Re: [Goanet] GOANET : HERALD'S E-PAPER TO GO PAID

[Stephen Dias]

On Wed, 3 Jan, 2018, 11:06 Stephen Dias,  wrote:

> Dear Readers of Herald
>
> The news is spread like fire throughout the state of Goa in this  NEW Year
> 2018  due to changes have taken place for those who are used to go online
> and Herald is the paper which  Goans now cannot read online from today
> onwards unless the payment is made as per their terms and conditions for
> payment procedure.
> This was shocking news for all of us. Most of us are used to get up in the
> early morning, even at 3 AM or 4 AM  onwards and go to the computer to read
> the news but surprisingly Herald cannot be accessed if payment is not made
> in advance. Those Goans who are settled abroad must have also got the
> shocking news or jerk and especially those staying in Gulf, Canada, UK,
> Australia, US and other parts of the world will not get the VOICE OF GOA
> instantly if payment is not made, and who knows slowly other newspapers
> will follow the same system. This will give another jerk for Goans if all
> other newspapers follow the same tactics.
> Herald said this amount is just a peanut and it cost less than a cup of
> tea. Fine, I agree but how many people go for tea in restaurants/cafe's  as
> they most of them prefer to have tea at home in the morning,  but the
> newspapers are a usual style for Goans even before brushing teeth to see or
> read the paper online.The cost of newspapers in Goa is only Rs 5/- for
> Herald, Navhind Times, and others are still less than that. I am not
> surprised that this cost also will increase for all the newspapers in days
> to come.
> New Year started with a bang on Herald to read this paper on LINE which is
> so bad?
> Will the owner of Herald take it back?  All the newspapers get
> advertisement enough and thus make their expenses well calculated. This way
> Voice of Goa will come down and people may not know what is happening in
> Goa until they buy Herald paper through their agents or stalls etc.
> Therefore the speed of spreading news fast will be curtailed and hence
> people will get used to staying home with no news till lunch break thus NEW
> YEAR we can say gave us a  set back for those who are accustomed to reading
> Herald early in the morning on LINE.
> What about writers?   why do they not get their pocket money once they
> write some articles or letters to the Editor? They too should be given some
> benefit since they waste their time and petrol cost for their
> bikes/vehicles, photography etc to get the news promptly to the newspapers
> and none of the papers so far thought of them except for their usual
> columnists who are well satisfied and almost same writers is been
> benefitted and not others. Will that trend of payment will start for these
> writers? Let all get their benefit of some pocket money including the
> owners of newspapers.
>
> Stephen Dias
> Dona Paula
> Dat:  3th Jan 2018
> mob: 9422443110
>
>
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2018 13:23:33 +0530
> From: Frederick Noronha 
> To: Goanet 
> Subject: [Goanet] Herald's epaper to go 'paid'
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>
> Herald, the Goa-based newspaper, has announced that its online epaper will
> go paid from January 3, 2018.
>
> It's announcement in its newspaper today showed up on its front page, and
> was headlined: "Nominal monthly subscription for Herald's epaper from Jan
> 3. At Rs 4.30 per day, Herald requests its family of readers to support its
> paper's digital evolution."
>
> After saying that the paper was being read "in the eastern hemisphere...
> (and) in the extreme West of the world" the paper this would help it to
> "enhance and maintain the quality of the epaper and at the same time invest
> in making the website cutting edge (sic) coupled with additional news
> gathering efforts, we need to imbibe the best technology and news gathering
> resources."
>
> FN
>

Re: [Goanet] GOANET : HERALD'S E-PAPER TO GO PAID

[Eugene Correia]

Will other Goa newspapers follow suit? Do Goa has many online newsreaders?
I believe many prefer to read hard copies instead of digital ones.
That brings me to the question: Are there any newspapers in India who have
erected a paywall? Newspapers in North America are struggling and many like
the Washinton Post, New York Times, Toronto Star, etc are working hard to
gain online subscribers. The Guardian hasn't done yet but requests its
readers to subscribe. Even The Atlantic, a good mag, is going or gone
subscriber-based. Some newspapers off 5 to 7 articles Free per week to read.


Eugene

On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 3:58 AM, Menino de Valpoi <menino.de.val...@gmail.com
> wrote:

> You deserve applause for this one single sentence Claude.  You have hit
> the nail on the right spot.
>
>
>
> From: Claude Alvares [mailto:goafoundat...@gmail.com]
> Sent: 05 January 2018 01:32
> To: Derek Almeida <derek0...@gmail.com>
> Cc: Stephen Dias <steve.dia...@gmail.com>; goa...@goanet.org; Goa's
> premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! <goanet@lists.goanet.org>;
> fredericknoro...@gmail.com <fredericknoron...@gmail.com>; Menino de
> Valpoi <menino.de.val...@gmail.com>; Sujay Gupta <su...@herald-goa.com>;
> editor <edi...@herald-goa.com>; editor <edi...@thegoan.net>; navhind <
> navh...@navhindtimes.com>; gteditor <gtedi...@gmail.com>; lpost <
> lp...@navhindtimes.com>; shashwat gupta ray <shashwa...@gmail.com>; Times
> of India <toi@timesgroup.com>; edi...@nizgoenkar.org; Joel Afonso <
> goanevery...@gmail.com>; joel.afo...@thegoan.net; navin jha <
> navinjha242...@gmail.com>; Basuri Desai <basuride...@gmail.com>;
> Vithaldas Hegde <vheg...@gmail.com>; vinayaknai...@gmail.com; dainik
> herald <dainikher...@gmail.com>; Dainik Gomantak <
> newsd...@dainikgomantak.com>; donraulfernandes <donraulfernan...@gmail.com>;
> Devika Sequeira <devikaseque...@gmail.com>; Antonio Mascarenhas <
> amascarenha...@gmail.com>; Dr.Nandkumar Kamat <nandka...@gmail.com>; Aam
> Aadmi Party, Goa <aap...@gmail.com>; Aires Rodrigues <
> airesrodrigu...@gmail.com>; Ashwin Tombat <ashwintom...@gmail.com>;
> boscoeremita <boscoerem...@hotmail.com>; Alexandre Moniz Barbosa <
> amonizbarb...@gmail.com>; Oscar Carmino Lobo <oscarde...@gmail.com>; Fr.
> Cedric Prakash <cedricprak...@gmail.com>; docoscar67 <
> docosca...@rediffmail.com>; Kalidas Sawkar <kalidas.saw...@gmail.com>;
> Digamber Kamat <dvkmar...@gmail.com>; Vijai Sardesai <
> vijaisardesai4fato...@gmail.com>; sardinha <sardi...@gmail.com>; Eduardo
> Faleiro <lokseva...@gmail.com>; Elvis <elvisgome...@hotmail.com>; ELVIDIO
> MIRANDA <elvid...@yahoo.com>; AAP Panaji <aap.pan...@gmail.com>; Judith
> Almeida <judith.almeida1...@gmail.com>; Edwin/Diana Pinto <
> eddipi...@gmail.com>; Claude Alvares <claudealva...@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: GOANET : HERALD'S E-PAPER TO GO PAID
>
>
>
> About time everyone pays for paid news
>
>
>
> On Jan 5, 2018 12:48 AM, "Derek Almeida" <derek0...@gmail.com  derek0...@gmail.com> > wrote:
>
> It's time everyone starts paying for news.
>
>
>
> On 03-Jan-2018 11:06 AM, "Stephen Dias" <steve.dia...@gmail.com  steve.dia...@gmail.com> > wrote:
>
> Dear Readers of Herald
>
>
>
> The news is spread like fire throughout the state of Goa in this  NEW Year
> 2018  due to changes have taken place for those who are used to go online
> and Herald is the paper which  Goans now cannot read online from today
> onwards unless the payment is made as per their terms and conditions for
> payment procedure.
>
> This was shocking news for all of us. Most of us are used to get up in the
> early morning, even at 3 AM or 4 AM  onwards and go to the computer to read
> the news but surprisingly Herald cannot be accessed if payment is not made
> in advance. Those Goans who are settled abroad must have also got the
> shocking news or jerk and especially those staying in Gulf, Canada, UK,
> Australia, US and other parts of the world will not get the VOICE OF GOA
> instantly if payment is not made, and who knows slowly other newspapers
> will follow the same system. This will give another jerk for Goans if all
> other newspapers follow the same tactics.
>
> Herald said this amount is just a peanut and it cost less than a cup of
> tea. Fine, I agree but how many people go for tea in restaurants/cafe's  as
> they most of them prefer to have tea at home in the morning,  but the
> newspapers are a usual style for Goans even before brushing teeth to see or
> read the paper online.The 

Re: [Goanet] GOANET : HERALD'S E-PAPER TO GO PAID

[Edward Verdes]

Dear all,
The last time herald had gone paid, I subscribed for one month with payments
done online, however next day the paper was free and I did not have to login in.

Now once again they have gone paid. I was trying to subscribe for 1 month
but the billing is bit complicated. I am in Mumbai at present on
holidays and will be
going back to Saudi Arabia. after 20 days, can I make payments thru net banking
in india with Indian and address, and will I be able to login in once
I go back to Saudi?

Another thing the older online version was quite easier, but this one
seems to be different.
will we get more of Advertisements for the online version.

Hope someone replies.

Thanks
Edward Verdes - Mumbai

On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 4:58 PM, Stephen Dias  wrote:
> Dear Owner of Herald/Editor
> O Heraldo the Voice of Goa is a daily newspaper which started publication
> in 1900 and is the foremost paper dear to every Goan in Goa as well as
> abroad.
> O Heraldo has been fighting the causes and the interest of Goa in a manner
> which makes it deserved to be called as the Voice of Goa.
> However, it would be prudent that regular contribuitions to your esteemed
> paper be given a window of eccess to its On Line as Heraldo e-paper has
> gone paid from 3rd January 2018.
> Programming by filling in, the details of regular contribuitors this
> facility may be extended to them as long as they are active and subject to
> further renewals over period of times.
> There is a possibility that this suggestion of mine can be implemented and
> those writers will always be greatful to The Heraldo management.
> Best regards,
>
> Stephen Dias
> Dona Paula
> Mob 9422443110
> 5th Jan 2018
>
> Sent from my Samsung device
>
> On 5 Jan 2018 08:40, "shashwat gupta ray"  wrote:
>
> Dear Mr Dias,
> Although you might have found it shocking to see that the e-paper of the
> aforesaid newspaper has become paid, but that's now the norm everywhere.
>
> Please remember that news giving is a commercial service while newspapers
> are product. Every commercial product /service comes at a cost.
>
> It costs Rs 20 to produce one copy of a newspaper which has more colour
> pages and newsprint quality is better than the other papers as it is
> imported from Russia.
>
> These involve cost. On top of that there are overheads like salaries,
> maintainance, Transport costs, equipment, printing machinery.
> Traditionally, these costs were being offset by advertisement.
>
> But now thanks to growing inflation and govt steps like demonetisation and
> GST, the print industry too is bleeding like other sectors.
>
> So now there are four options left before the newspaper barons - a.
> Increase the cost of newspapers; b. Increase rate of ads; c. Raise funds
> through charging for supplementary services (like in this case) or d.  Shut
> shop.
>
> Option A if implemented then there will be hue and cry. Readers who are
> ready to spend Rs 3000 in one day at a restaurant don't want even a Re 1
> hike in prices of newspaper. Option B not viable as that will dissuade
> advertisers from Advertising which means loss of revenue, which is already
> scarce.
> Now left are options C
>
> Now I leave it your wisdom to decide what would you like to see out of the
> two. You will get your answer.
>
> ---
> Thanks and regards,
>
> Shashwat Gupta Ray
> Resident Editor
> Gomantak Times
> Gomantak Bhawan
> St Inez
> Near Vivanta By Taj
> Panaji
> Goa 403001
> M: 9011074370
> 0832-2422701/2/3/4
>
> On Jan 3, 2018 11:06, "Stephen Dias"  wrote:
>
>> Dear Readers of Herald
>>
>> The news is spread like fire throughout the state of Goa in this  NEW Year
>> 2018  due to changes have taken place for those who are used to go online
>> and Herald is the paper which  Goans now cannot read online from today
>> onwards unless the payment is made as per their terms and conditions for
>> payment procedure.
>> This was shocking news for all of us. Most of us are used to get up in the
>> early morning, even at 3 AM or 4 AM  onwards and go to the computer to read
>> the news but surprisingly Herald cannot be accessed if payment is not made
>> in advance. Those Goans who are settled abroad must have also got the
>> shocking news or jerk and especially those staying in Gulf, Canada, UK,
>> Australia, US and other parts of the world will not get the VOICE OF GOA
>> instantly if payment is not made, and who knows slowly other newspapers
>> will follow the same system. This will give another jerk for Goans if all
>> other newspapers follow the same tactics.
>> Herald said this amount is just a peanut and it cost less than a cup of
>> tea. Fine, I agree but how many people go for tea in restaurants/cafe's  as
>> they most of them prefer to have tea at home in the morning,  but the
>> newspapers are a usual style for Goans even before brushing teeth to see or
>> read the paper online.The cost of newspapers in Goa is only Rs 5/- for
>> 

Re: [Goanet] GOANET : HERALD'S E-PAPER TO GO PAID

[Stephen Dias]

Dear Owner of Herald/Editor
O Heraldo the Voice of Goa is a daily newspaper which started publication
in 1900 and is the foremost paper dear to every Goan in Goa as well as
abroad.
O Heraldo has been fighting the causes and the interest of Goa in a manner
which makes it deserved to be called as the Voice of Goa.
However, it would be prudent that regular contribuitions to your esteemed
paper be given a window of eccess to its On Line as Heraldo e-paper has
gone paid from 3rd January 2018.
Programming by filling in, the details of regular contribuitors this
facility may be extended to them as long as they are active and subject to
further renewals over period of times.
There is a possibility that this suggestion of mine can be implemented and
those writers will always be greatful to The Heraldo management.
Best regards,

Stephen Dias
Dona Paula
Mob 9422443110
5th Jan 2018

Sent from my Samsung device

On 5 Jan 2018 08:40, "shashwat gupta ray"  wrote:

Dear Mr Dias,
Although you might have found it shocking to see that the e-paper of the
aforesaid newspaper has become paid, but that's now the norm everywhere.

Please remember that news giving is a commercial service while newspapers
are product. Every commercial product /service comes at a cost.

It costs Rs 20 to produce one copy of a newspaper which has more colour
pages and newsprint quality is better than the other papers as it is
imported from Russia.

These involve cost. On top of that there are overheads like salaries,
maintainance, Transport costs, equipment, printing machinery.
Traditionally, these costs were being offset by advertisement.

But now thanks to growing inflation and govt steps like demonetisation and
GST, the print industry too is bleeding like other sectors.

So now there are four options left before the newspaper barons - a.
Increase the cost of newspapers; b. Increase rate of ads; c. Raise funds
through charging for supplementary services (like in this case) or d.  Shut
shop.

Option A if implemented then there will be hue and cry. Readers who are
ready to spend Rs 3000 in one day at a restaurant don't want even a Re 1
hike in prices of newspaper. Option B not viable as that will dissuade
advertisers from Advertising which means loss of revenue, which is already
scarce.
Now left are options C

Now I leave it your wisdom to decide what would you like to see out of the
two. You will get your answer.

---
Thanks and regards,

Shashwat Gupta Ray
Resident Editor
Gomantak Times
Gomantak Bhawan
St Inez
Near Vivanta By Taj
Panaji
Goa 403001
M: 9011074370
0832-2422701/2/3/4

On Jan 3, 2018 11:06, "Stephen Dias"  wrote:

> Dear Readers of Herald
>
> The news is spread like fire throughout the state of Goa in this  NEW Year
> 2018  due to changes have taken place for those who are used to go online
> and Herald is the paper which  Goans now cannot read online from today
> onwards unless the payment is made as per their terms and conditions for
> payment procedure.
> This was shocking news for all of us. Most of us are used to get up in the
> early morning, even at 3 AM or 4 AM  onwards and go to the computer to read
> the news but surprisingly Herald cannot be accessed if payment is not made
> in advance. Those Goans who are settled abroad must have also got the
> shocking news or jerk and especially those staying in Gulf, Canada, UK,
> Australia, US and other parts of the world will not get the VOICE OF GOA
> instantly if payment is not made, and who knows slowly other newspapers
> will follow the same system. This will give another jerk for Goans if all
> other newspapers follow the same tactics.
> Herald said this amount is just a peanut and it cost less than a cup of
> tea. Fine, I agree but how many people go for tea in restaurants/cafe's  as
> they most of them prefer to have tea at home in the morning,  but the
> newspapers are a usual style for Goans even before brushing teeth to see or
> read the paper online.The cost of newspapers in Goa is only Rs 5/- for
> Herald, Navhind Times, and others are still less than that. I am not
> surprised that this cost also will increase for all the newspapers in days
> to come.
> New Year started with a bang on Herald to read this paper on LINE which is
> so bad?
> Will the owner of Herald take it back?  All the newspapers get
> advertisement enough and thus make their expenses well calculated. This way
> Voice of Goa will come down and people may not know what is happening in
> Goa until they buy Herald paper through their agents or stalls etc.
> Therefore the speed of spreading news fast will be curtailed and hence
> people will get used to staying home with no news till lunch break thus NEW
> YEAR we can say gave us a  set back for those who are accustomed to reading
> Herald early in the morning on LINE.
> What about writers?   why do they not get their pocket money once they
> write some articles or letters to the Editor? They too should be 

Re: [Goanet] GOANET : HERALD'S E-PAPER TO GO PAID

[Menino de Valpoi]

You are right Derek, at the moment only those who supply news are paying to 
publish it.

 

From: Derek Almeida [mailto:derek0...@gmail.com] 
Sent: 04 January 2018 19:19
To: Stephen Dias <steve.dia...@gmail.com>
Cc: Goanet <goa...@goanet.org>; Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! 
<goanet@lists.goanet.org>; fredericknoro...@gmail.com 
<fredericknoron...@gmail.com>; Menino de Valpoi <menino.de.val...@gmail.com>; 
Sujay Gupta <su...@herald-goa.com>; editor <edi...@herald-goa.com>; editor 
<edi...@thegoan.net>; navhind <navh...@navhindtimes.com>; gteditor 
<gtedi...@gmail.com>; lpost <lp...@navhindtimes.com>; shashwat gupta ray 
<shashwa...@gmail.com>; Times of India <toi@timesgroup.com>; 
edi...@nizgoenkar.org; Joel Afonso <goanevery...@gmail.com>; 
joel.afo...@thegoan.net; navin jha <navinjha242...@gmail.com>; Basuri Desai 
<basuride...@gmail.com>; Vithaldas Hegde <vheg...@gmail.com>; 
vinayaknai...@gmail.com; dainik herald <dainikher...@gmail.com>; Dainik 
Gomantak <newsd...@dainikgomantak.com>; donraulfernandes 
<donraulfernan...@gmail.com>; Devika Sequeira <devikaseque...@gmail.com>; 
Antonio Mascarenhas <amascarenha...@gmail.com>; Dr.Nandkumar Kamat 
<nandka...@gmail.com>; Aam Aadmi Party, Goa <aap...@gmail.com>; Aires Rodrigues 
<airesrodrigu...@gmail.com>; Ashwin Tombat <ashwintom...@gmail.com>; 
boscoeremita <boscoerem...@hotmail.com>; Alexandre Moniz Barbosa 
<amonizbarb...@gmail.com>; Claude Alvares <goafoundat...@gmail.com>; Oscar 
Carmino Lobo <oscarde...@gmail.com>; Fr. Cedric Prakash 
<cedricprak...@gmail.com>; docoscar67 <docosca...@rediffmail.com>; Kalidas 
Sawkar <kalidas.saw...@gmail.com>; Digamber Kamat <dvkmar...@gmail.com>; Vijai 
Sardesai <vijaisardesai4fato...@gmail.com>; sardinha <sardi...@gmail.com>; 
Eduardo Faleiro <lokseva...@gmail.com>; Elvis <elvisgome...@hotmail.com>; 
ELVIDIO MIRANDA <elvid...@yahoo.com>; AAP Panaji <aap.pan...@gmail.com>; Judith 
Almeida <judith.almeida1...@gmail.com>; Edwin/Diana Pinto 
<eddipi...@gmail.com>; Claude Alvares <claudealva...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: GOANET : HERALD'S E-PAPER TO GO PAID

 

It's time everyone starts paying for news. 

 

On 03-Jan-2018 11:06 AM, "Stephen Dias" <steve.dia...@gmail.com 
<mailto:steve.dia...@gmail.com> > wrote:

Dear Readers of Herald

 

The news is spread like fire throughout the state of Goa in this  NEW Year 2018 
 due to changes have taken place for those who are used to go online and Herald 
is the paper which  Goans now cannot read online from today onwards unless the 
payment is made as per their terms and conditions for payment procedure. 

This was shocking news for all of us. Most of us are used to get up in the 
early morning, even at 3 AM or 4 AM  onwards and go to the computer to read the 
news but surprisingly Herald cannot be accessed if payment is not made in 
advance. Those Goans who are settled abroad must have also got the shocking 
news or jerk and especially those staying in Gulf, Canada, UK, Australia, US 
and other parts of the world will not get the VOICE OF GOA instantly if payment 
is not made, and who knows slowly other newspapers will follow the same system. 
This will give another jerk for Goans if all other newspapers follow the same 
tactics.

Herald said this amount is just a peanut and it cost less than a cup of tea. 
Fine, I agree but how many people go for tea in restaurants/cafe's  as they 
most of them prefer to have tea at home in the morning,  but the newspapers are 
a usual style for Goans even before brushing teeth to see or read the paper 
online.The cost of newspapers in Goa is only Rs 5/- for Herald, Navhind Times, 
and others are still less than that. I am not surprised that this cost also 
will increase for all the newspapers in days to come.  

New Year started with a bang on Herald to read this paper on LINE which is so 
bad?

Will the owner of Herald take it back?  All the newspapers get advertisement 
enough and thus make their expenses well calculated. This way Voice of Goa will 
come down and people may not know what is happening in Goa until they buy 
Herald paper through their agents or stalls etc. Therefore the speed of 
spreading news fast will be curtailed and hence people will get used to staying 
home with no news till lunch break thus NEW YEAR we can say gave us a  set back 
for those who are accustomed to reading Herald early in the morning on LINE. 

What about writers?   why do they not get their pocket money once they write 
some articles or letters to the Editor? They too should be given some benefit 
since they waste their time and petrol cost for their bikes/vehicles, 
photography etc to get the news promptly to the newspapers and none of the 
papers 

Re: [Goanet] GOANET : HERALD'S E-PAPER TO GO PAID

[Menino de Valpoi]

You deserve applause for this one single sentence Claude.  You have hit the 
nail on the right spot. 

 

From: Claude Alvares [mailto:goafoundat...@gmail.com] 
Sent: 05 January 2018 01:32
To: Derek Almeida <derek0...@gmail.com>
Cc: Stephen Dias <steve.dia...@gmail.com>; goa...@goanet.org; Goa's premiere 
mailing list, estb. 1994! <goanet@lists.goanet.org>; fredericknoro...@gmail.com 
<fredericknoron...@gmail.com>; Menino de Valpoi <menino.de.val...@gmail.com>; 
Sujay Gupta <su...@herald-goa.com>; editor <edi...@herald-goa.com>; editor 
<edi...@thegoan.net>; navhind <navh...@navhindtimes.com>; gteditor 
<gtedi...@gmail.com>; lpost <lp...@navhindtimes.com>; shashwat gupta ray 
<shashwa...@gmail.com>; Times of India <toi@timesgroup.com>; 
edi...@nizgoenkar.org; Joel Afonso <goanevery...@gmail.com>; 
joel.afo...@thegoan.net; navin jha <navinjha242...@gmail.com>; Basuri Desai 
<basuride...@gmail.com>; Vithaldas Hegde <vheg...@gmail.com>; 
vinayaknai...@gmail.com; dainik herald <dainikher...@gmail.com>; Dainik 
Gomantak <newsd...@dainikgomantak.com>; donraulfernandes 
<donraulfernan...@gmail.com>; Devika Sequeira <devikaseque...@gmail.com>; 
Antonio Mascarenhas <amascarenha...@gmail.com>; Dr.Nandkumar Kamat 
<nandka...@gmail.com>; Aam Aadmi Party, Goa <aap...@gmail.com>; Aires Rodrigues 
<airesrodrigu...@gmail.com>; Ashwin Tombat <ashwintom...@gmail.com>; 
boscoeremita <boscoerem...@hotmail.com>; Alexandre Moniz Barbosa 
<amonizbarb...@gmail.com>; Oscar Carmino Lobo <oscarde...@gmail.com>; Fr. 
Cedric Prakash <cedricprak...@gmail.com>; docoscar67 
<docosca...@rediffmail.com>; Kalidas Sawkar <kalidas.saw...@gmail.com>; 
Digamber Kamat <dvkmar...@gmail.com>; Vijai Sardesai 
<vijaisardesai4fato...@gmail.com>; sardinha <sardi...@gmail.com>; Eduardo 
Faleiro <lokseva...@gmail.com>; Elvis <elvisgome...@hotmail.com>; ELVIDIO 
MIRANDA <elvid...@yahoo.com>; AAP Panaji <aap.pan...@gmail.com>; Judith Almeida 
<judith.almeida1...@gmail.com>; Edwin/Diana Pinto <eddipi...@gmail.com>; Claude 
Alvares <claudealva...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: GOANET : HERALD'S E-PAPER TO GO PAID

 

About time everyone pays for paid news

 

On Jan 5, 2018 12:48 AM, "Derek Almeida" <derek0...@gmail.com 
<mailto:derek0...@gmail.com> > wrote:

It's time everyone starts paying for news. 

 

On 03-Jan-2018 11:06 AM, "Stephen Dias" <steve.dia...@gmail.com 
<mailto:steve.dia...@gmail.com> > wrote:

Dear Readers of Herald

 

The news is spread like fire throughout the state of Goa in this  NEW Year 2018 
 due to changes have taken place for those who are used to go online and Herald 
is the paper which  Goans now cannot read online from today onwards unless the 
payment is made as per their terms and conditions for payment procedure. 

This was shocking news for all of us. Most of us are used to get up in the 
early morning, even at 3 AM or 4 AM  onwards and go to the computer to read the 
news but surprisingly Herald cannot be accessed if payment is not made in 
advance. Those Goans who are settled abroad must have also got the shocking 
news or jerk and especially those staying in Gulf, Canada, UK, Australia, US 
and other parts of the world will not get the VOICE OF GOA instantly if payment 
is not made, and who knows slowly other newspapers will follow the same system. 
This will give another jerk for Goans if all other newspapers follow the same 
tactics.

Herald said this amount is just a peanut and it cost less than a cup of tea. 
Fine, I agree but how many people go for tea in restaurants/cafe's  as they 
most of them prefer to have tea at home in the morning,  but the newspapers are 
a usual style for Goans even before brushing teeth to see or read the paper 
online.The cost of newspapers in Goa is only Rs 5/- for Herald, Navhind Times, 
and others are still less than that. I am not surprised that this cost also 
will increase for all the newspapers in days to come.  

New Year started with a bang on Herald to read this paper on LINE which is so 
bad?

Will the owner of Herald take it back?  All the newspapers get advertisement 
enough and thus make their expenses well calculated. This way Voice of Goa will 
come down and people may not know what is happening in Goa until they buy 
Herald paper through their agents or stalls etc. Therefore the speed of 
spreading news fast will be curtailed and hence people will get used to staying 
home with no news till lunch break thus NEW YEAR we can say gave us a  set back 
for those who are accustomed to reading Herald early in the morning on LINE. 

What about writers?   why do they not get their pocket money once they write 
some articles or letters to the Editor? They too should be given some benef

Re: [Goanet] GOANET : HERALD'S E-PAPER TO GO PAID

[Menino de Valpoi]

Mr. Shashwat I think Devika Sequeira has pointed out your MISSING OPTION e) 
Paid News

 

From: shashwat gupta ray [mailto:shashwa...@gmail.com] 
Sent: 05 January 2018 03:10
To: Stephen Dias <steve.dia...@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: GOANET : HERALD'S E-PAPER TO GO PAID

 

Dear Mr Dias, 

Although you might have found it shocking to see that the e-paper of the 
aforesaid newspaper has become paid, but that's now the norm everywhere. 

 

Please remember that news giving is a commercial service while newspapers are 
product. Every commercial product /service comes at a cost. 

 

It costs Rs 20 to produce one copy of a newspaper which has more colour pages 
and newsprint quality is better than the other papers as it is imported from 
Russia. 

 

These involve cost. On top of that there are overheads like salaries, 
maintainance, Transport costs, equipment, printing machinery. 

Traditionally, these costs were being offset by advertisement. 

 

But now thanks to growing inflation and govt steps like demonetisation and GST, 
the print industry too is bleeding like other sectors. 

 

So now there are four options left before the newspaper barons - a. Increase 
the cost of newspapers; b. Increase rate of ads; c. Raise funds through 
charging for supplementary services (like in this case) or d.  Shut shop. 

 

Option A if implemented then there will be hue and cry. Readers who are ready 
to spend Rs 3000 in one day at a restaurant don't want even a Re 1 hike in 
prices of newspaper. Option B not viable as that will dissuade advertisers from 
Advertising which means loss of revenue, which is already scarce. 

Now left are options C 

 

Now I leave it your wisdom to decide what would you like to see out of the two. 
You will get your answer. 

 

---
Thanks and regards, 

Shashwat Gupta Ray 
Resident Editor 
Gomantak Times 
Gomantak Bhawan 
St Inez 
Near Vivanta By Taj 
Panaji 
Goa 403001
M: 9011074370
0832-2422701/2/3/4

 

On Jan 3, 2018 11:06, "Stephen Dias" <steve.dia...@gmail.com 
<mailto:steve.dia...@gmail.com> > wrote:

Dear Readers of Herald

 

The news is spread like fire throughout the state of Goa in this  NEW Year 2018 
 due to changes have taken place for those who are used to go online and Herald 
is the paper which  Goans now cannot read online from today onwards unless the 
payment is made as per their terms and conditions for payment procedure. 

This was shocking news for all of us. Most of us are used to get up in the 
early morning, even at 3 AM or 4 AM  onwards and go to the computer to read the 
news but surprisingly Herald cannot be accessed if payment is not made in 
advance. Those Goans who are settled abroad must have also got the shocking 
news or jerk and especially those staying in Gulf, Canada, UK, Australia, US 
and other parts of the world will not get the VOICE OF GOA instantly if payment 
is not made,

Re: [Goanet] GOANET : HERALD'S E-PAPER TO GO PAID

[shashwat gupta ray]

Dear Mr Dias,
Although you might have found it shocking to see that the e-paper of the
aforesaid newspaper has become paid, but that's now the norm everywhere.

Please remember that news giving is a commercial service while newspapers
are product. Every commercial product /service comes at a cost.

It costs Rs 20 to produce one copy of a newspaper which has more colour
pages and newsprint quality is better than the other papers as it is
imported from Russia.

These involve cost. On top of that there are overheads like salaries,
maintainance, Transport costs, equipment, printing machinery.
Traditionally, these costs were being offset by advertisement.

But now thanks to growing inflation and govt steps like demonetisation and
GST, the print industry too is bleeding like other sectors.

So now there are four options left before the newspaper barons - a.
Increase the cost of newspapers; b. Increase rate of ads; c. Raise funds
through charging for supplementary services (like in this case) or d.  Shut
shop.

Option A if implemented then there will be hue and cry. Readers who are
ready to spend Rs 3000 in one day at a restaurant don't want even a Re 1
hike in prices of newspaper. Option B not viable as that will dissuade
advertisers from Advertising which means loss of revenue, which is already
scarce.
Now left are options C

Now I leave it your wisdom to decide what would you like to see out of the
two. You will get your answer.

---
Thanks and regards,

Shashwat Gupta Ray
Resident Editor
Gomantak Times
Gomantak Bhawan
St Inez
Near Vivanta By Taj
Panaji
Goa 403001
M: 9011074370
0832-2422701/2/3/4

On Jan 3, 2018 11:06, "Stephen Dias"  wrote:

> Dear Readers of Herald
>
> The news is spread like fire throughout the state of Goa in this  NEW Year
> 2018  due to changes have taken place for those who are used to go online
> and Herald is the paper which  Goans now cannot read online from today
> onwards unless the payment is made as per their terms and conditions for
> payment procedure.
> This was shocking news for all of us. Most of us are used to get up in the
> early morning, even at 3 AM or 4 AM  onwards and go to the computer to read
> the news but surprisingly Herald cannot be accessed if payment is not made
> in advance. Those Goans who are settled abroad must have also got the
> shocking news or jerk and especially those staying in Gulf, Canada, UK,
> Australia, US and other parts of the world will not get the VOICE OF GOA
> instantly if payment is not made, and who knows slowly other newspapers
> will follow the same system. This will give another jerk for Goans if all
> other newspapers follow the same tactics.
> Herald said this amount is just a peanut and it cost less than a cup of
> tea. Fine, I agree but how many people go for tea in restaurants/cafe's  as
> they most of them prefer to have tea at home in the morning,  but the
> newspapers are a usual style for Goans even before brushing teeth to see or
> read the paper online.The cost of newspapers in Goa is only Rs 5/- for
> Herald, Navhind Times, and others are still less than that. I am not
> surprised that this cost also will increase for all the newspapers in days
> to come.
> New Year started with a bang on Herald to read this paper on LINE which is
> so bad?
> Will the owner of Herald take it back?  All the newspapers get
> advertisement enough and thus make their expenses well calculated. This way
> Voice of Goa will come down and people may not know what is happening in
> Goa until they buy Herald paper through their agents or stalls etc.
> Therefore the speed of spreading news fast will be curtailed and hence
> people will get used to staying home with no news till lunch break thus NEW
> YEAR we can say gave us a  set back for those who are accustomed to reading
> Herald early in the morning on LINE.
> What about writers?   why do they not get their pocket money once they
> write some articles or letters to the Editor? They too should be given some
> benefit since they waste their time and petrol cost for their
> bikes/vehicles, photography etc to get the news promptly to the newspapers
> and none of the papers so far thought of them except for their usual
> columnists who are well satisfied and almost same writers is been
> benefitted and not others. Will that trend of payment will start for these
> writers? Let all get their benefit of some pocket money including the
> owners of newspapers.
>
> Stephen Dias
> Dona Paula
> Dat:  3th Jan 2018
> mob: 9422443110
>
>
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2018 13:23:33 +0530
> From: Frederick Noronha 
> To: Goanet 
> Subject: [Goanet] Herald's epaper to go 'paid'
> Message-ID:
>  ail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
>
> Herald, the Goa-based newspaper, has announced that its online epaper will
> go paid from January 3, 2018.
>
> It's 

Re: [Goanet] GOANET : HERALD'S E-PAPER TO GO PAID

[Devika Sequeira]

You forgot to mention option e) Paid news

On 5 January 2018 at 08:40, shashwat gupta ray  wrote:

> Dear Mr Dias,
> Although you might have found it shocking to see that the e-paper of the
> aforesaid newspaper has become paid, but that's now the norm everywhere.
>
> Please remember that news giving is a commercial service while newspapers
> are product. Every commercial product /service comes at a cost.
>
> It costs Rs 20 to produce one copy of a newspaper which has more colour
> pages and newsprint quality is better than the other papers as it is
> imported from Russia.
>
> These involve cost. On top of that there are overheads like salaries,
> maintainance, Transport costs, equipment, printing machinery.
> Traditionally, these costs were being offset by advertisement.
>
> But now thanks to growing inflation and govt steps like demonetisation and
> GST, the print industry too is bleeding like other sectors.
>
> So now there are four options left before the newspaper barons - a.
> Increase the cost of newspapers; b. Increase rate of ads; c. Raise funds
> through charging for supplementary services (like in this case) or d.  Shut
> shop.
>
> Option A if implemented then there will be hue and cry. Readers who are
> ready to spend Rs 3000 in one day at a restaurant don't want even a Re 1
> hike in prices of newspaper. Option B not viable as that will dissuade
> advertisers from Advertising which means loss of revenue, which is already
> scarce.
> Now left are options C
>
> Now I leave it your wisdom to decide what would you like to see out of the
> two. You will get your answer.
>
> ---
> Thanks and regards,
>
> Shashwat Gupta Ray
> Resident Editor
> Gomantak Times
> Gomantak Bhawan
> St Inez
> Near Vivanta By Taj
> Panaji
> Goa 403001
> M: 9011074370
> 0832-2422701/2/3/4
>
> On Jan 3, 2018 11:06, "Stephen Dias"  wrote:
>
>> Dear Readers of Herald
>>
>> The news is spread like fire throughout the state of Goa in this  NEW
>> Year 2018  due to changes have taken place for those who are used to go
>> online and Herald is the paper which  Goans now cannot read online from
>> today onwards unless the payment is made as per their terms and conditions
>> for payment procedure.
>> This was shocking news for all of us. Most of us are used to get up in
>> the early morning, even at 3 AM or 4 AM  onwards and go to the computer to
>> read the news but surprisingly Herald cannot be accessed if payment is not
>> made in advance. Those Goans who are settled abroad must have also got the
>> shocking news or jerk and especially those staying in Gulf, Canada, UK,
>> Australia, US and other parts of the world will not get the VOICE OF GOA
>> instantly if payment is not made, and who knows slowly other newspapers
>> will follow the same system. This will give another jerk for Goans if all
>> other newspapers follow the same tactics.
>> Herald said this amount is just a peanut and it cost less than a cup of
>> tea. Fine, I agree but how many people go for tea in restaurants/cafe's  as
>> they most of them prefer to have tea at home in the morning,  but the
>> newspapers are a usual style for Goans even before brushing teeth to see or
>> read the paper online.The cost of newspapers in Goa is only Rs 5/- for
>> Herald, Navhind Times, and others are still less than that. I am not
>> surprised that this cost also will increase for all the newspapers in days
>> to come.
>> New Year started with a bang on Herald to read this paper on LINE which
>> is so bad?
>> Will the owner of Herald take it back?  All the newspapers get
>> advertisement enough and thus make their expenses well calculated. This way
>> Voice of Goa will come down and people may not know what is happening in
>> Goa until they buy Herald paper through their agents or stalls etc.
>> Therefore the speed of spreading news fast will be curtailed and hence
>> people will get used to staying home with no news till lunch break thus NEW
>> YEAR we can say gave us a  set back for those who are accustomed to reading
>> Herald early in the morning on LINE.
>> What about writers?   why do they not get their pocket money once they
>> write some articles or letters to the Editor? They too should be given some
>> benefit since they waste their time and petrol cost for their
>> bikes/vehicles, photography etc to get the news promptly to the newspapers
>> and none of the papers so far thought of them except for their usual
>> columnists who are well satisfied and almost same writers is been
>> benefitted and not others. Will that trend of payment will start for these
>> writers? Let all get their benefit of some pocket money including the
>> owners of newspapers.
>>
>> Stephen Dias
>> Dona Paula
>> Dat:  3th Jan 2018
>> mob: 9422443110
>>
>>
>>
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2018 13:23:33 +0530
>> From: Frederick Noronha 
>> To: Goanet 
>> Subject: [Goanet] Herald's epaper to go 

Re: [Goanet] GOANET : HERALD'S E-PAPER TO GO PAID

[Claude Alvares]

About time everyone pays for paid news

On Jan 5, 2018 12:48 AM, "Derek Almeida"  wrote:

> It's time everyone starts paying for news.
>
> On 03-Jan-2018 11:06 AM, "Stephen Dias"  wrote:
>
>> Dear Readers of Herald
>>
>> The news is spread like fire throughout the state of Goa in this  NEW
>> Year 2018  due to changes have taken place for those who are used to go
>> online and Herald is the paper which  Goans now cannot read online from
>> today onwards unless the payment is made as per their terms and conditions
>> for payment procedure.
>> This was shocking news for all of us. Most of us are used to get up in
>> the early morning, even at 3 AM or 4 AM  onwards and go to the computer to
>> read the news but surprisingly Herald cannot be accessed if payment is not
>> made in advance. Those Goans who are settled abroad must have also got the
>> shocking news or jerk and especially those staying in Gulf, Canada, UK,
>> Australia, US and other parts of the world will not get the VOICE OF GOA
>> instantly if payment is not made, and who knows slowly other newspapers
>> will follow the same system. This will give another jerk for Goans if all
>> other newspapers follow the same tactics.
>> Herald said this amount is just a peanut and it cost less than a cup of
>> tea. Fine, I agree but how many people go for tea in restaurants/cafe's  as
>> they most of them prefer to have tea at home in the morning,  but the
>> newspapers are a usual style for Goans even before brushing teeth to see or
>> read the paper online.The cost of newspapers in Goa is only Rs 5/- for
>> Herald, Navhind Times, and others are still less than that. I am not
>> surprised that this cost also will increase for all the newspapers in days
>> to come.
>> New Year started with a bang on Herald to read this paper on LINE which
>> is so bad?
>> Will the owner of Herald take it back?  All the newspapers get
>> advertisement enough and thus make their expenses well calculated. This way
>> Voice of Goa will come down and people may not know what is happening in
>> Goa until they buy Herald paper through their agents or stalls etc.
>> Therefore the speed of spreading news fast will be curtailed and hence
>> people will get used to staying home with no news till lunch break thus NEW
>> YEAR we can say gave us a  set back for those who are accustomed to reading
>> Herald early in the morning on LINE.
>> What about writers?   why do they not get their pocket money once they
>> write some articles or letters to the Editor? They too should be given some
>> benefit since they waste their time and petrol cost for their
>> bikes/vehicles, photography etc to get the news promptly to the newspapers
>> and none of the papers so far thought of them except for their usual
>> columnists who are well satisfied and almost same writers is been
>> benefitted and not others. Will that trend of payment will start for these
>> writers? Let all get their benefit of some pocket money including the
>> owners of newspapers.
>>
>> Stephen Dias
>> Dona Paula
>> Dat:  3th Jan 2018
>> mob: 9422443110
>>
>>
>>
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2018 13:23:33 +0530
>> From: Frederick Noronha 
>> To: Goanet 
>> Subject: [Goanet] Herald's epaper to go 'paid'
>> Message-ID:
>> > ail.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
>>
>> Herald, the Goa-based newspaper, has announced that its online epaper will
>> go paid from January 3, 2018.
>>
>> It's announcement in its newspaper today showed up on its front page, and
>> was headlined: "Nominal monthly subscription for Herald's epaper from Jan
>> 3. At Rs 4.30 per day, Herald requests its family of readers to support
>> its
>> paper's digital evolution."
>>
>> After saying that the paper was being read "in the eastern hemisphere...
>> (and) in the extreme West of the world" the paper this would help it to
>> "enhance and maintain the quality of the epaper and at the same time
>> invest
>> in making the website cutting edge (sic) coupled with additional news
>> gathering efforts, we need to imbibe the best technology and news
>> gathering
>> resources."
>>
>> FN
>>
>

Re: [Goanet] GOANET : HERALD'S E-PAPER TO GO PAID

[Derek Almeida]

It's time everyone starts paying for news.

On 03-Jan-2018 11:06 AM, "Stephen Dias"  wrote:

> Dear Readers of Herald
>
> The news is spread like fire throughout the state of Goa in this  NEW Year
> 2018  due to changes have taken place for those who are used to go online
> and Herald is the paper which  Goans now cannot read online from today
> onwards unless the payment is made as per their terms and conditions for
> payment procedure.
> This was shocking news for all of us. Most of us are used to get up in the
> early morning, even at 3 AM or 4 AM  onwards and go to the computer to read
> the news but surprisingly Herald cannot be accessed if payment is not made
> in advance. Those Goans who are settled abroad must have also got the
> shocking news or jerk and especially those staying in Gulf, Canada, UK,
> Australia, US and other parts of the world will not get the VOICE OF GOA
> instantly if payment is not made, and who knows slowly other newspapers
> will follow the same system. This will give another jerk for Goans if all
> other newspapers follow the same tactics.
> Herald said this amount is just a peanut and it cost less than a cup of
> tea. Fine, I agree but how many people go for tea in restaurants/cafe's  as
> they most of them prefer to have tea at home in the morning,  but the
> newspapers are a usual style for Goans even before brushing teeth to see or
> read the paper online.The cost of newspapers in Goa is only Rs 5/- for
> Herald, Navhind Times, and others are still less than that. I am not
> surprised that this cost also will increase for all the newspapers in days
> to come.
> New Year started with a bang on Herald to read this paper on LINE which is
> so bad?
> Will the owner of Herald take it back?  All the newspapers get
> advertisement enough and thus make their expenses well calculated. This way
> Voice of Goa will come down and people may not know what is happening in
> Goa until they buy Herald paper through their agents or stalls etc.
> Therefore the speed of spreading news fast will be curtailed and hence
> people will get used to staying home with no news till lunch break thus NEW
> YEAR we can say gave us a  set back for those who are accustomed to reading
> Herald early in the morning on LINE.
> What about writers?   why do they not get their pocket money once they
> write some articles or letters to the Editor? They too should be given some
> benefit since they waste their time and petrol cost for their
> bikes/vehicles, photography etc to get the news promptly to the newspapers
> and none of the papers so far thought of them except for their usual
> columnists who are well satisfied and almost same writers is been
> benefitted and not others. Will that trend of payment will start for these
> writers? Let all get their benefit of some pocket money including the
> owners of newspapers.
>
> Stephen Dias
> Dona Paula
> Dat:  3th Jan 2018
> mob: 9422443110
>
>
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2018 13:23:33 +0530
> From: Frederick Noronha 
> To: Goanet 
> Subject: [Goanet] Herald's epaper to go 'paid'
> Message-ID:
>  ail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
>
> Herald, the Goa-based newspaper, has announced that its online epaper will
> go paid from January 3, 2018.
>
> It's announcement in its newspaper today showed up on its front page, and
> was headlined: "Nominal monthly subscription for Herald's epaper from Jan
> 3. At Rs 4.30 per day, Herald requests its family of readers to support its
> paper's digital evolution."
>
> After saying that the paper was being read "in the eastern hemisphere...
> (and) in the extreme West of the world" the paper this would help it to
> "enhance and maintain the quality of the epaper and at the same time invest
> in making the website cutting edge (sic) coupled with additional news
> gathering efforts, we need to imbibe the best technology and news gathering
> resources."
>
> FN
>

[Goanet] GOANET : HERALD'S E-PAPER TO GO PAID

[Stephen Dias]

Dear Readers of Herald

The news is spread like fire throughout the state of Goa in this  NEW Year
2018  due to changes have taken place for those who are used to go online
and Herald is the paper which  Goans now cannot read online from today
onwards unless the payment is made as per their terms and conditions for
payment procedure.
This was shocking news for all of us. Most of us are used to get up in the
early morning, even at 3 AM or 4 AM  onwards and go to the computer to read
the news but surprisingly Herald cannot be accessed if payment is not made
in advance. Those Goans who are settled abroad must have also got the
shocking news or jerk and especially those staying in Gulf, Canada, UK,
Australia, US and other parts of the world will not get the VOICE OF GOA
instantly if payment is not made, and who knows slowly other newspapers
will follow the same system. This will give another jerk for Goans if all
other newspapers follow the same tactics.
Herald said this amount is just a peanut and it cost less than a cup of
tea. Fine, I agree but how many people go for tea in restaurants/cafe's  as
they most of them prefer to have tea at home in the morning,  but the
newspapers are a usual style for Goans even before brushing teeth to see or
read the paper online.The cost of newspapers in Goa is only Rs 5/- for
Herald, Navhind Times, and others are still less than that. I am not
surprised that this cost also will increase for all the newspapers in days
to come.
New Year started with a bang on Herald to read this paper on LINE which is
so bad?
Will the owner of Herald take it back?  All the newspapers get
advertisement enough and thus make their expenses well calculated. This way
Voice of Goa will come down and people may not know what is happening in
Goa until they buy Herald paper through their agents or stalls etc.
Therefore the speed of spreading news fast will be curtailed and hence
people will get used to staying home with no news till lunch break thus NEW
YEAR we can say gave us a  set back for those who are accustomed to reading
Herald early in the morning on LINE.
What about writers?   why do they not get their pocket money once they
write some articles or letters to the Editor? They too should be given some
benefit since they waste their time and petrol cost for their
bikes/vehicles, photography etc to get the news promptly to the newspapers
and none of the papers so far thought of them except for their usual
columnists who are well satisfied and almost same writers is been
benefitted and not others. Will that trend of payment will start for these
writers? Let all get their benefit of some pocket money including the
owners of newspapers.

Stephen Dias
Dona Paula
Dat:  3th Jan 2018
mob: 9422443110



Message: 2
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2018 13:23:33 +0530
From: Frederick Noronha 
To: Goanet 
Subject: [Goanet] Herald's epaper to go 'paid'
Message-ID:

Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"

Herald, the Goa-based newspaper, has announced that its online epaper will
go paid from January 3, 2018.

It's announcement in its newspaper today showed up on its front page, and
was headlined: "Nominal monthly subscription for Herald's epaper from Jan
3. At Rs 4.30 per day, Herald requests its family of readers to support its
paper's digital evolution."

After saying that the paper was being read "in the eastern hemisphere...
(and) in the extreme West of the world" the paper this would help it to
"enhance and maintain the quality of the epaper and at the same time invest
in making the website cutting edge (sic) coupled with additional news
gathering efforts, we need to imbibe the best technology and news gathering
resources."

FN