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Ask HN: Which News Sources Do You Pay For?

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I currently subscribe to Apple News+ (Time, Newsweek, WSJ, etc.) and The Economist. I don’t feel that NYT/WaPo provide enough quality content to warrant separate subscriptions. Even with The Economist I hesitated, but the content and analysis are really top-notch and, even if I don’t read everything, it’s at least worth supporting and helping sustain the publication.

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The only news I pay for is The Economist. I like the fact that there's a short daily summary of news and a weekly addition. While I realize articles are released daily, I like the fact that I can read the weekly addition over the weekend and know I'm caught up until the next addition is released. I find other news sources that don't have a prominent weekly section cause me to constantly check for news stories and wind-up reading stuff I don't actually care about because it's there.

NYT, WaPo (which you can easily get for $10/year if you get a friend who subscribes to gift you a subscription), Talking Points Memo, The New Yorker, Apple News+, sometimes The Guardian.

Is this a bundled package or all individual subscriptions? I’m curious what it costs to get all of these services per month.

These are all separate, except that Apple News+ does get you various things, and Apple News+ itself is part of Apple One, which is a very good deal for a lot of people if you're already paying for at least one or two Apple services separately, or if members of your household are and you don't live alone.

NYT and WaPo can be had cheaply if you grab them when special offers are available, and then once you do, you'll find that at renewal time, all you need to do is threaten to unsubscribe and they will let you continue at the much, much lower rate, which usually is around $1/month for each.

Talking Points Memo runs me $60/yr, which is a bit steep but I want to support their independent journalism, and the careers of various young journalists that has supported.

The New Yorker is expensive, but again can be had at a steep discount if you time it right, usually for around $5/month if memory serves.

The Guardian. I read News Ltd, when I can, for the other point of view. I skip paywalls judiciously for the others, mainly their weekly/monthly limit to view.

I also support theconversation.com. Its non-peer-review publishing of academic content, with a current-affairs context to most stories. So its like behind-the-news stuff. I say 'non peer review' because the actual articles themselves are just that: not peer reviewed. But they often, if not always, cite peer review work

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