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Post by the light works on Dec 14, 2022 14:40:23 GMT
My local paper comes free to us once a week (or maybe it's every other week) on Wednesday and is also the buyers guide. I'm pretty sure there's some weekend edition that can be purchased, but I get my news online now, so don't really know for sure. my local paper went to postal delivery, and subscription also gets full access by internet. there was a while that the neighboring town - also the county seat - paper was going for county paper status, and delivering a teaser (postal delivery) free, with a full version by subscription. |
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Post by GTCGreg on Dec 14, 2022 16:07:07 GMT
Our local paper used to have a pretty good website. But when the Chicago Sun Times bought them out, it went full paywall. Fortunately, there are other sites where you can get local news and they are still free.
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Post by the light works on Dec 14, 2022 16:37:26 GMT
Our local paper used to have a pretty good website. But when the Chicago Sun Times bought them out, it went full paywall. Fortunately, there are other sites where you can get local news and they are still free. our ex-regional paper is full paywall. the local puts summaries outside the paywall, and the full article and comment sections inside it. |
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Post by wvengineer on Dec 14, 2022 20:48:17 GMT
My local paper was a joke to 20 years ago and has only gone down hill from there. It was always badly written and edited. They are heavily paywalled, so very few people ever go to that. I am very surprised they are somehow still around.
Iron, if you know the ship is sinking and there is nothing you can do that will make any difference, why go down with it? Their inability to adapt to the modern market is not your problem. But you are letting it be one by being willing to do the underpaid work they can't dupe anyone else into doing.
Instead of looking for part time work to supplement your income from the paper, you may be better if just parting ways with them entirely and going full time somewhere else. If you are doing deliveries, companies like Uber, Amazon, and Door Dash could give you additional options for make your own schedule deliveries.
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Post by ironhold on Dec 14, 2022 22:54:12 GMT
My local paper comes free to us once a week (or maybe it's every other week) on Wednesday and is also the buyers guide. I'm pretty sure there's some weekend edition that can be purchased, but I get my news online now, so don't really know for sure. If it's free then it's 100% subsidized somehow, likely by advertisements. We're not so lucky. |
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Post by ironhold on Dec 14, 2022 23:02:33 GMT
My local paper was a joke to 20 years ago and has only gone down hill from there. It was always badly written and edited. They are heavily paywalled, so very few people ever go to that. I am very surprised they are somehow still around. Iron, if you know the ship is sinking and there is nothing you can do that will make any difference, why go down with it? Their inability to adapt to the modern market is not your problem. But you are letting it be one by being willing to do the underpaid work they can't dupe anyone else into doing. Instead of looking for part time work to supplement your income from the paper, you may be better if just parting ways with them entirely and going full time somewhere else. If you are doing deliveries, companies like Uber, Amazon, and Door Dash could give you additional options for make your own schedule deliveries. If the paper goes, there's a good chance the entire town will go with it. Virtually all other regional media ignores us unless it's bad news. edit - We don't even have a radio station anymore. The local Kiss-FM R&B station fled the city several years ago, moving its offices to Temple. Their main broadcast transmitter is still here, and so their FCC documentation says they're still here, but all we've got left is us to cover local events. The local Catholic church technically hosts an EWTN affiliate station, but that's all religious radio and nothing local. |
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Post by wvengineer on Dec 15, 2022 14:12:36 GMT
Why would a town collapse if the newspaper closes? If one small paper is the biggest employer in town, then they are already f***ed. Like you said, newspapers are dying. It's only a matter of time before it goes.
If you are just referring to there will simply no longer be a source for local news, I would be willing to wager that the average person doesn't care. Most people have migrated to other sources of local news (ex. Facebook) years ago. To them, newspapers are already dead and they have moved on. If the average person cared, they would be buying the newspaper. The fact that they are not shows that they do not see it as a value for their money.
Same thing with local broadcast radio and TV. The average person has long ago found alternate sources for their info and intertainment. Between streaming online and cable/satellite services, The local stuff doesn't have value.
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Post by WhutScreenName on Dec 15, 2022 15:14:40 GMT
My local paper comes free to us once a week (or maybe it's every other week) on Wednesday and is also the buyers guide. I'm pretty sure there's some weekend edition that can be purchased, but I get my news online now, so don't really know for sure. If it's free then it's 100% subsidized somehow, likely by advertisements. We're not so lucky. Seeing as it's only a couple of local stories, and the rest is the buyers guide, I'm sure it is 100% subsidized. |
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Post by ironhold on Dec 15, 2022 16:39:22 GMT
Why would a town collapse if the newspaper closes? If one small paper is the biggest employer in town, then they are already f***ed. Like you said, newspapers are dying. It's only a matter of time before it goes. If you are just referring to there will simply no longer be a source for local news, I would be willing to wager that the average person doesn't care. Most people have migrated to other sources of local news (ex. Facebook) years ago. To them, newspapers are already dead and they have moved on. If the average person cared, they would be buying the newspaper. The fact that they are not shows that they do not see it as a value for their money. Same thing with local broadcast radio and TV. The average person has long ago found alternate sources for their info and intertainment. Between streaming online and cable/satellite services, The local stuff doesn't have value. We're one of the few local papers where we've been independent long enough for the paper to be the heart of the community. As such, we still advocate for the everyday person and are still trying to hold the city government accountable when it screws up. If we go, nobody will cover the local news events or be that advocate. We've had multiple corrupt or incompetent city officials of late, and for many of these individuals the only reason they were held to account was because we put a light on them. |
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Post by rmc on Dec 31, 2022 9:18:36 GMT
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Post by the light works on Dec 31, 2022 13:18:23 GMT
it's not for everybody, the article says. particularly those with musculoskeletal problems, balance problems, or dignity. but it is a good point that doing something more inefficiently is better exercise. and the best point is that getting a minute or two of exercise at a time adds up over the course of a day. of course, the point that exercise salesmen always want to gloss over is that doing something useful can also be exercise of you do enough of it. after all, if people would ride a real bicycle a half hour to work and home again, a lot less people would ride a peloton for a half hour a day for a week and then use it for a coatrack without ever canceling their subscription to the program. |
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Post by GTCGreg on Dec 31, 2022 15:34:52 GMT
No one with an ounce of common sense would describe that as walking.
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Post by ironhold on Jan 3, 2023 20:08:15 GMT
Just got a notification from my health insurance company.
They're at loggerheads with one of the area hospitals over renewing an ongoing service contract, and so if they can't work things out by the end of the month any medical care I receive from that hospital will no longer be covered.
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Post by WhutScreenName on Jan 3, 2023 20:32:55 GMT
Just got a notification from my health insurance company. They're at loggerheads with one of the area hospitals over renewing an ongoing service contract, and so if they can't work things out by the end of the month any medical care I receive from that hospital will no longer be covered. I'm not sure how things work for you, but here, the hospital AND/OR the Dr. can be in network. Which can certainly cause issues. Imagine going to the hospital for service, knowing full well it's covered under your insurance, only to find the specific Dr. you saw isn't covered... Point being, if it's the same for you, you may want to see if your regular Dr. is still covered, even if they hospital as a whole is out of network. |
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Post by the light works on Jan 3, 2023 20:34:33 GMT
Just got a notification from my health insurance company. They're at loggerheads with one of the area hospitals over renewing an ongoing service contract, and so if they can't work things out by the end of the month any medical care I receive from that hospital will no longer be covered. sounds about right for the healthcare industry. |
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Post by ironhold on Jan 3, 2023 21:15:25 GMT
Just got a notification from my health insurance company. They're at loggerheads with one of the area hospitals over renewing an ongoing service contract, and so if they can't work things out by the end of the month any medical care I receive from that hospital will no longer be covered. sounds about right for the healthcare industry. The simple, unfortunate truth of the matter is that Obama's efforts to "fix" health care by imposing considerable regulations on the insurance industry only made things a lot worse by increasing premiums alongside bureaucracy. He basically chose the clumsiest option possible and his people forced it through before anyone could actually understand what was happening. Now millions of folks like me are in a bind. |
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Post by GTCGreg on Jan 3, 2023 21:29:30 GMT
sounds about right for the healthcare industry. The simple, unfortunate truth of the matter is that Obama's efforts to "fix" health care by imposing considerable regulations on the insurance industry only made things a lot worse by increasing premiums alongside bureaucracy. He basically chose the clumsiest option possible and his people forced it through before anyone could actually understand what was happening. Now millions of folks like me are in a bind. Oh, how I'd like to comment. But I promised WSN, no more political discussions. |
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Post by the light works on Jan 3, 2023 21:33:19 GMT
sounds about right for the healthcare industry. The simple, unfortunate truth of the matter is that Obama's efforts to "fix" health care by imposing considerable regulations on the insurance industry only made things a lot worse by increasing premiums alongside bureaucracy. He basically chose the clumsiest option possible and his people forced it through before anyone could actually understand what was happening. Now millions of folks like me are in a bind. it wasn't his first choice. in fact, it was pretty close to his last. healthcare lobbyists made sure none of the better choices made it off the ground. I remember at the time everybody was crying about how insurance companies couldn't keep their doors open if they had to pay out 40% of their revenues as benefits, I looked up federal regulations for casinos. casinos have to pay out 80% of their revenues as winnings. |
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Post by the light works on Jan 3, 2023 21:34:17 GMT
just a point: it is written into the ACA that as soon as a better healthcare reform comes along, the ACA cancels itself.
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Post by ironhold on Jan 3, 2023 21:35:54 GMT
The simple, unfortunate truth of the matter is that Obama's efforts to "fix" health care by imposing considerable regulations on the insurance industry only made things a lot worse by increasing premiums alongside bureaucracy. He basically chose the clumsiest option possible and his people forced it through before anyone could actually understand what was happening. Now millions of folks like me are in a bind. Oh, how I'd like to comment. But I promised WSN, no more political discussions. Basically, whenever the bureaucrats try to "fix" a problem, then if it's a problem that doesn't directly affect them they'll just phone it in and leave the common folk to deal with the consequences. |
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