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Fooladi,

I'm kind of in between online and paper newspapers. But then again, I haven't had a laptop for that long. AndI seem to be heading completely toward electronic. But I can't stand reading books online and I hope the 'real thing' never goes out of style. Scholarly articles, complicated stuff, I have to print out anyway. Can't retain anything otherwise.

Anyway, every day things will change. It's like 'Future Shock' by Alvin Toeffler, if you know that book. Except the future's already here. We're in it this very moment as we type. Salaam az New York.

We shall C what we shall sea.

Rosie

Rosie, it'd be hard to predict.....

How smaller papers like Guardian would continue operating without additional sources of finance . I personally download all my daily paper reading on my handheld device and read them when I get a chance during the day. But I think "older people", tend to prefer the paper version. And it is not just the papers, a friend of mine, an avid reader of classic books, now has stopped buying paper books and instead downloads and reads her favourits on her beloved IPAD. I think she pays per download.

Thanks, Fooladi.

I got .65 from an exchange rate site. But I did get it reversed. I thinkI have a slight dyslexia for this kind of figuring.

But don't you think newspapers like the Guardian are going to have to start charging for their online versions sooner or later too? All their income is advertising. Is that enough?

Anyway I would guess the paper versions will probably become pretty much obsolete as laptops get more streamlined and are able to connect in subways, etc. They are already getting just as easy to carry, and probably easier to handle.

"one pound (.65 of a dollar)" is not...

It's the other way round, so each pound is about 1.55 US $.

Regardless, I'd not pay even a penny (1.55cents) to read the times. From UK alone there are lots of publications of much higher quality and substance which are not owned by a media tycoon and can be accessed free of charge.  Amongst whic, I'd recommend Guardian and Morning star. 

Dr. X (????!!!), Comrade

Dr. X: 

I would think subscription to the paper version of the newspaper would be much cheaper for a whole year that paying a buck for every article everytime you decide to read one. Really dumb idea 

Comrade is right about major publications. If they don't start charging, they will all go bankrupt.

But anyway, it's not one buck (pound) per article, it's one pound (.65 of a dollar) per day. A year's subscription online is only 2 pounds per week. Much cheaper than the paper version. Even if you paid every single day individually it would be competitive with the paper rate: 

//www.offers.com/newyorktimes/subscription/offer/?path=pqi-vjyt-gls-106a1a

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But I am still the best bargain, Comrade.

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpU-mcgBJxE

:D

LOL!!! I'm really going to pay malicious, maniac Murdoch

to be dumbed down (further) and dumped on.

Err, it's the other way round. The primitive warmongering genocidal maniac should be paying me!

And btw, by George , the creature is indescribably  ugly in every way.

No maniac murd* - och news is good news!

*note the similarity of this surname and quite a few unsavoury words.

Stupid idea

I would think subscription to the paper version of the newspaper would be much cheaper for a whole year that paying a buck for every article everytime you decide to read one. Really dumb idea.

COmrade:

COunt the hours that you spend online reading various articles on various sites and then tell me if it would be worth it!

With all due respect

I'd rather donate to various human rights org. than pay for IC. There were contributors I enjoyed reading, e.g. Jamshid. But they are all gone.

So why pay ? Just as good, if not even better.  cache

She is with me!

Com' on Rosie, I love you enough to pay for you. No strings attached!!

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I hope some day he would

I hope some day he would venture that idea which, in my opinion, will enable him to overhaul this popular site to a higher level of authenticity, and credibility.

Authentic it already is.

Credible it will never be.

Does it not sound stupid when a patron asks for being charged? 

For this site? No. It sounds insane.

Long overdue

Free access never made sense to me. I'm looking forward to see a fee-charged membership for our own IC as well. It's an old subject refuted first and foremost by none other than JJ himself. I hope some day he would venture that idea which, in my opinion, will enable him to overhaul this popular site to a higher level of authenticity, and credibility.

Does it not sound stupid when a patron asks for being charged?     

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