Does anyone read the observer?

[NanuqoftheNorth]

46 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

it is behind a pay wall now

This

[raleigh-panther]

I read it...particularly Fowler 

they do not have a paywall on the Panthers / Sports that I have seen

[45catfan]

Newspapers are about as contemporary as using leeches to drain the bad spirits that are making you sick, yes, even online.

[MHS831]

When I was in graduate school in the early 90s, i worked in the sports department as an agate clerk.  Remember that data on page 2 that featured lake levels and betting odds?  Anyway, I worked with Tom Sorenson, Rick Bonnell, David Poole, Ron Green, and a few other guys.  The sports dept got to work at 4pm and worked through midnight.  So we had the entire news room to ourselves.  You never see the paper the same way once you get to know these guys--

Ok, I'm back.  What was the subject?

[rippadonn]

Make advertisers pay NOT readers. Charging readers on the interwebs is a good way to bury one's self. You have to create a demand before anything else, it's not like the print game.

I used to read or buy the Observer daily/weekly, can't tell you the first thing about them now.

[Icege]

I would read when I can as the Post & Courier down in Charleston is lucky to have anything Panthers related, but that paywall is a killer.

[joande]

In Chrome, right click the article you want to read in non-incognito mode to bring up the context menu.  Select "open window in incognito window" in that menu.  That will get you past the pay wall.  To read the next article, close that incognito window back to non-incognito and start over.  Don't refresh any page in either mode. 

Alternatively, if you have Apple News+, then you can view the articles there without issues.  

[Jon Snow]

What is the Observer?

[Adb6368]

There isn’t a single thing that they write (and try to make you pay for) that you can’t get for free via Twitter. 

adapt or die 

[ladypanther]

I do and I post something from them here occasionally.  Agree with the good comment about Getzenberg.  

I think they have a good deal just for sports if anyone is interested in that.

[Scott12345]

used to subscribe for yrs...it’s $400 a year now!

I do pay for digital....their sports writers are actually pretty good for the most part

fowler not not fav, but every now and them he hits home runs...his series on Rae curruth was great, and his recent article on his friend that coached in Lincolnton was outstanding 

and Bonnell is in the know on the hornets

I read Sorensen, but even he got out there at times

i miss Ron Green & Tom Higgins 

[ladypanther]

23 minutes ago, Scott12345 said:

his [Fowler] recent article on his friend that coached in Lincolnton was outstanding 

Agree.  That was a great article.  Maybe his best.  I emailed him and told him how much I liked it...had to be a tough thing for him to write.

[blackcat]

I bought a year subscription for $20, so yeah, I read it.