Comments on: One if by land, two if online http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/05/26/one-if-by-land-two-if-online/ by Jeff Jarvis Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:53:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: hey http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/05/26/one-if-by-land-two-if-online/#comment-55903 hey Fri, 26 May 2006 19:59:59 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=1567#comment-55903 Interesting that they see it as an attack on the FT. I'm guessing that there is a very minimal number of people who would switch from the FT to The Times. I like the Times and the Telegraph, but they're additional papers, not main papers. Just like WSJ subscribers will take another local paper or two. To the real FT customer, the FT and WSJ are the papers that matter, and you add on to that. Great to have them printing in the US though. I love the UK papers and it's great to not have to pay daily airmail for them. Interesting that they see it as an attack on the FT. I’m guessing that there is a very minimal number of people who would switch from the FT to The Times. I like the Times and the Telegraph, but they’re additional papers, not main papers. Just like WSJ subscribers will take another local paper or two. To the real FT customer, the FT and WSJ are the papers that matter, and you add on to that.

Great to have them printing in the US though. I love the UK papers and it’s great to not have to pay daily airmail for them.

]]> By: Suebob http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/05/26/one-if-by-land-two-if-online/#comment-55848 Suebob Fri, 26 May 2006 19:05:31 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=1567#comment-55848 I will be 45 in a short while. I have always lived somewhere a daily newspaper was delivered. Either with my parents or on my own, I always got the paper, sometimes two, occasionally three. I just cancelled my newspaper subscription. It was a combination of things. I like reading a little bit from a lot of different sources online, rather than sticking to one newspaper. Mostly, though, it was the paper. I moved to a place where they only pick up recyclables every 2 weeks. The vast quantities of newsprint in the bin made me sad and ashamed. I read the paper for 15 minutes to an hour a day depending on my schedule, and I just couldn't see going through a tree every couple weeks to do that anymore. I will be 45 in a short while. I have always lived somewhere a daily newspaper was delivered. Either with my parents or on my own, I always got the paper, sometimes two, occasionally three.

I just cancelled my newspaper subscription. It was a combination of things. I like reading a little bit from a lot of different sources online, rather than sticking to one newspaper.

Mostly, though, it was the paper. I moved to a place where they only pick up recyclables every 2 weeks. The vast quantities of newsprint in the bin made me sad and ashamed. I read the paper for 15 minutes to an hour a day depending on my schedule, and I just couldn’t see going through a tree every couple weeks to do that anymore.

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