MediaNews Group, Inc, based in Denver, has launched a digital subscription model for 23 of its affiliate newspapers in California, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Vermont. The Vermont papers are the Brattleboro Reformer and the Bennington Banner. This digital paywall allows free access to a limited amount of content on a monthly basis and then readers will be asked to subscribe to have full access to their local news site. This digital subscription began August 15.
‘MediaNews Group’s print and digital properties are the trusted and definitive source of local, up-to-date news and information in their communities’, said Dean Singleton, CEO and Chairman. ‘The decision to begin charging for our online content introduces a new era for our organization that is reflective of the high value we place on journalistic excellence and serving the community. Implementation of online subscriptions will allow us to continue to support the quality writing and reporting that our readers expect from us.’
Digital Subscription Details:
All readers of the subscription sites listed below will have free access to the home page, classifieds, obituaries and announcements section at all times. In addition, readers will have five free pages of editorial content per month available before being asked to subscribe.
Current print subscribers may extend their subscription to include full digital access for an additional $1.99 per month or $19.99 per year.
Digital-only subscriptions will be available to those who are not currently print subscribers for $5.99 per month or $59.99 per year.
The following newspapers are launching subscription models for their Web sites are on August 15, 2011:
California
The Ukiah Daily Journal
http://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/
Woodland Daily Democrat
Red Bluff Daily News
http://www.redbluffdailynews.com/
Lake County Record-Bee
Chico Enterprise-Record
Eureka Times-Standard
http://www.times-standard.com/
Vallejo Times-Herald
http://www.timesheraldonline.com/
The Reporter, Vacaville
Whittier Daily News
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/
Redlands Daily Facts
http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/
Massachusetts
Fitchburg Sentinel and Enterprise
http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/
North Adams Transcript
New Mexico
Las Cruces Sun-News
Deming Headlight
http://www.demingheadlight.com/
Silver City Sun News
http://www.scsun-news.com/
Farmington Daily Times
Carlsbad Current-Argus
Alamogordo Daily News
http://www.alamogordonews.com/
Pennsylvania
Lebanon Daily News
GameTimePa.com
FlipsidePA.com
In York
Chambersburg Public Opinion
http://www.publicopiniononline.com/
Hanover Evening Sun
York Daily Record
York Dispatch
Vermont
Bennington Banner
http://www.benningtonbanner.com/
Brattleboro Reformer
http://www.reformer.com/
MediaNews Group, Inc. (www.medianewsgroup.com) is the nation’s second largest newspaper company as measured by circulation, with headquarters in Denver, Colorado. MediaNews Group and its affiliated companies publish 57 daily newspapers and approximately 100 non-daily publications in 11 states. In addition, MediaNews Group provides programming and operational services for a CBS affiliate in Anchorage, Alaska and four radio stations in Texas licensed to Affiliated Media, Inc. FCC Trust. MediaNews Group Interactive, MediaNews Group’s new media division maintains more than 75 Web sites for its daily newspapers.