Comments on: Some Lee Papers Adopt Metered Model, Even For Print Subscribers

By: Easy to Replace

Easy to Replace — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:59:25 +0000

I’ve used the Missoulian, Butte Standard and Helena
IR online for the last 10 years. I did it to read local news that I do care
about, but those websites were typed in out of habit. It may take a few days or even a week of new
muscle memory but it is not hard for me to change over to KPAX.com, KECI.com,
etc… to find the same news. I don’t
blame a company for trying to save itself but I believe this will only drive
readers into the waiting arms of competitors, who are no doubt already finding
ways to capitalize on this mistake.

In our small house this is how it works: Grandparents, print and only print, won’t use
a computer. My parents use what we have
put in the favorites, now replaced with the above mentioned or other free local
news sites. Wife and I, everything from
Reuters to facebook to blogs to Google search results, no one source for any
news local or national. And the kids
oldest being 12, facebook and twitter only.
So in our small household they have lost 50% of their readers.

By: nmore

nmore — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 05:21:42 +0000

Lee Enterprises, you suck. Have a nice bankruptcy

By: Charles Ulysses Feney

Charles Ulysses Feney — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:36:35 +0000

The Gazette wants a new online rate
As if they’re the only news in the State
But it’s a digital fish wrapper
That’s of no use in the crapper
Where articles suck, but the comments are great!

Charles Ulysses Feney

By: Mike Donatello

Mike Donatello — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:43:50 +0000

Wow! What a wonderful way to alienate your most devoted readers!

I would ask whether this move was driven by any sort of well-run consumer research, but I’m afraid that viewers of my comment might miss the rhetorical intent. Maybe it was motivated by a desire to cut down site traffic and save on hosting fees? Who knows — just another puzzling decision in the wacky world of publishers cutting their own throats.