They can just label any popular article as premium,
I know it's off topic but it's amazing how long it has taken newspapers to monetize their websites. I have no problem paying for content as long as it is good. They should have done it years ago. The Guardian is an interesting approach by putting out free content and you pay for it if you want (they also annoy you by constantly asking for money). I use that site more than any other news site, so I am quite happy to pay.
I've a subscription to the NY Times. It was only €1 a month. It's waaaay to the left of the Guardian on social issues. I can't read the Irish Times, it's just too full of itself. I don't read the weekend papers as they are full of opinion pieces; if I want a smartass giving a condecending opinion on the news I'll read Miriam Lord, if I want the opinions and insights of a sanctimonious know-it-all I'll read Fintan O'Toole but if I want proper analysis I'll look elsewhere.
It is really hard to find good journalism.
On RTE Tommy Gorman is excellent on Northern Ireland, Mark Little was very good, Philip Boucher Hayes is also very good at giving overviews and explaining issues but generally the rest are not great and more interested in being personalities. The Independent is opinion pieces and bits from other paper, the Irish Times full of people giving opinions rather than reporting on and analysing the news though John Fitzgerald, Stephen Collins and Diarmuid Ferriter can be a good read.
The (Cork) Irish Examiner is really hard to read and is the Pepsi of Irish Newspapers; you only read it if they don't have the one you want.
I honestly don't know why people pay for access to news online. A day later it's old news anyway.
I read breakingnews.ie and the rte news online (even though I think the RTE News site is awful).
That gives me more information that I need for the day.
Because we need trusted, varied and relatively impartial news sources Paddy. The people working in these organisations need to be paid. Wait a few years till they're gone, then come back and tell us how worthless they were.I honestly don't know why people pay for access to news online.
Do you really think the Irish Times is better?Anecdotally I think they’ve actually driven traffic to the Irish Times website.
I’ve heard quite a few people say “now that this rubbish is no longer free, why would I pay them €10 a month when I can get the Irish Times for €12 a month?!”
I've a subscription to the NY Times. It was only €1 a month. It's waaaay to the left of the Guardian on social issues. I can't read the Irish Times, it's just too full of itself. I don't read the weekend papers as they are full of opinion pieces; if I want a smartass giving a condecending opinion on the news I'll read Miriam Lord, if I want the opinions and insights of a sanctimonious know-it-all I'll read Fintan O'Toole but if I want proper analysis I'll look elsewhere.
It is really hard to find good journalism.
On RTE Tommy Gorman is excellent on Northern Ireland, Mark Little was very good, Philip Boucher Hayes is also very good at giving overviews and explaining issues but generally the rest are not great and more interested in being personalities. The Independent is opinion pieces and bits from other paper, the Irish Times full of people giving opinions rather than reporting on and analysing the news though John Fitzgerald, Stephen Collins and Diarmuid Ferriter can be a good read.
The (Cork) Irish Examiner is really hard to read and is the Pepsi of Irish Newspapers; you only read it if they don't have the one you want.
I agree that the NYT has excellent investigative journalists. The standard of the writing, as in the quality of the prose, is also excellent.Opinion pieces is the reason I pay for online newspapers. The NYT doesn't stay at €1 a month for long. Full price is €14 a month. A great feature in that paper is the breakdown of what actually happened when there's a major event. They piece together all the available footage and communications. Irishman Malachy Browne recently won a Pulitzer for the work his did on piecing together details on Russian attacks in Syria. He had previously won an Emmy on work done on detailing the Las Vegas shooting. This is the kind of resources the Irish papers just can't afford to give their journalists.
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