Comments on: No More Free Ride

By: HogBlogger

HogBlogger — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:48:30 +0000

Ok, I'm feeling like the odd man out since I have a weekend subscription to the print edition that, from a tree hugger standpoint, I feel very guilty about. Since the coupons tend to make it a price performer, I intend to keep it. As a benefit it lets me into the on-line site. I suppose I'll have to actually start using that log-on.

I don't think we've done the math, but I'm pretty certain we send WholeHogSports a ton of hits. Traffic drives the value of the advertising on that site. I suspect it will decrease greatly.

I'm sure we at RazorBloggers will be glad to continue linking them if they will provide a little kick back of the subscription $$ to us.

By: TipsterHog

TipsterHog — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:44:40 +0000

Tigers…not my math…their pricing incentive for paying for a year in advance.

By: Tigers

Tigers — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:39:27 +0000

What math are you using to get $59.00 per year from $5.95 per month?

By: HogBaller

HogBaller — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:57:08 +0000

Newspapers are a dead medium, and have been on the decline for years. This decision proves that old dogs can't learn new tricks.

Look for Hog fans to get their football practice information from the many free and more timely sources as they've done for years.

By: Lock Down: The Democrat-Gazette Takes Free News Off the Web in Northwest Arkansas « Lance Turner

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:35:21 +0000

[...] Razorbloggers consider Hussman’s move in the context of its sports coverage, and say they’ll have to rethinking its informal policy of not linking to locked down [...]

By: OwassoHog

OwassoHog — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:32:04 +0000

I've already made the choice… the answer is STILL no! For me, this even includes the premium RazorVision site.

By: TipsterHog

TipsterHog — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:57:59 +0000

Owasso, thanks for your feedback. It's always welcome. We definitely get a lot of readers like you from out of state on our site. (Several from out of the country, too!)

Just to be clear, everyone will still have the option to continue reading the ADG/NWAT newspaper content online even if they don't receive the print edition. This change will just force people (in or out of state) to decide if that content is worth paying for online.

I, for one, haven't subscribed to the print edition in years (and honestly don't plan to start now.) So I will have to make the decision as to whether to subscribe online. I'm sure there are many others like me (more than the Mr. Hussman realizes) that live in the online world that will now have to make that choice as well.

As one of our friends (who's a reporter) said, it's certainly a bold move. Only time will tell if it was the right move or not.

By: OwassoHog

OwassoHog — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:50:53 +0000

Tipster, if you are asking my opinion (you haven't), I'd say just leave off the fee based sites as a general rule too. However, if you end up having a large number of readers that have accounts, I can certainly understand the easy that this would provide. However, keep in mind that some of us are not local to Arkansas and won't have an account since we don't subscribe to either of these papers so clicking a link and being asked to sign-in would be a waste of my time.