Some months ago we had a discussion on the dying local papers we dinosaurs love to get in the morning and read with our coffee.My son lives in the west and tried to sign on to the Washington Post to follow his beloved Redskins only to be informed there will be a charge to access the paper. I love the Orioles and Ravens and learned the same thing trying to log onto the Baltimore Sun.I am sure we are headed in that direction for all local papers - "no such thing as a free breakfast". The rate is far lower than home delivery, but there is/will be a charge at some point for all of these newspapers - how do you pay for the folks that write these articles.
If you love a team or city there will be a charge to get the up close and personal coverage the local papers offer. For anyone who gets upset and says they will never read that paper again, I doubt that the editor cares since that person has never paid a penny to begin with.There will always be a place for a local paper- CNN, ESPN and all the rest will cover the big events, but if you want the details on your team you will have to go to the local papers, just as we do today.
Tomorrow morning I will go out to the stoop and pick up my R T-D, knowing it is half the paper it used to be, and only six pages to the sports section - return to the kitchen, pour my coffee and enjoy my local paper and the details it will provide on favorite subjects as the Spiders, Cavs and Hokies. It is battered and bruised, but it will never die.
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If you love a team or city there will be a charge to get the up close and personal coverage the local papers offer. For anyone who gets upset and says they will never read that paper again, I doubt that the editor cares since that person has never paid a penny to begin with.There will always be a place for a local paper- CNN, ESPN and all the rest will cover the big events, but if you want the details on your team you will have to go to the local papers, just as we do today.
Tomorrow morning I will go out to the stoop and pick up my R T-D, knowing it is half the paper it used to be, and only six pages to the sports section - return to the kitchen, pour my coffee and enjoy my local paper and the details it will provide on favorite subjects as the Spiders, Cavs and Hokies. It is battered and bruised, but it will never die.
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