The Globe and Mail has gone greedy
I've always loved the Globe and Mail, one of Canada's two national newspapers. But they've never been wiling to give their subscribers a break price-wise, unlike other papers in the previously-heated newspaper wars (like the National Post).
So, a few weeks after my subscription period came to a close (without my renewal due to a lack of funds), I came across a National Post deal -- $25 for an entire year. Which was basically just two-thirds of what I paid for the Globe for just THREE months, with lower-than-normal university student rates! That's less than ten cents per newspaper.
Even though the National Post makes me miserable and/or incomprehensibly angered due to their political stance, it is an entertaining newspaper, and the financial section(s) are great, which comes in handy for a nouveaux-investor such as myself.
Mind you, the Post has always had people pay for access to content on their website, but at least their newspaper can be found for cheap if you come across the right deal. The Globe, on the other hand, is expensive in print and now has taken it upon themselves to begin charging for access to select portions of their online content (specifically, columns -- and a whole lot more).
So I followed a Counterbias.com link to try and read a Heather Mallick column tonight, and learn that it'll cost me $4.95 -- for one measly column. Or, I can save almost ten bucks by buying 10 columns for $45.95! WOW, what a goddamn deal!
Who are these clowns kidding? My mind is discombobulated at the mere thought of anyone paying $5 for a single Heather Mallick column - or column by any Globe columnist - when an entire newspaper can be obtained for a fifth of that or so (depending on which day of the week it is). Ten columns for only $45.95? I'm there!
Or, I can sign up for a 14-day trial. Which has a down side: it's a fucking 14-day trial. And then I'll no longer have access to most everything worth reading from the Globe. But then again, who gives a shit - the internet still has a lot of free shit.
And I thought the New York Times and Washington Post were demanding by making you register before reading articles. They also said the Times and Post were elitist.
The Globe clearly takes both of those titles. Demanding, and elitist. Oh, and greedy.
So, a few weeks after my subscription period came to a close (without my renewal due to a lack of funds), I came across a National Post deal -- $25 for an entire year. Which was basically just two-thirds of what I paid for the Globe for just THREE months, with lower-than-normal university student rates! That's less than ten cents per newspaper.
Even though the National Post makes me miserable and/or incomprehensibly angered due to their political stance, it is an entertaining newspaper, and the financial section(s) are great, which comes in handy for a nouveaux-investor such as myself.
Mind you, the Post has always had people pay for access to content on their website, but at least their newspaper can be found for cheap if you come across the right deal. The Globe, on the other hand, is expensive in print and now has taken it upon themselves to begin charging for access to select portions of their online content (specifically, columns -- and a whole lot more).
So I followed a Counterbias.com link to try and read a Heather Mallick column tonight, and learn that it'll cost me $4.95 -- for one measly column. Or, I can save almost ten bucks by buying 10 columns for $45.95! WOW, what a goddamn deal!
Who are these clowns kidding? My mind is discombobulated at the mere thought of anyone paying $5 for a single Heather Mallick column - or column by any Globe columnist - when an entire newspaper can be obtained for a fifth of that or so (depending on which day of the week it is). Ten columns for only $45.95? I'm there!
Or, I can sign up for a 14-day trial. Which has a down side: it's a fucking 14-day trial. And then I'll no longer have access to most everything worth reading from the Globe. But then again, who gives a shit - the internet still has a lot of free shit.
And I thought the New York Times and Washington Post were demanding by making you register before reading articles. They also said the Times and Post were elitist.
The Globe clearly takes both of those titles. Demanding, and elitist. Oh, and greedy.
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