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Thanks to Jeff Bezos, whose 2013 purchase of (Original Post) pnwmom May 2017 OP
Or should we say, "not yeeeeeet". eom BlueCaliDem May 2017 #1
Four years would have been plenty of time for Rupert Murdoch pnwmom May 2017 #2
I mentioned this in another thread--- I subscribed (digitally) for first time ever six months ago hlthe2b May 2017 #3
Free if you have Amazon Prime many a good man May 2017 #4
I didn't know that. Thanks. I'll check it out. crazylikafox May 2017 #6
I have Prime, and I paid full price. Thanks for info Alice11111 May 2017 #8
K&R mcar May 2017 #5
I was quite skeptical when he bought it... hvn_nbr_2 May 2017 #7

hlthe2b

(102,229 posts)
3. I mentioned this in another thread--- I subscribed (digitally) for first time ever six months ago
Sat May 27, 2017, 07:45 AM
May 2017

very very happy I can support them and that Bezos apparently has done a very good thing for WaPo.

many a good man

(5,997 posts)
4. Free if you have Amazon Prime
Sat May 27, 2017, 08:37 AM
May 2017

First 6 months free then $1 week after that. I heard that if you cancel prior to the six months you re-up again for free.

crazylikafox

(2,755 posts)
6. I didn't know that. Thanks. I'll check it out.
Sat May 27, 2017, 09:29 AM
May 2017

I live in the local delivery area, but it's still expensive. I'm assuming the "free" is for digital, but that's ok with me.

hvn_nbr_2

(6,486 posts)
7. I was quite skeptical when he bought it...
Sat May 27, 2017, 11:40 AM
May 2017

and especially when one of the first things he did was a big layoff of news people. But since then I've been pleasantly surprised. Trump seems to have awakened latent journalism tendencies in the MSM. I remember when MSM mostly didn't even report that 10 million people protested the War for Bush's Codpiece (or the War for Cheney's Halliburton Options, whichever you want to call it) , so I was surprised when they reported on the women's march.

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