Today now officially marked the day that I will not be able to access my local papers website page for free. I do not really understand how they think this is a smart move. I wonder are there other news agencies websites going this route too? Why should we have to pay for access if we are bombarded with advertising? The Green Bay Press Gazette has had some of the most ridiculous forms of advertising plaguing their site, but being that it was free you figured you deal with it as being part of the package.
What they are doing now will just drive people to accessing the local TV news websites along with other national/international news websites. I am not sure how the Press Gazette thinks it can monopolize and control access to printed media here in their subscription base area.
I wonder how long it will be before they either resort back to the way it was or that someone else picks up the pieces and creates a new free local news access site. It certainly sounds like a tempting idea, so anyone that might take to the idea now remember where you heard it first.
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