Telegraph £2.50

[barnaclebill58]

I thought it referenced some interesting articles today on the front page regarding the reshuffle then I noticed it was £2.50. I'm not going to claim that £2.50 is going to bankrupt me but I thought that is way too expensive and didn't bother. Is £2.50 too much?

[aelmpvw]

it is when i only buy it for the crosswords ...

[Rosie29]

I must admit the only newspaper I get is a free one when I spend over £10 at Waitrose. Yes £2.50 does seem a lot - so fewer people buy them - so how much longer will we have our favourite papers to read ? Sad really.

[Rosie29]

Ps - I do get an "i" occasionally - fantastic value for 60p.

[EDDIE51]

Yes , when you buy it 6 days a week! How much is The Sunday Telegraph ? Is there still a Free 'On Line' version !!
Not the Question, but a Daily Newspaper would actually cost at least £5 a copy if it were not for the advertising revenue !
No wonder there is always a queue in the Public Liberary to read it !

[Buenchico]

Newspapers used to be largely funded by advertising, with only a very small proportion of their revenue coming from their cover price. These days most advertisers have moved away from relying on print media and are increasingly advertising online instead. So newspapers have to increase their cover prices if they're to survive.

The Telegraph (at £2.50 from Monday to Friday and £2.80 on Saturday) is roughly in line with other 'quality' newspapers. The Guardian is cheaper during the working week (at £2.20) but dearer on Saturdays (£3.20). The Times is somewhat better value, at £1.80 during the week and £2 on Saturdays. (Indeed, it's excellent value on Saturdays. The puzzle section alone is well worth two quid!)

It's frequently suggested that print newspapers are near to the end of their life altogether and that they might all cease to exist within less than a decade. A TV documentary a year or two back asked a class of trainee journalists (whom you might reasonably expect to be interested in the contents of newspapers) how many of them had bought a newspaper that day. Not one of them had.

[Hymie]

You can subscribe to the on-line version for £2/week (£8.67/month), which I would assume includes the crossword (and you get your first month free).

[jno]

we get one on Saturdays, via Waitrose. I don't see why the people who find and print the news should go unpaid, though.

[brainiac]

I think the price of some newspapers has become ridiculous. To charge £2.50 for a daily paper Monday to Friday is £650 per year, not including the even-more-expensive Saturday and Sunday editions. Unsustainable.

Whether or not you agree with its politics (and I'm well aware many on AB do Not) it's easy to see why so many now buy the Daily Mail, which, given the cost of broadsheets, has plenty in it to read for only 70p. So has the i. I really enjoy doing newspaper crosswords, but cannot now afford a daily paper, and only buy The Times on a Saturday, and sometimes the MoS, only cos I'm determined to win the £1,500 crossword.

[Captain2]

I haven't bought a newspaper on a regular basis since the DT went up to 80p a weekday; I just beg, steal or borrow any paper just for a crossword though.
Brainiac, and any others interested, can I point you in the direction of the FT Crossword which is still free on line (Mon - Sat), a nice work out at the end of a day for me.

[brainiac]

Thanks for that, Captain, will check it out - but it's never quite the same not having the fresh paper in front of you, with coffee/breakfast.

Last Saturday I was in the village shop buying my Times (good value still at £2) and the man in front was buying the Sat/Sun Financial Times - £4 !

[Old_Geezer]

I rarely buy a newspaper.
But you should see the price of popular science magazines.