Yesterday The Eagle launched an electronic version of the newspaper - clickable images of the actual newspaper pages that allow readers to zoom in and read stories, look at photos and view advertising from the printed edition of the paper. The “e-Eagle” is available for now at no cost, but within a week or so, it will require a subscription and log-in.
You can find the e-Eagle from the Kansas.com home page each day by clicking on the link near the top left-hand rail.
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If we are already a subscriber to the print edition will we also have to pay for the on-line product? And if so can we switch our print subscription to the on-line one?
Oooo, Sherry! This is cool! I have always preferred the layout of a paper, but I love the convenience of the online version. Now, the best of both worlds! No wet papers, no paper theft, no not getting the paper…very cool.
Lonny, the Eagle and other newspapers around the country still need readers to subscribe to the print edition of the paper because it’s those numbers on which advertising rates are set. For too long newspapers didn’t take the Internet, and the competition from sites like Craigslist and eBay, seriously. As more outlets and sources of news and information become available online, advertisers aren’t forced to spend their money at the newspaper or pay the same rates for online ads as they’d have to in print. So, as fewer people read the print edition ad rates continue to fall along with ad revenue. As ad revenue continues to fall more journalists will lose their jobs to the point where it won’t be worth subscribing to the Eagle, print or online. I’d say it’s getting dangerously close to that point already.
Lonny and Anglina, I’m glad you like the new e-edition. I do, too, and I think it’s a cool way to navigate the paper electronically.
We wanted to get this launched quickly, and the folks on the business haven’t worked out details yet of how access will work for people who are print subscribers now. We offer several different subscription levels (from one or two days to 7 days a week), and they’ll need to figure out a rate plan that takes current subscribers into account.
I know that’s a high priority for them. If the log-in page gets launched before they have a plan in place for subscription levels, rest assured that it will be coming soon. When they have those details decided, the information will be posted in the FAQ for the e-edition.
One great thing about the e-edition is that it is still counted as paid circulation by the ABC, the circulation auditing organization that verifies newspaper circulation.
I want to pay for my newspaper. I don’t even own a television. The paper is a great financial buy knowing where the good price deals are on so many things. That we also get truthful information that is professionally verified is a major bonus.
I get up around 5am and am always anxious to get the newspaper if it’s not here already. With the e-Eagle I have it before my coffee is ready. Great. But I notice the insert advs aren’t available and there is a lot of savings in there and income for the paper.
I hope no more get laid off at the Eagle.