"Washington Post, Breaking News, Is Also Breaking New Ground"

[Mme. Defarge]

Since The Washington Post’s Watergate-era glory days, my need to read that paper has waxed and waned. I already pay for and scour The New York Times (of course), The Wall Street Journal and The New Yorker, which is a lot to manage before I even get to the books on my night stand and Kindle. So I haven’t been looking for more to read, let alone another monthly expense.

But for some time, a Washington Post logo with the caption “Breaking News” has been popping onto my laptop’s screen. I’m not sure how The Post insinuated itself into my prime digital real estate, since I don’t recall inviting it there. And I’d probably find it annoying and intrusive if the breaking news weren’t so interesting.

Monday’s sensational headline — “Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian diplomats in their Oval Office meeting last week” — was beyond interesting. Of course I clicked.

That’s when I learned I’d bumped up against The Post’s pay barrier, along with the flattering observation that “You obviously love great journalism.” And for just 99 cents for the first four weeks and a few more clicks, I could keep reading. Who could resist?

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/05/19/business/washington-post-digital-news.html

Speaking for myself, I finally became an "honest woman" this past week when I took out a digital subscription to the WP.

[underthematrix]

1. I have a script to NYT and WAPO

But I read many many others too

[boston bean]

2. right after the election, I subscribed to the digital subs for NYT and WAPO.

it's nice to have and I wanted to support investigative journalism.

It is the last place that it exists.

[marybourg]

5. It exists on both

PBS and NPR.

[boston bean]

6. I don't think so.

[moda253]

7. National Petroleum Radio?

hardly.

[justiceischeap]

3. Shortly after Trump became 45, I saw a WaPo ad

on facebook looking for support members to join a new investigative journalism team they were putting together.

I knew then we'd be getting some fantastic journalism from them.

45 shot himself in the foot with WaPo && NY Times before ever being sworn in and then a few days later he invited the IC into the melee by insulting the CIA's wall of stars.

He can't help himself. 120+ days in and he's a lame duck President.

[Kaleva]

4. Thanks for the reminder! Just signed up for a digital subription to WP.

Working it out in my budget to pay for a subscription for the NYT, a subscription for the Guardian and renew my star membership for DU.

Edit: Signed up to be a supporter of the Guardian which fits into the discretionary part of my budget.

https://membership.theguardian.com/us/supporter

[kstewart33]

8. Digit WPO is worth the money.

They've broken more Trump-related big stories than any other. NYT is a distant second place, but is clearly a choice read.

[countryjake]

9. K&R