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Posted by Chris
NZ Herald Premium December 12, 2019 02:52AM |
Registered: 18 years ago Posts: 2,411 |
Although I don’t live in Auckland any longer, I still enjoyed catching up with news through the Herald. Premium has been going for a while now so I have been able to read only some articles. Just now I checked the Herald and was astonished to see that there was not a single article I could read for free. So, good bye Herald and hello New York Times. It’s subscribers only but offers me much more than the Herald. Do any of you subscribe to overseas papers?
Edited to say that I went into the site again and there are now some free articles available. Perhaps it changes from minute to minute?
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/12/2019 02:55AM by Chris.
Edited to say that I went into the site again and there are now some free articles available. Perhaps it changes from minute to minute?
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/12/2019 02:55AM by Chris.
Re: NZ Herald Premium December 12, 2019 06:14AM |
Registered: 11 years ago Posts: 799 |
no there are always free articles, and to be honest I think the most popular writers such as Mike Hosking are never premium so I think their subscription revenue is lower compared to their advertising revenue.
Their was an article about Changi Airport in Singapore the other day that was 'premium' content. I just thought that was ridiculous. I should state I do not have a high opinion of the herald.
Their was an article about Changi Airport in Singapore the other day that was 'premium' content. I just thought that was ridiculous. I should state I do not have a high opinion of the herald.
Re: NZ Herald Premium December 12, 2019 10:30AM |
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Re: NZ Herald Premium December 12, 2019 09:08PM |
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I read the NZ Herald online every morning but refuse to become a subscriber. So many of the articles are repeated on every page many times and for many days. If they cut out those repeats, it might make the site more appealing, but as it is, I have only contempt for the production. We can always get the news other ways, so I'll make use of the NZ Herald whenever I like and put it aside at other times.
Re: NZ Herald Premium December 13, 2019 03:48AM |
Registered: 15 years ago Posts: 653 |
There are always non-premium articles - they're in the minority but I tend to find they are the ones that are more news than clickbait anyway. For the best news coverage I look at Radio NZ News's website, which is unglamorous but straight to the point. If I were to subscribe to any newspaper it would be the New York Times, but I am a subscriber to The Atlantic and Vanity Fair magazines and they put out so much news on their websites I don't have time for anything else.
Re: NZ Herald Premium December 13, 2019 05:12AM |
Registered: 18 years ago Posts: 5,388 |
and often I find if I cut and paste the headline on a 'premium' article, it will be somewhere on the web. Looking at their current premium offerings which include ' the best new beauty products of 2019' and 'It's time to say goodbye to Star Wars' Yes that is really premium journalism material.
Re: NZ Herald Premium December 13, 2019 11:49PM |
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Re: NZ Herald Premium December 15, 2019 07:58AM |
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Re: NZ Herald Premium December 15, 2019 08:42AM |
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We do reluctantly subscribe to The Herald, but only for the sake of reading Steve Braunias and Simon Wilson, and the occasional Financial Times piece which would otherwise be paywalled. Our days subscribing are numbered though as there is so much trash and clickbait that I start to feel grubby even opening the app. I agree that Radio NZ news is excellent for local news.
We subscribe to The Washington Post and The Guardian, which to me give a good broad overview of global politics; The Guardian has great reviews in its "Culture" section, and its "Lifestyle" section has fantastic restaurant reviews.
We used to subscribe to The Times until the cost went way up. I now find that some Times writers give on Twitter free shared access to their columns, including Giles Coren, who is always entertaining.
We subscribe to The Washington Post and The Guardian, which to me give a good broad overview of global politics; The Guardian has great reviews in its "Culture" section, and its "Lifestyle" section has fantastic restaurant reviews.
We used to subscribe to The Times until the cost went way up. I now find that some Times writers give on Twitter free shared access to their columns, including Giles Coren, who is always entertaining.
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Re: NZ Herald Premium December 28, 2019 02:52AM |
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I read Stuff and the NZ Herald online but do pay to subscribe to the Washington Post - I love that newspaper.
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