wapo getting desperate for subscribers

GreatCaesarsGhost

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Thu May-22-08 08:21 PM
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wapo getting desperate for subscribers

i was getting Sunday only delivery and finally cancelled it. i got phone calls and mailings at

bargain prices to restart. now, i was in safeway and they had a guy there with along with a table

handing out free papers. he had a stack of plastic coupon cards for various things and started

dealing them out for me. he was really doing the hard sell and finally i told him i just didn't care

for their news. i don't know if it's the economy or people aren't buying their slant. besides the

walter reed story, what big story have they broken?

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supernova

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Thu May-22-08 08:26 PM
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1. So freaking tired of the NYT Weekender ads

all over cable.

I think it's just that people don't want print anymore. I certainly don't. The only reason I got it back then was so I could do the crossword. And you can do that online too now.

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rpannier

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Thu May-22-08 08:27 PM
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2. Anything story they 'broke' is probably a story designed to make scrub look good

and God knows that's almost impossible.

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depakid

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Thu May-22-08 08:28 PM
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3. It's become a really lousy paper- they slant their copy in every story they run

no matter what the topic is. Even their science stories have become suspect.

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tnlurker

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Thu May-22-08 08:39 PM
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4. I twice dropped my paper

The Commercial Appeal in Memphis. They finally called me back an offered 5 dollars for a month when I was paying $54 for 3 months. When I wasn't subscribing I was at least buying the Sunday paper for the coupons, so it seemed like a pretty good deal. I usually only read the funnies though. Their news is garbage, especially the national news. I think they were desperate for subscribers to keep the advertising rates high.

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SpiralHawk

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Thu May-22-08 08:43 PM
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5. Marketing suggestion: try telling the truth, no republicon-corporate spin

You know, journalism in service to the citizens of the nation, not the corporate-industrial-political complex.

That way consumers will finally be able to distinguish the Post from the Moonie Times.

About time.

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jtrockville

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Thu May-22-08 09:32 PM
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6. Reports on a nice summer impeachment hearing would help boost sales.

Maybe they should start beating that drum?

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