A Sea Of Red

I see the N&A have raised their Single Copy price from $1.00 to 1.50. I have never seen price of a newspaper go up .50 at once.

Hopefully their Sports coverage will increase to make the extra .50 worthwhile.

LOL. Soon, hard copy newspapers will be a thing of the past. Can't imagine people paying that much money for a liberal rag. I quit taking newspapers 20+ years ago, don't support people/companies who hate deplorables. Besides 90% is fake news.

Is the News & Advance still FREE online?

All I read is sports, LU articles and obituaries.

Wasn't even worth a dollar regardless of which side of the political spectrum they were on. Seemingly 90% of the sports stuff was just copy and paste AP stories or "staff reports" AKA the school SIDs.

Cider Jim wrote:Is the News & Advance still FREE online?

You get 20 free views each month, BUT if you view it in private mode - you can view all you want;)

$1.50 is insane...

Also I hear the Roanoke Times is closing printing plane in Roanoke and moving their printing operation to Lynchburg. Other Danville paper did this a couple years ago. The RT is the best sports paper in the state, maybe the nation. Hopefully some of this will bleed off on the News and Advance. I am still old fashion. I read Danville, Lynchburg, Richmond and USA Today paper every day. Read Roanoke and Washington Post 2 or 3 days a week. Plus the Anniston, Alabama paper online.

ballcoach15 wrote: I read Danville, Lynchburg, Richmond and USA Today paper every day. Read Roanoke and Washington Post 2 or 3 days a week.

Ballcoach, how much are you spending weekly on your newspaper reading?

Probably average 36.00. Favorite time of day is coffee and newspapers at McDonalds early in morning.

That's $144 a month. In the old days, that was almost a car payment!

ballcoach15 wrote:Probably average 36.00. Favorite time of day is coffee and newspapers at McDonalds early in morning.

I thought you were a BK guy

My town is not fortunate enough to have a BK.

ballcoach15 wrote:My town is not fortunate enough to have a BK.

You could hop over to Chatham for a Hardee's biscuit. Far superior to anything McD's has. With the possible exception of the sausage mcmuffin with egg

prototype wrote:

Cider Jim wrote:Is the News & Advance still FREE online?

You get 20 free views each month, BUT if you view it in private mode - you can view all you want;)

$1.50 is insane...

Come on Proto... Don't clue the N&A in on the secret!

rogers3 wrote:

prototype wrote:

Cider Jim wrote:Is the News & Advance still FREE online?

You get 20 free views each month, BUT if you view it in private mode - you can view all you want;)

$1.50 is insane...

Come on Proto... Don't clue the N&A in on the secret!

There will always be ways to get around that type of subscription model. If they get wise and base it by IP instead of browser cookies, just use free VPNs. Free VPNs are slow but would be more than sufficient for loading a website article.

I think newspapers shot themselves, when they started their online stuff, (unless they make $$$$$$ with their online ads.)

I rather read a newspaper than read a computer screen. .

it cost me 250 dollars to have a wagon wheel respoked. RIDICULOUS!!!

Roanoke Times moving their printing to Lynchburg ? I have not heard that.

Yes it's true. Although they only print stories about pipelines these days

I love me some pipelines.

Don't move to Nelson County Ha

There are letrally thousands and thousands of miles of pipeline under Greater Houston. They are one of the big reasons the Houston economy is booming. But everyone wants vital instructure in somebody's else's backyard.

Are you implying that the folks in Nelson County have gotten so progressive they now read newspapers? My last experience there I tried to fight a speeding ticket at the county courthouse and the judge was barefoot wwearing bib overalls in the courtroom. Suffice it to say that my suit & tie that day didn't help my case.

Sly Fox wrote:There are letrally thousands and thousands of miles of pipeline under Greater Houston. They are one of the big reasons the Houston economy is booming. But everyone wants vital instructure in somebody's else's backyard.

Are you implying that the folks in Nelson County have gotten so progressive they now read newspapers? My last experience there I tried to fight a speeding ticket at the county courthouse and the judge was barefoot wwearing bib overalls in the courtroom. Suffice it to say that my suit & tie that day didn't help my case.

It's is a vocal Anti Pipeline area. Can't go 1/4 mile without some No Pipeline sign up there.

Sly Fox wrote:Are you implying that the folks in Nelson County have gotten so progressive they now read newspapers? My last experience there I tried to fight a speeding ticket at the county courthouse and the judge was barefoot wwearing bib overalls in the courtroom. Suffice it to say that my suit & tie that day didn't help my case.

Did the judge start with, "Boy, you're not from around here, are you?" My great, great, great, great grandfather on my Mom's side, James Loving, donated the land in 1809 for the Nelson County Courthouse, and they named the town after him, and I was even named after him. You should have told the judge that Cider Jim was a friend of yours.

Nelson County now has a bunch of hippies living there.

The Roanoke Times has had a story about pipelines on the front page 3 times already this week. I guess they know their demographic well... then again, the only people I know who actually read the thing anymore are all the "Keep Raleigh Court Weird" types.