The Boston Globe

[dsrtao]

$36/month -- delivered paper.
$17/month -- web access to "the electronic edition" -- PDF
$10/month -- Kindle edition
Free -- http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/?p1=GN_TodaysGlobe

Also free:

http://news.google.com
http://www.universalhub.com

Comments

[dsrtao]

The basic problem is that I want to support good journalism, and good journalism is about 25-45% of the Globe by page count, and rather less by budget dollars.

No, I don't have an answer. I do think that (a) this is the end of many major newspapers as physical entities and (b) the Globe doesn't know what to charge for electronic access, but whatever it is, it will be wrong.

[liamstliam.livejournal.com]

Charging anything for electronic access is a bad idea.

There's just no model for it that can really work.

[hungrytiger]

Good points.

I like getting the Sunday Globe, but you're right that most of it could be thrown out and I wouldn't miss it a bit (and the Globe is arguably one of the better newspapers in the country).

Micropayments might be an answer. 5 cents per article through some autopayment system (or you could pay $5/year for access to a section). Just a thought.

In any case, the whole industry will have to change soon and it's going to be interesting to watch.

[elizabear.livejournal.com]

I hate micro payments. I really prefer a flat fee for access.