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They should really have a synopsis for non-subscribers. Might help pull in new subscribers-as why subscribe to something if you don’t know what you’ll get? Compounded by the hell of modern subscription cancellation.

(I recently got an Economist subscription and it’s way better than expected, but I would have never known has I not bit the bullet…)

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What I wish more newspaper did is to allow one to pay for a single article (whose price could depend on the length/depth of the article).

These things are newspapers; you used to be able to buy one down at the corner for a buck.

So just make it so you can Apple Pay your way to a day's access to the current news for a buck.

Once someone has done it two or three times, offer a subscription to them.

This. As someone living in Japan, I would love an option to drop a dollar to read the economist or such for a day.

I rarely subscribe as, between work and a new son, rarely have time to keep up to date on a particular site, and the background stress of paying for something I'm not using is frustrating.

>> I would love an option to drop a dollar to read the economist or such for a day.

Except an issue of the economist is like 8 bucks

That is a very good point :-)

The Economist is good as is The New York Times (although different). I probably wouldn't (and haven't) gotten the WSJ in addition to either of those unless I really felt the need for a daily financial publication.

Always look for the archive link in the comment.

Being asked to pay money for "journalism" is insulting when you consider that readers are the product. Most of the money is made from sponsored content masquerading as unbiased news articles and advertisements.

Yup. There's always some excuse not to pay for something.

I mean, people paid subscription fees for physical newspapers, and they made money on ads too..

Try to see the regular payment, as a sort of inverted slice of ransom. Which the public can withdraw en mass, the moment they feel betrayed. Creating a kind of attachement of the employee to the employer (You).

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