Do you subscribe?

[Lollygaggers]

Saw a note that The Palm Beach Post no longer will provide as many papers in its newsroom as it has in the past, and management basically said that if you want a paper, we encourage you to take advantage of the 50% discount you get on a subscription.

Got me thinking . . . how many of you actually subscribe to your paper with a discount, and how many just get a copy when you show up in the newsroom each morning? I subscribe, and it is very cheap to do it, but sometimes I wonder if it's worth what little money it costs.

 

[Angola!]

Saw a note that The Palm Beach Post no longer will provide as many papers in its newsroom as it has in the past, and management basically said that if you want a paper, we encourage you to take advantage of the 50% discount you get on a subscription.

Got me thinking . . . how many of you actually subscribe to your paper with a discount, and how many just get a copy when you show up in the newsroom each morning? I subscribe, and it is very cheap to do it, but sometimes I wonder if it's worth what little money it costs.

I get it for free. At the paper I worked at over the summer it was 50 percent off and I subscribed.

 

[Monday Morning Sportswriter]

Maybe a circulation guy can help out with this ...

A newspaper is allowed to count one copy per employee for its circulation, right? Do they actually have to get that paper into their hands? Because my shop doesn't provide enough copies, nor does it make available copies of the weekend editions.

 

[Riddick]

My shop did the same thing and no longer supplies the newsroom with copies. I subscribed before management made that decision, but decided not to once it seemed like they were forcing me into it.
Now, whenever one of my bosses asks if I read the paper today, I let them know I no longer have a subscription, those greedy benches.

 

[pseudo]

I don't, but only because we don't have carrier delivery. (Weekly, mail-only.) Instead of waiting for it to show up in the mailbox a day or two later, I buy it off the rack when it comes out. If I want some for clips, though, I will drop by the office and snag a couple for free ...

 

[spaceman]

that's preposterous.

 

[Hank_Scorpio]

Just go down to the print shop/receiving area/library/circulation area and snag a few if they won't bring any up.

 

[Pete Incaviglia]

I get mine delivered to my door each day for free.

Also get free classified ads. Even though I can get that on craigslist.

 

[2underpar]

i subscribe, for no apparent reason.

 

[KYSportsWriter]

My mom subscribes at 50 percent off and gets just the Sunday paper.

 

[Jeremy Goodwin]

I don't. We used to get the paper for free, but no longer do and I can live without reading it in the morning. I usually read everything on the Web and only look at the print copy to help when designing pages.

I get our state edition in the office hot off the press, and can always grab a city edition from circulation if I need one.

 

[fishwrapper]

I get mine delivered to my door each day for free.

Exactly the reason I've never subscribed: If you live in an apartment complex, you'll never get one delivered to you. If I subscribed, I'm essentially giving myself a pay cut for no reason.

Except that you would be able to read the paper.