Piet Bakker’s Newspaper Innovation blog reports that the New York Post is offering home delivery on subscription for US$13 a year or 5 cents a day. We have a way to go here in Australia before we hit 5 cents a day – except for the university, football club and gymnasium deals.
One outcome of the new media laws could be a more competitive newspaper marketplace and lower newspaper subscription costs – and a drop in what newsagents are paid to provide the service. Newsagent leaders are likely to accept this as their view in the past has been that anything, even a loss, is better than nothing.