I Pike Co today, at the local 7 Eleven, the HL was 50 Cents.

 

But on the front page, the price reads "50c, Higher in some areas"

 

Maybe it depends on the readership in different markets, but our part of Pike Co is a good 150 miles away from Lexington.

You can still get a Herald on UK's campus for 25 cents.

 

If I feel the need to get a paper thats where I go. 25 cents during the week and a dollar for the Sunday paper.

I couldn't live without my morning paper. It's how I unwind after work.

LHL is .25 here on campus at the UK Medical Center. Seems you are getting hosed my friend.

I think the business model for newspapers are out of whack due to the internet. By the time you get a paper the news is already several hours old. Besides you can read most of them on line for free...

I bought one in town yesterday and a note on the rack said the rates had gone up to 75 cents. I added a question to the note, "If the papers are now 75 cents, why does the paper still have 50 cents listed on the front page?"

I suppose higher gas prices for delivery is probably the answer.

I think the business model for newspapers are out of whack due to the internet. By the time you get a paper the news is already several hours old. Besides you can read most of them on line for free...

 

Most newspapers have struggled to figure out how to profit off the Web. That includes cluelessness on the part of management on how to vary the content, and provide additional content, as well as the design of Web sites. Asking people who are trained to write news stories or shoot still photography to design Web sites and shoot video is just plain silly.

 

Add on top of that the fact that Web ads are a tough sell to local businesses, and it's no wonder newspapers tend to not do a very good job with their Web presence.

In Morehead it was still .50 the other day..I dunno if it'll stay that way though.

Most newspapers have struggled to figure out how to profit off the Web. That includes cluelessness on the part of management on how to vary the content, and provide additional content, as well as the design of Web sites. Asking people who are trained to write news stories or shoot still photography to design Web sites and shoot video is just plain silly.

 

Add on top of that the fact that Web ads are a tough sell to local businesses, and it's no wonder newspapers tend to not do a very good job with their Web presence.

 

One of the best statements on this thread. I agree 100%. I'm a Director of IT and I suck royally at designing websites. Why would newspaper people be able to do it?

I have almost quit reading hard copies of newspapers. Since I bought an Amazon Kindle, I subscribe to the Wall Street Journal for about 33 cents an issue. I am still using free trials of other major daily newspapers, but prices range from around 20 to 47 cents a day.

 

If newspapers are going to survive, they need to make a push into other delivery methods such as the Kindle.

This story seems to back my theory that newspapers are in trouble:

 

http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/18713369.html

 

"The Lexington Herald Leader could soon cut jobs. The paper is trimming 4% of its 385 full time employees. "

I saw on their website the other day they are offering buy outs to employees due to decrease in circulation so the price raise may be coming around the entire area before to much longer.

I saw on their website the other day they are offering buy outs to employees due to decrease in circulation so the price raise may be coming around the entire area before to much longer.

 

They have had some sketchy selling practices which has contributed to their problems. I don't want to get into too much detail because I was actually one of the victims, but they have some issues.

I attended a speech by John S. Carroll, former editor of the L.A. Times. He actually seems pretty optimistic for the future of the "old media" in terms of against the bloggers because the bloggers have to work off of the old media's reporting. But I agree that newspapers need to do adapt better with the internet- if they are selling a hardcopy for $.75 and the website is free, how do they expect to make a lot of money?

Print newspapers are going the way of the dinosaur and dodo bird.