Metro site is probably worse, not so much the advertising blitzkrieg, merely that there’s rarely a hope of finding electronically what one might have read in print.
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The Herald getting worse!
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Yeah. A fair few other 'local' paper sites. Sunderland Echo being one of the worst I've experienced.Shoenice":1o7tmm6k said:
Argy1e":1u0lwnmj said:
Yep, all local paper sites are the same or worse. And increasingly more 'normal' websites as the race for advertising cash continues. If you go abroad and access the BBC with ads, even that isn't particularly good.
Like I said above, we've had the Wild West of the internet where everything was free and no-one expected to pay for anything. That's decimated the physical newspaper industry and led to click-bait and ad-covered sites as people desperately try to actually make some money now that readers are online-only and not just checking the internet in addition to their physical copy.
You pay 50-odd pence if you buy a physical Herald, you pay nothing if you view the same content online... that's the core problem and the reason for all the ads.
The Herald is an excellent Plymouth institution and the community should support it. I buy the print edition.
Maybe they should change their business model and stop free access via their website. Instead have a paid online subscription service ?
Maybe they should change their business model and stop free access via their website. Instead have a paid online subscription service ?
Tugboat":32ko1dp7 said:
But the discontentment at being misled by clickbait, and being unable to navigate a site, will lead to less views and less income in the long term.
They haven’t got much option though, have they? They’d be risking so many jobs if they gambled on a paywall and the subscription fees didn’t roll in.
moles40":c4lxdy57 said:
But if you've read this thread and have any idea of the state that conventional print and online newspapers are in, you know why that is surely.
You're getting something for free that you were previously paying 50p a day for. How do you expect the Herald (and it's not even the Herald calling the shots, it's the parent company Trinity Mirror) to make money and pay its staff, rent and running costs?
It's heavy advertising and surveys or a subscription service... personally I'd prefer either of these if it meant stopping the click-bait articles.
I agree. Have just downloaded the App and it's surprisingly good. There are articles you can actually read without interruption.
I believe they did an article on Plymouth Parkway and included a picture of Glyn Hobbs wearing a Tavistock shirt!!!!!!
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On page 47 the headline states 'Adams admits Pilgrims were second-best to the Latics' - which is the nick-name of Oldham and Wigan. Jak Ball's article on P. 46 has the correct 'Addicks'.
The picture may have been out of date but they might not have had a more recent one available.pedro91":2ukcjcs8 said: