Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/01/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ha ha, I wonder how many luggers are subscribers to the Economists (which I must note, is probably the UK version, not the US rag of the same name) On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 10:02 PM, Clive Moss <Clive at moss.net> wrote: > I get the Economist online and audio - and I give the paper edition to my > son-in-law. To get my local rag (Chicago Tribunes) and New York Times > online, I subscribe to the weekend paper auditions only and trash them. I > think that it is because the advertisers value paper subscribers highly. An > expensive fiction. > On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 11:44 PM Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at > gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Of course I do, and a lot more than I used to. The costs for an online > > subscription for most magazine is that a years' online subscription costs > > roughly 10-15% of what it used to cost for a print subscription for a > year > > - The Economist is an exception, but not so the FT from the same stable! > I > > would guess that the net margins for the publishers would be roughly the > > same for both types - if you take into consideration the cost of > > machinery/paper/consumables/extra staff that it took to put out a print > > edition. > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 10:38 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at > > frozenlight.eu> > > wrote: > > > > > But you still consume the journalism, just online, right? I read more > > > newspapers than before, but I too have just one paper subscription, > also > > > The Economist. In fact, I called them a couple of years ago asking how > > much > > > cheaper it was just to get the iPad edition. The answer was that it > would > > > be virtually the same price since I was really paying for the content, > > not > > > the paper. Fair enough, so I continue to get it both electronically and > > on > > > paper. The paper edition spends most of its time in the toilet ;-) > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Nathan > > > > > > Nathan Wajsman > > > > > > Alicante, Spain > > > http://www.frozenlight.eu > > > http://www.greatpix.eu > > > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > > > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > > > > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > > > > > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 24 Jan 2015, at 03:09, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > I just think this is part of the accelerating trend of the end of > print > > > journalism. For example, I have long subscribed to around 25 magazines, > > and > > > I get a hard copy of just one still - The Economist, due to the fact > that > > > it was a long term subscription. Sign of the times, and the good news > > > emanating out of this trend is it will save a few trees, here and > > there..... > > > > Cheers > > > > Jayanand > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > > > > >> On 24-Jan-2015, at 06:54, RicCarter <ric at cartersxrd.net> wrote: > > > >> > > > >> Damn, I wish you were right, but this is the country in which a > large > > > percentage of the public buys into fox news... > > > >> > > > >> ric > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>> On Jan 23, 2015, at 8:21 PM, Tmanley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>> They are "hoping" that the photographers will continue to > contribute! > > > Hah!!! I hope the photographers boycott forever. Let SI depend on crowd > > > sourcing for "good enough" photos. No one will know the difference!! > > Hah!!! > > > >>> > > > >>> Tina > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > >> Leica Users Group. > > > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto // https://www.facebook.com/Transformations.CosplayPortraits