Mr. Shashwat I think Devika Sequeira has pointed out your MISSING OPTION e) Paid News
From: shashwat gupta ray [mailto:shashwa...@gmail.com] Sent: 05 January 2018 03:10 To: Stephen Dias <steve.dia...@gmail.com> Cc: Judith Almeida <judith.almeida1...@gmail.com>; vinayaknai...@gmail.com; docoscar67 <docosca...@rediffmail.com>; Ashwin Tombat <ashwintom...@gmail.com>; Elvis <elvisgome...@hotmail.com>; Kalidas Sawkar <kalidas.saw...@gmail.com>; Claude Alvares <goafoundat...@gmail.com>; AAP Panaji <aap.pan...@gmail.com>; gteditor <gtedi...@gmail.com>; fredericknoro...@gmail.com <fredericknoron...@gmail.com>; Goanet <goa...@goanet.org>; Oscar Carmino Lobo <oscarde...@gmail.com>; sardinha <sardi...@gmail.com>; Dainik Gomantak <newsd...@dainikgomantak.com>; Digamber Kamat <dvkmar...@gmail.com>; dainik herald <dainikher...@gmail.com>; Basuri Desai <basuride...@gmail.com>; Aam Aadmi Party, Goa <aap...@gmail.com>; Edwin/Diana Pinto <eddipi...@gmail.com>; lpost <lp...@navhindtimes.com>; Devika Sequeira <devikaseque...@gmail.com>; Alexandre Moniz Barbosa <amonizbarb...@gmail.com>; Fr. Cedric Prakash <cedricprak...@gmail.com>; Sujay Gupta <su...@herald-goa.com>; Menino de Valpoi <menino.de.val...@gmail.com>; Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! <goanet@lists.goanet.org>; ELVIDIO MIRANDA <elvid...@yahoo.com>; joel.afo...@thegoan.net; editor <edi...@herald-goa.com>; Antonio Mascarenhas <amascarenha...@gmail.com>; navin jha <navinjha242...@gmail.com>; Aires Rodrigues <airesrodrigu...@gmail.com>; Eduardo Faleiro <lokseva...@gmail.com>; Vithaldas Hegde <vheg...@gmail.com>; Joel Afonso <goanevery...@gmail.com>; donraulfernandes <donraulfernan...@gmail.com>; Claude Alvares <claudealva...@gmail.com>; boscoeremita <boscoerem...@hotmail.com>; Dr.Nandkumar Kamat <nandka...@gmail.com>; navhind <navh...@navhindtimes.com>; Derek Almeida <derek0...@gmail.com>; edi...@nizgoenkar.org; Times of India <toi....@timesgroup.com>; editor <edi...@thegoan.net>; Vijai Sardesai <vijaisardesai4fato...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: GOANET : HERALD'S E-PAPER TO GO PAID 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" <steve.dia...@gmail.com <mailto:steve.dia...@gmail.com> > 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 < <mailto:fredericknoron...@gmail.com> fredericknoron...@gmail.com> To: Goanet < <mailto:goa...@goanet.org> goa...@goanet.org> Subject: [Goanet] Herald's epaper to go 'paid' Message-ID: < <mailto:camcr53k2ore_binx05dsqbujmkq9uo%2bzibojebnidjspofv...@mail.gmail.com> camcr53k2ore_binx05dsqbujmkq9uo+zibojebnidjspofv...@mail.gmail.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
