# Online Newspaper Subscriptions

**URL:** <https://community.goactuary.com/t/online-newspaper-subscriptions/8147>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [July 14, 2023, 1:03am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/online-newspaper-subscriptions/8147 "2023-07-14T01:03:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![knoath](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/knoath/32/65607_2.png) [@knoath](https://community.goactuary.com/u/knoath)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 1:03am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/online-newspaper-subscriptions/8147/1 "2023-07-14T01:03:54Z")

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New York Times just announced that they are closing their sports department, so a regular subscriber can only read sports if they pay extra for their subsidiary, The Athletic. Another subsidiary, Wirecutter, also costs extra and they keep showing links to the articles.

I’m thinking of discontinuing our subscription and looking into Washington Post, which advertises a first year price of $60 for two people.

Does anybody have experience with WaPo/NYTimes subscriptions and can compare the two? I’m also tempted by The Atlantic and Medium. Any others worth looking into?

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**Author:** ![Rastiln](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/rastiln/32/77682_2.png) [@Rastiln](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Rastiln)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 12:18pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/online-newspaper-subscriptions/8147/2 "2023-07-14T12:18:35Z")

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Honest question, why pay? I’ve heard NYT may have gotten technologically savvy, but you can get at those for free.

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**Author:** ![3rookie](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/3/e0b2c6/32.png) [@3rookie](https://community.goactuary.com/u/3rookie)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 12:48pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/online-newspaper-subscriptions/8147/3 "2023-07-14T12:48:11Z")

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Don’t you want to support the “public service mission” and “responsible journalism” of these news organizations?

I do not.

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**Author:** ![BG5150](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/bg5150/32/38521_2.png) [@BG5150](https://community.goactuary.com/u/BG5150)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/online-newspaper-subscriptions/8147/4 "2023-07-14T13:06:43Z")

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I got a sub to the WSJ for $1 a week. They bill be $4 every 4 weeks.

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**Author:** ![MAX](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/max/32/469_2.png) [@MAX](https://community.goactuary.com/u/MAX)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 1:16pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/online-newspaper-subscriptions/8147/5 "2023-07-14T13:16:15Z")

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I would love to support responsible journalism but don’t want to support click bait articles.

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**Author:** ![The\_Polymath](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/the_polymath/32/83081_2.png) [@The\_Polymath](https://community.goactuary.com/u/The_Polymath)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 1:53pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/online-newspaper-subscriptions/8147/6 "2023-07-14T13:53:06Z")

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Isn’t WaPo super cheap now?

Digitally, I pay $2/week. Its way less vs FT

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**Author:** ![3rookie](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/3/e0b2c6/32.png) [@3rookie](https://community.goactuary.com/u/3rookie)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 1:59pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/online-newspaper-subscriptions/8147/7 "2023-07-14T13:59:51Z")

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Yes, that’s unfortunately a large % of the “headlines”