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Post by martinshrew on Feb 4, 2024 23:14:54 GMT 1
If so, please DM me.
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Post by Minormorris64 on Feb 5, 2024 11:36:38 GMT 1
Hardly surprisingly NO
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Post by martinshrew on Feb 5, 2024 11:39:29 GMT 1
I've not had a single message, I'm sort of glad in some ways, it's not worth 50p a month nevermind what they're trying to to charge!
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Post by davycrockett on Feb 5, 2024 11:43:09 GMT 1
I was wondering if STFC can insist SS reporters interviews are done on the understanding they weren't put behind a pay wall?
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Post by staffordshrew on Feb 5, 2024 11:59:00 GMT 1
I was wondering if STFC can insist SS reporters interviews are done on the understanding they weren't put behind a pay wall? Charge the reporters for the interview?
Insist that STFC have a copy they can put on the STFC web site?
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Post by vladimir on Feb 5, 2024 11:59:19 GMT 1
no but refresh and stop is a mighty fine tool....
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Post by Pilch on Feb 5, 2024 12:13:36 GMT 1
I was wondering if STFC can insist SS reporters interviews are done on the understanding they weren't put behind a pay wall? I doubt it it surely drives more towards the towns website as it is now
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Post by ssshrew on Feb 5, 2024 12:38:04 GMT 1
Sometimes if you get there quick enough you can see things before they go behind the paywall.
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Post by scooter on Feb 5, 2024 13:06:51 GMT 1
Marky Macintyre obviously buys the print edition. He puts photos of town articles on the Facebook page
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Post by GrizzlyShrew on Feb 5, 2024 13:08:02 GMT 1
Why bother paying for it? Half of it you've already read on B&A.
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Post by GrizzlyShrew on Feb 5, 2024 13:08:57 GMT 1
Marky Macintyre obviously buys the print edition. He puts photos of town articles on the Facebook page Pity you can only read it on a laptop. Print is too small to read on your phone.
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Post by floreatsalopia1 on Feb 5, 2024 13:18:35 GMT 1
Marky Macintyre obviously buys the print edition. He puts photos of town articles on the Facebook page Pity you can only read it on a laptop. Print is too small to read on your phone. I can read it still if I enlarge it with my finger on the article..not sure of yoi have tried it
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Post by barrynic on Feb 5, 2024 13:20:11 GMT 1
Marky Macintyre obviously buys the print edition. He puts photos of town articles on the Facebook page Pity you can only read it on a laptop. Print is too small to read on your phone. I pay £5.99 a month for the download of the Sloppy Star on Apple.....it works well....just far too much Wolves...Villa and West Brom on it....not to mention little Telford.
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Post by suttonshrew on Feb 5, 2024 14:39:48 GMT 1
nope, wont pay for online newspapers as you can get all the news form other sources anyway. its actually stopped me looking at there for news, wonder if others have done the same
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Post by ssshrew on Feb 5, 2024 14:44:13 GMT 1
Yes I have.
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Post by GrizzlyShrew on Feb 5, 2024 14:49:40 GMT 1
Pity you can only read it on a laptop. Print is too small to read on your phone. I can read it still if I enlarge it with my finger on the article..not sure of yoi have tried it I've done that. Works sometimes but not most of the time.
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Post by jamo on Feb 5, 2024 22:49:27 GMT 1
I’m struggling to understand why anyone would pay anything to read this awful newspaper, online or otherwise
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Post by Dale on Feb 6, 2024 6:33:09 GMT 1
I feel for Ollie Westbury as he is a good reporter and I enjoy reading his content, but there’s no way I’m going to pay to read it via the online platform, and I’m not in a position to buy the printed publication as I live away from the county now, but I probably wouldn’t buy it now anyway, whenever I come back to visit family I’m shocked by how thin it now is, and I believe there’s no late edition now as there always used to be?
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Post by Dale on Feb 6, 2024 6:34:17 GMT 1
Pity you can only read it on a laptop. Print is too small to read on your phone. I pay £5.99 a month for the download of the Sloppy Star on Apple.....it works well....just far too much Wolves...Villa and West Brom on it....not to mention little Telford. That’s the Express & Star influence sadly.
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Post by blueboy48 on Feb 6, 2024 10:41:15 GMT 1
I opted for a two year subscription for £84.00 which is £0.77p per week or 11p per day. That's more than good value for me, you get some in-depth news on football and also general news. It's advert free too so that's a bonus. I enjoy reading everything STFC and I also follow B&A which on a good day Can be interesting and informative but we still need proper,responsible journalism.
I struggle with the concept that I am entitled to free on line news from the Star or any other news association. It's obviously not free really but supported by adverts which invade every website and drive us all mad. Most news headlines are just click bait with no substance whatsoever. The Daily Express is one of the worst and even they are going down the register/subscription route but I won't be signing up to that Thank you.
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Post by GrizzlyShrew on Feb 6, 2024 13:58:34 GMT 1
What a pity these news agencies werent fully pay for content a few years back.
Imagine if we could relive Covid era without all the harbingers of doom having a field day. Most of the problems were due to media hype imo.
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Post by martinshrew on Feb 6, 2024 15:04:25 GMT 1
I opted for a two year subscription for £84.00 which is £0.77p per week or 11p per day. That's more than good value for me, you get some in-depth news on football and also general news. It's advert free too so that's a bonus. I enjoy reading everything STFC and I also follow B&A which on a good day Can be interesting and informative but we still need proper,responsible journalism. I struggle with the concept that I am entitled to free on line news from the Star or any other news association. It's obviously not free really but supported by adverts which invade every website and drive us all mad. Most news headlines are just click bait with no substance whatsoever. The Daily Express is one of the worst and even they are going down the register/subscription route but I won't be signing up to that Thank you. I genuinely wouldn't part with 84p, nevermind £84.
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Post by The Shropshire Tenor on Feb 6, 2024 15:30:50 GMT 1
I can't comment on the current quality of the Shropshire Star but I did notice a paragraph in the current Private Eye saying that Star newspapers had been taken over by National World and the pattern of their business is to "hollow them (newspapers) out from within" and impose a standard menu of centralised click bait.
So maybe worse is to come.
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Post by iestywfc on Feb 6, 2024 17:55:44 GMT 1
I quite enjoy reading the restaurant reviews on the Star for local inspiration (even if the reviewer is a bit up himself) but even they are behind the paywall now
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Post by venceremos on Feb 7, 2024 17:41:14 GMT 1
We used to get the Star in print when our sons delivered them. It was fine - didn't like some of it but nothing to get mad about. The frequent price hikes made it poor value though.
The loss of so many regional newspapers is terrible and I hope as many as possible can survive. They're a vital training ground for professional journalists and have an important role to play in our democracy. I read the other day that something like 10-20% of English councils are being investigated for corruption of one sort or another and one of the reasons for the spread of wrongdoing is thought to be the lack of scrutiny traditionally carried out by local papers. "Free" online sites endlessly recirculating each others' stories are never going to be interested in that.
Good journalism is important and has to be paid for. Sadly, the Star and many other papers' online content has been reduced to clickbait and pop up ads that feed off each other in a downward spiral of depressingly poor quality.
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Post by Rusholme Ruffian on Feb 7, 2024 17:50:36 GMT 1
We used to get the Star in print when our sons delivered them. It was fine - didn't like some of it but nothing to get mad about. The frequent price hikes made it poor value though. The loss of so many regional newspapers is terrible and I hope as many as possible can survive. They're a vital training ground for professional journalists and have an important role to play in our democracy. I read the other day that something like 10-20% of English councils are being investigated for corruption of one sort or another and one of the reasons for the spread of wrongdoing is thought to be the lack of scrutiny traditionally carried out by local papers. "Free" online sites endlessly recirculating each others' stories are never going to be interested in that. Good journalism is important and has to be paid for. Sadly, the Star and many other papers' online content has been reduced to clickbait and pop up ads that feed off each other in a downward spiral of depressingly poor quality. The Local Democracy Reporter scheme aimed to help this sort of thing by trying to get reporter in each local area to report directly about council actions. But to highlight how this sort of reporting is viewed by local papers, they only exist because the scheme is fully funded by the BBC. Sadly as you say most local journalism is clickbait type reporting on some truly awful sites for user experience. Having moved around a bit I tend to think actually the Shropshire Star is at the fairly good end for stories and website, but I still think very few people are going to want to pay for this content. And to be honest most national newspapers aren't too dissimilar. Most are owned and run as a tool for power and influence as the days have passed when people can actually make any money out of them. Just look at who is interested in buying the Telegraph
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Post by venceremos on Feb 7, 2024 18:04:40 GMT 1
We used to get the Star in print when our sons delivered them. It was fine - didn't like some of it but nothing to get mad about. The frequent price hikes made it poor value though. The loss of so many regional newspapers is terrible and I hope as many as possible can survive. They're a vital training ground for professional journalists and have an important role to play in our democracy. I read the other day that something like 10-20% of English councils are being investigated for corruption of one sort or another and one of the reasons for the spread of wrongdoing is thought to be the lack of scrutiny traditionally carried out by local papers. "Free" online sites endlessly recirculating each others' stories are never going to be interested in that. Good journalism is important and has to be paid for. Sadly, the Star and many other papers' online content has been reduced to clickbait and pop up ads that feed off each other in a downward spiral of depressingly poor quality. The Local Democracy Reporter scheme aimed to help this sort of thing by trying to get reporter in each local area to report directly about council actions. But to highlight how this sort of reporting is viewed by local papers, they only exist because the scheme is fully funded by the BBC. Sadly as you say most local journalism is clickbait type reporting on some truly awful sites for user experience. Having moved around a bit I tend to think actually the Shropshire Star is at the fairly good end for stories and website, but I still think very few people are going to want to pay for this content. And to be honest most national newspapers aren't too dissimilar. Most are owned and run as a tool for power and influence as the days have passed when people can actually make any money out of them. Just look at who is interested in buying the Telegraph Coincidentally, I just read a piece in the Athletic about social media sites spreading fake news about Manchester United. Much of the content is ludicrous - deal done to sign Mbappe, Sancho revealing what Ten Hag really said to Ronaldo and other such guff. The journalist spoke to a couple of those running such sites. One guy in Nigeria makes €2,000 a month and all he does is recirculate garbage from other sites without checking anything, stealing the work of professional photographers without crediting them. The money comes from advertising on his site, so the more fantastic the story, the more clicks it'll get and the more money he'll make. It's easy to say it's obviously rubbish but if a made up story gets millions of clicks - and who knows what social media horrors might result from that - then it's clear that an awful lot of people aren't seeing through it. And that's just football. Make up stories about politics, climate change, Covid ..... and we have the hellhole we're spiralling into.
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Post by Minormorris64 on Feb 8, 2024 10:45:27 GMT 1
We get it delivered
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Post by belfastshrew on Feb 8, 2024 11:06:30 GMT 1
I think it's incredibly important to be teaching in schools about fake news and false information. The internet has made the world an 'instant' place. A simple google search reveals the answer to anything, but its accuracy and authenticity are at best poor.
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Post by ProudSalopian on Feb 8, 2024 12:54:11 GMT 1
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