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Detroit Free Press
As newspapers continue to struggle with the bottom line, some organizations have finally come up with a new business plan. The Detroit Free Press and the Detroit News are changing to a hybrid approach to getting the news out.
Shrinking yet growing
Both newspapers are going to shrink a bit, meaning they will have fewer pages. The Detroit Free Press is heavily marketing freep.com and digitalfreepress.com, which are online sources of the newspaper’s content. Readers will be able to read and see the newspaper online every day instead of getting it delivered to their homes.
Why two sites?
The Detroit Free Press has two web sites because it is sharing news in two different formats. Freep.com is more like a traditional web site that most newspapers have. Digitalfreepress.com is a digital replica of the printed newspaper. Right now the sites are open to the public for free. However, if you don’t have any extra cash you might need to get a payday loan to view it in the future, when the Free Press will start charging for it.
Other changes
Both newspapers are also cut back home delivery to only three days a week. The Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press will only be delivered to homes on Thursday, Friday and Sunday.
Still daily
The newspapers will still print every day, but they will only be available in newspaper boxes and places of business on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday. The papers chose which day to deliver based on days when advertisers buy the most space. On the days when there is no home delivery, the number of copies printed will be cut from 500,000 to 200,000.
Other media changes
The Washington Post has made some changes, as well. Starting today the business section of the paper and the news section are one in the same. Instead of having a separate business section, the business news will appear in front section of the paper.
Getting together
The International Herald Tribune has merged its web site with the New York Times. Both newspapers have the same publisher. The Herald also redesigned its print edition.
I’m glad some of these newspapers don’t have to close completely, but it still is unfortunate that they had to close to begin with. We really are going to see the end of the newspaper as we know it in the next decade.
I subscrib & have the papter delivered
for Thurs Fri & Sunday….Am I entitled to go on line for the paper the rest of the days as I would like to print out the cross word puzzles….I signed on to get here but it doesn’t look like the paper and I have no idea how to get to the cross word puzzles…..
Patricia Beday