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Article #247Re: Tribune has gone paywall
From: Adam H. Kerman
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 13:31
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 13:31
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Mark Anderson <mea@nospambradnylion.com> wrote: >ahk@chinet.com says... >>>They had an article about it two days ago and they didn't waste any >>>time. The Tribune has gone paywall. . . . >>I don't care. Web site is still incompetent. Their original site all those >>years ago was much better. >I'm not a web page critic and don't give two craps about any of their >designs as long as they're half way usable which both Chicago papers >have more or less been throughout their tenure in these intertubes. Well, I do. If I can't find the information I'm looking for readily, I won't use it. >My concern is lack of content and how quickly I can scan through both the >Trib and the Sun Times and see absolutely nothing to click through on -- >except for those cute girls who keep staring back at me so seductively... >Really. If the Trib wants to charge for content they need to produce >some first. Now that I think of it, most of the time I click through an >article only to read what the mouthbreathers have to drool about in the >comment section -- much like watching the Jerry Springer show. Now I >can't even read those -- even if I pay for a god damned subscription >because they require a Facebook account. As I recall, the Tribune's original Web site had an annoying registration scheme as well.
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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
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Subject: Re: Tribune has gone paywall
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