| reply to baineschile
Re: Detroit News I delivered the paper when I was a kid--walking or on my bike, house to house, paper on the porch; not much pay, but better than an allowance. Now, everything is a motor route--someone (an "adult" usually) driving by throwing a paper out the window... lands wherever it lands. I declined home delivery many years ago when they refused to use the little newspaper "box" under my mailbox (slows them down too much I guess to provide such "quality" service), so I stopped buying/reading the local newspaper altogether. If they provided an electronic delivery (e.g. headlines by email, better/faster [not necessarily without ads, but definitely not annoying click-thru crap they typically have now] website access) for a reasonable charge, then I'd at least consider it; but it would have to be considerably LESS than the charge for paper delivery--certainly not more. I still actually place some value on the local news that a newspaper used to/still could provide, but not to the point of dealing with its current incarnation. Just using something like Zinio would be enough. |
