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July 20, 2008
Newspaper woes
Recently, I decided to sign up for Sunday delivery of the Philadelphia Inquirer. I'm trying to use the coupons more and I like looking at the glossy sale ads. I'll even read a few articles occasionally. So, when I saw a special to try getting the paper delivered for 8 weeks, I thought it was a good idea. It would save me the trouble of going to Wawa on Sunday morning and be cheaper, too.
The first week, everything was great. But then it got flaky. One week, we got the NY Times instead of the Inquirer. One week, we didn't get the comics or the Arts & Entertainment sections. Most weeks, we don't get the Saturday supplement on Saturday at all and have to request redelivery on Sunday. I did that yesterday, in fact. What did I get this morning? Last Sunday's paper!
I've come to think that this is the real problem confronting newspapers in America. It's not TV and the internet. It's the incredible difficulty of dropping the correct bag over the correct gate on a regular basis so that all your customers don't cancel their service!
Posted by Janice Ryan at July 20, 2008 10:20 AM
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Posted by: Barry at July 21, 2008 5:01 PM