Comments on: Registration Still Required

By: Jeff Harrell

Jeff Harrell — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 14:28:46 +0000

As long as we're bitching about the Morning News, can I complain about WFAA? Last week (or the week before; I lose track) the President was in town. I heard a rumor about something interesting that happened at Love Field, but it wasn't in the Morning News. I thought maybe WFAA carried it, so I went looking... got a registration key from Bug Me Not... and what did I find? They had the exact same story! Not surprising, given that they're both Belo properties, but still, it pissed me off.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 14:01:44 +0000

Boyd,

Yep. FWST and the DallasCowboys.com pages are quite good. I miss JJT and, especially, Gooselin. But not enough to play their games.

By: Boyd

Boyd — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 13:49:01 +0000

You really struck a nerve for me with the Dallas Morning News comment, James. For years, I used their web site to follow America's Team, but when they introduced their new system requiring payment to read most of their Cowboys stories, I switched to the Ft Worth Star-Telegram, and haven't looked back.

By: KipEsquire

KipEsquire — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 13:40:33 +0000

Why on Earth would anyone pay to subscribe to the Wall Street Journal, for example, just to have access to one more newspaper?

Um, maybe because some of us work on Wall Street? ;-)

By: Jeff Harrell

Jeff Harrell — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 13:14:53 +0000

Adam Penenberg of Wired recently wrote about this, and if I may humbly say so I penned a few words on the subject myself in July. I mention this only because both Adam's article and mine touch on different aspects of the question. Consider them variations on a theme. :-)