> For instance, at one point it was cheaper for me to subscribe to the Sunday edition of the NY Times to get digital access than just digital access. I live 1000 miles from New York City.
The New York Times has nationwide printing and delivery in a lot of cities, so that's actually not that surprising. My parents had it delivered when I was growing up, and that was hundreds of miles from NYC. There's very few other papers that this is true of.
Good point. It just seemed odd to me they would subsidize a print edition, but I guess it was for the advertising. We never opened the blue bag except to recycle the paper.
You've got it exactly right. A print edition is worth a lot more to them in advertising revenue than the digital edition, so it costs less to the customer, even when you factor in the additional cost of printing and distribution. All those local advertising circulars are biiiiig business.
The New York Times has nationwide printing and delivery in a lot of cities, so that's actually not that surprising. My parents had it delivered when I was growing up, and that was hundreds of miles from NYC. There's very few other papers that this is true of.