing a weekend edition (or a free smaller daily) for nostalgic readers who like the real papers. I happily paid for access to newspaper web sites until they all became free.

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