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I have subscriptions to the Economist (never had a problem pausing or canceling my subscription), the Athletic for sports (they always give me a huge discount when I try to cancel), and since the war in Ukraine started I have subscriptions the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal for $4/month each (those will be a pain in the ass to cancel).

If you're worried about canceling and getting billed, put it on a credit card, and if you still get billed dispute the charge as "unauthorized" and block the merchant

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> the Athletic for sports

I would be wary of supporting The Athletic at this exact moment. Just last week they issued new corporate directives to their journalists barring them from covering anything political. This might sound good in theory, people follow sports as an escape from their life including topics like politics. However, there is no way to talk about sports intelligently without the ability to discuss politics.

What is currently happening in golf is a great example. A new league has just started up that is financed by the Saudi government as a means of sportswashing[1] their international reputation. Discussing a league like this without touching on politics would be both inherently lacking and a gift to the Saudi government.

I would recommend a subscription to Defector if you are looking to a sports site to support. Here is their article[2] on the new rules at The Athletic.

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sportswashing

[2] - https://defector.com/the-nyt-owned-athletic-lays-down-new-no...

Absolutely recommend Defector. Hands-down the best place on the internet, just a joy of skilled folks who love and care about what they do, no funny business.

FYI every time I try to cancel my NYT subscription, they give me a deep discount. Also, if you have an All-Access NYT subscription, it now includes The Athletic. I cancelled my Athletic subscription a while back, but since it's included in NYT now, I'm more inclined to keep my NYT subscription and kill both birds with one stone.

Yes this was my “trick” before. Right before my NYTimes subscription ends I always take on their $0.25 per month offer but I am not sure if they’re gonna introduce it again this time. Thank you for the advice, I have an Athletic subscription and no idea it is already included in NYTimes. This is a game changer for sure.

+1 for The Economist. I enjoy their international coverage.

I’m not familiar with WSJ, how good is there coverage on world news?

Pretty good I gotta say. More emphasis on business/economic issues than the Times

Excellent for English Language financial news, and probably just OK compared to the NYT for political news.

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