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Free online viewing of newspapers
Topic Started: May 28 2013, 12:40 AM (264 Views)
goldengal	May 28 2013, 12:40 AM Post #1
Mistress, House of Dogs Posts: 11,674 Group: Member Member #715 Joined: March 31, 2010	This morning when accesssing both the Globe and Mail and National Post, I received a message that I have used up my 10 free views of the respective papers. Has anyone else encountered this? Take care, Pat



helen_t	May 28 2013, 12:41 AM Post #2
Red Star Member Posts: 2,767 Group: Member Member #712 Joined: March 30, 2010	Yes. Me. Edited to say now they want us to pay which I will not do. Edited by helen_t, May 28 2013, 12:42 AM.



FuzzyO	May 28 2013, 12:46 AM Post #3
Posts: 16,968 Group: Administration Member #710 Joined: March 30, 2010	Yes, I have that problem too. May eventually end up paying for the Globe. The NY Times gives you 10 a month too.



Trotsky	May 28 2013, 12:52 AM Post #4
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	Many, MANY papers are following that lead that was started a while back by the New York TImes...10 per month free. The newspapers are going broke. Edited by Trotsky, May 28 2013, 12:53 AM.



friendshipgal	May 28 2013, 02:42 AM Post #5
Guess everyone wants their own Trudashians Posts: 12,815 Group: Member Member #241 Joined: February 12, 2006	I get that regularly but if you clear your cookies you can start again. I clear my cookies (not whoops them) regularly, and sometimes the cache.



Bitsy	May 28 2013, 03:16 AM Post #6
Veteran Member Posts: 31,383 Group: Member Member #267 Joined: March 11, 2006	friendshipgal May 28 2013, 02:42 AM I get that regularly but if you clear your cookies you can start again. I clear my cookies (not whoops them) regularly, and sometimes the cache. I don't believe that works on the NY Times website unless I am not clearing my cookies correctly.



Delphi51	May 28 2013, 05:46 AM Post #7
Member title Posts: 13,967 Group: Administration Member #441 Joined: October 10, 2006	Thanks for that tip, FSG. The National Post iPad app doesn't seem to be restricted to ten articles but I don't think it shows all the articles. I can view any newspaper through my local library website and membership, but is an awkward view of the actual pages of the paper, no way to copy or link.



lilal	May 28 2013, 05:58 AM Post #8
Blue Star Member Posts: 1,545 Group: Member Member #206 Joined: February 2, 2006	Unless you have a subscription to the Vancouver Sun you only get 10 free online viewings.



Dialtone	May 28 2013, 07:07 AM Post #9
Gold Star Member Posts: 7,190 Group: Member Member #721 Joined: April 1, 2010	I use Firefox to view paid subscription online news. I have the browser set to clear all history and cookies on exit, so the next time I visit the same news source it starts over again.



Delphi51	May 28 2013, 10:03 AM Post #10
Member title Posts: 13,967 Group: Administration Member #441 Joined: October 10, 2006	Excellent solution, Dialtone! Thank you very much.



FuzzyO	May 28 2013, 10:59 AM Post #11
Posts: 16,968 Group: Administration Member #710 Joined: March 30, 2010	Good information, thank you!



Delphi51	May 28 2013, 06:30 PM Post #12
Member title Posts: 13,967 Group: Administration Member #441 Joined: October 10, 2006	I'm feeling just a little guilty about avoiding paying for the Post while saying investigative reporting is very important. I would be happy to contribute $50 a year but they want $120. It seems too much when I already have the right to read the whole paper through library access. A moral dilemma. I think it is the "Postmedia" cookie. Rather than clearing all cookies (losing computer's memory of bank account numbers, etc.) you probably could just delete that one. But Dialtone's idea of using a second browser just for accessing newspapers is a perfect solution. A person really should have a second browser anyway, so you can download a new copy of your regular browser in the event it fails. Edited by Delphi51, May 29 2013, 08:22 AM.



Kahu	May 28 2013, 08:00 PM Post #13
Posts: 31,109 Group: Administration Member #150 Joined: December 14, 2005	I have encountered the 10 free articles with the NYTimes ...... but none of our papers charge for online viewing .... yet!



Durgan	May 28 2013, 11:46 PM Post #14
Veteran Member Posts: 13,273 Group: Gardening Guru Member #720 Joined: March 31, 2010	I miss the NY Times but when they started charging I quit reading it. Now I browse the internet for my news or make up my own.



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