Will You Pay To Read the Courier Journal Online?

[rockmom]

You caught me :lol::lol::lol:

 

Wasn't too hard...

[LCDAWGS19]

The ONLY thing I read in the C-J are the football and basketball ratings. And I can sure live without them.

 

If you get on Twitter and follow Jason Frakes and Jody Demling you'll get all of the sports news anyway.

[formerkywrestler]

Just get on Twitter and you'll have everything Demling posts and more. Twitter is the best resource available to stay on top of the news, IMO.

 

If you get on Twitter and follow Jason Frakes and Jody Demling you'll get all of the sports news anyway.

...and if the CJ changes their stance on what they will allow their employees to post on Twitter?

[HammerTime]

...and if the CJ changes their stance on what they will allow their employees to post on Twitter?

 

 

They will both be fired because the CJ won't have any money. :lol:

[Getslow]

Probably not. Don't really get to read a whole lot of it now.

 

This is part of a larger plan by the C-J's parent company, Gannett, who is moving all 80 of their community-based papers to pay sites.

 

Gannett to Charge for Online Access

[Jim Schue]

Probably not. Don't really get to read a whole lot of it now.

 

This is part of a larger plan by the C-J's parent company, Gannett, who is moving all 80 of their community-based papers to pay sites.

 

Gannett to Charge for Online Access

 

The C-J — and pretty much every other Gannett property — is not a community newspaper. They are regional newspapers serving a large area that extends well beyond their immediate county boundaries. Community papers are small papers that generally serve a single county/town.

[Getslow]

^ Fair. The Business First article called them all community papers. I just used the term they did. And I think BF did it just to differentiate them from a national publication like USA Today, which is NOT going to a pay model.

[Theoldguy]

I would have been happy to pay for the old Kentucky Post of days gone bye on-line. They had great local news and sports stories and covered the local NKy Counties of Boone, Campbell and Kenton Counties like no newspapers has since. I really miss that paper but pay for the CJ or Cincinnati Enquirer or the NKy.com? No way.......

[Jim Schue]

^ Fair. The Business First article called them all community papers. I just used the term they did. And I think BF did it just to differentiate them from a national publication like USA Today, which is NOT going to a pay model.

 

I would argue that the writer probably doesn't know the difference, but yeah. We only have a handful of truly national papers, such as the NY Times, WS Journal, Washington Post, USA Today. Then there are major metro/regional papers. The rest are smaller community papers, serving a limited geographical area, such as a small town/county.

 

Back when the C-J was not owned by Gannett, they were a truly national paper, and one of the best. That went away when the Binghams sold out, and the C-J has been on a long, slow death march since then.

[Jim Schue]

I would have been happy to pay for the old Kentucky Post of days gone bye on-line. They had great local news and sports stories and covered the local NKy Counties of Boone, Campbell and Kenton Counties like no newspapers has since. I really miss that paper but pay for the CJ or Cincinnati Enquirer or the NKy.com? No way.......

 

They screwed up a long time ago by trying to compete with the Enquirer and cover Ohio-based news. They should've gone all-NoKy and they would still be thriving. The Northern Kentucky area is perhaps the most underserved major population center in the nation in terms of media coverage.

[theguru]

Out of curiosity, if almost all of you won't pay for the CJ, why are you willing to pay for BGP?

[75center]

In my case I get more entertainment out of BGP than reading an online paper. It's also easier to be heard on here. Try 75000 posts on the CJ site.

[newarkcatholicfan]

This is the only site I pay for and do so because of all of the contest offered on here for prizes and all of the info I get when it comes to Kentucky high school football.

 

Though the names I can't remember I have met a lot of really nice people from this site over the years.

 

Plus when I write an article on a game I attend I have been able to get a media pass when they find out I post on here.

[Wireman]

...and if the CJ changes their stance on what they will allow their employees to post on Twitter?

 

It won't make any difference to me whatsoever. For the regular C-J readers, they'll just find the info another way. If they didn't post on Twitter, that would be like breaking your own legs before the race.

[Wireman]

Out of curiosity, if almost all of you won't pay for the CJ, why are you willing to pay for BGP?

 

I just like you, to be honest. :lol: