You forgot to mention option e) Paid news On 5 January 2018 at 08:40, shashwat gupta ray <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Mr Dias, > Although you might have found it shocking to see that the e-paper of the > aforesaid newspaper has become paid, but that's now the norm everywhere. > > Please remember that news giving is a commercial service while newspapers > are product. Every commercial product /service comes at a cost. > > It costs Rs 20 to produce one copy of a newspaper which has more colour > pages and newsprint quality is better than the other papers as it is > imported from Russia. > > These involve cost. On top of that there are overheads like salaries, > maintainance, Transport costs, equipment, printing machinery. > Traditionally, these costs were being offset by advertisement. > > But now thanks to growing inflation and govt steps like demonetisation and > GST, the print industry too is bleeding like other sectors. > > So now there are four options left before the newspaper barons - a. > Increase the cost of newspapers; b. Increase rate of ads; c. Raise funds > through charging for supplementary services (like in this case) or d. Shut > shop. > > Option A if implemented then there will be hue and cry. Readers who are > ready to spend Rs 3000 in one day at a restaurant don't want even a Re 1 > hike in prices of newspaper. Option B not viable as that will dissuade > advertisers from Advertising which means loss of revenue, which is already > scarce. > Now left are options C&D. > > Now I leave it your wisdom to decide what would you like to see out of the > two. You will get your answer. > > ------- > Thanks and regards, > > Shashwat Gupta Ray > Resident Editor > Gomantak Times > Gomantak Bhawan > St Inez > Near Vivanta By Taj > Panaji > Goa 403001 > M: 9011074370 > 0832-2422701/2/3/4 > > On Jan 3, 2018 11:06, "Stephen Dias" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear Readers of Herald >> >> The news is spread like fire throughout the state of Goa in this NEW >> Year 2018 due to changes have taken place for those who are used to go >> online and Herald is the paper which Goans now cannot read online from >> today onwards unless the payment is made as per their terms and conditions >> for payment procedure. >> This was shocking news for all of us. Most of us are used to get up in >> the early morning, even at 3 AM or 4 AM onwards and go to the computer to >> read the news but surprisingly Herald cannot be accessed if payment is not >> made in advance. Those Goans who are settled abroad must have also got the >> shocking news or jerk and especially those staying in Gulf, Canada, UK, >> Australia, US and other parts of the world will not get the VOICE OF GOA >> instantly if payment is not made, and who knows slowly other newspapers >> will follow the same system. This will give another jerk for Goans if all >> other newspapers follow the same tactics. >> Herald said this amount is just a peanut and it cost less than a cup of >> tea. Fine, I agree but how many people go for tea in restaurants/cafe's as >> they most of them prefer to have tea at home in the morning, but the >> newspapers are a usual style for Goans even before brushing teeth to see or >> read the paper online.The cost of newspapers in Goa is only Rs 5/- for >> Herald, Navhind Times, and others are still less than that. I am not >> surprised that this cost also will increase for all the newspapers in days >> to come. >> New Year started with a bang on Herald to read this paper on LINE which >> is so bad? >> Will the owner of Herald take it back? All the newspapers get >> advertisement enough and thus make their expenses well calculated. This way >> Voice of Goa will come down and people may not know what is happening in >> Goa until they buy Herald paper through their agents or stalls etc. >> Therefore the speed of spreading news fast will be curtailed and hence >> people will get used to staying home with no news till lunch break thus NEW >> YEAR we can say gave us a set back for those who are accustomed to reading >> Herald early in the morning on LINE. >> What about writers? why do they not get their pocket money once they >> write some articles or letters to the Editor? They too should be given some >> benefit since they waste their time and petrol cost for their >> bikes/vehicles, photography etc to get the news promptly to the newspapers >> and none of the papers so far thought of them except for their usual >> columnists who are well satisfied and almost same writers is been >> benefitted and not others. Will that trend of payment will start for these >> writers? Let all get their benefit of some pocket money including the >> owners of newspapers. >> >> Stephen Dias >> Dona Paula >> Dat: 3th Jan 2018 >> mob: 9422443110 >> >> >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2018 13:23:33 +0530 >> From: Frederick Noronha <[email protected]> >> To: Goanet <[email protected]> >> Subject: [Goanet] Herald's epaper to go 'paid' >> Message-ID: >> <[email protected] >> ail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" >> >> Herald, the Goa-based newspaper, has announced that its online epaper will >> go paid from January 3, 2018. >> >> It's announcement in its newspaper today showed up on its front page, and >> was headlined: "Nominal monthly subscription for Herald's epaper from Jan >> 3. At Rs 4.30 per day, Herald requests its family of readers to support >> its >> paper's digital evolution." >> >> After saying that the paper was being read "in the eastern hemisphere... >> (and) in the extreme West of the world" the paper this would help it to >> "enhance and maintain the quality of the epaper and at the same time >> invest >> in making the website cutting edge (sic) coupled with additional news >> gathering efforts, we need to imbibe the best technology and news >> gathering >> resources." >> >> FN >> >
