Herald Wants you to PAY........

[eddiemac66]

The Miami Herald wants you to PAY to read their sports section on-line! Wow! $69.95 a year to read The Miami Herald on-line! I wonder how their advertisers feel about that? You open their home page, click on a story and voila! the window pops up! And if you hit the 'x' it takes you back to the home page! They ain't gettin' my $69.95!

Is their sports page worth $69.95?

EMac
Ft. Pierce, FL

 

[Wahlman43]

Hell no it isn't. That is absurd.
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[Cane50]

Get used to it, all the papers will be doing it soon. I think the Sun-Sentinel either does it or is about to do it. I have been to other papers around the country that are doing it. It is the future and the only way they will stay in business

 

[advarkas]

Order El Nuevo Herald- it costs the same but you get three free pork empanadas, a free guayabera shirt, and a free cd of Tito Puente's Greatest Hits... "Oye como va, mi ritmo- bueno para gosar..." MUCH better value...

Go Canes...!!!

Prost! (Cheers!)

 

[NCTopgoon]

I contacted the Herald and found that ALL of the McClatchy newspapers are doing it. Sun-Sentinel is a McClatchy newspaper.
The WPB newspaper still is free.
When I first discovered this, about a month ago, I sent them an email and told them that I'd never go to their website again. I haven't. If they lose enough online readers, their sponsors will be looking at other venues to promote their products. Together, we hold all of the power. Problem is, most will ante up and pay the fare.

 

[it'sabout the U]

Lol!! AJ that's Santana but close enough!!!!!

 

[kerryman]

Sun Sentinel doing same thing.. No way will I pay.

 

[KLCaneFan2]

Cyberspace mullet wraper!! Lol

 

[michaelmtripp_a_aol.com]

The newspapers wouldn't be doing this if online advertising could support their overhead. The ad supported model doesn't work for a large organization unless you have huge traffic in relation to the staff. For example espn can do it because they have national reach. The south Florida market can't bring enough traffic to support a staff the size of what the herald has with online ads. Honestly the papers were stupid to let people read the same stuff for free online that you had to pay to read in the physical paper.

 

[eddiemac66]

I've been reconsidering....Barry Jackson's column might be worth the money.....He routinely scoops some of our favorite websites for UM information....especially where the NCAA news is concerned.....And the Herald has done a great job around National Signing Day......

Might have to reconsider......

EMac
Ft. Pierce, FL

 

[Gator Bait96]

Originally posted by kerryman:
Sun Sentinel doing same thing.. No way will I pay.

i agree no way i will pay

 

[cdwright40]

They will all try to do this but I don't think it will work because they competitors will just make their money through the advertisers and offer this for free. It just isn't a good long term idea. Their will be people that pay for this and use the information to get traffic to their own blogs. There are just too many way around it for this to stick. Everyone doesnt' have the same cost that the big boys have.

They are better off just making their money through the advertisers and gathering your personel information for them to market you or spam the shit out of you.

It won't work.