OT: Is anyone else having trouble accessing Freep and DetNews?

Submitted by Stephen Y on
Every time I try to access any of these sites an authentication window pops up asking me for a username and password. Is this happening to anyone else?

nella

July 19th, 2009 at 9:52 AM ^

That will be the death of them. In an attempt to nickel and dime people, they will lose the majority of their reader base. As a result, advertisement dollars (which is where they get most of thier money) will go down. Unbelievable! Economics 101.

Big Boutros

July 19th, 2009 at 12:00 PM ^

The Washington Post makes you sign up for an account to access most of their stories online. You don't actually pay anything, but you have to give them a valid email address and they subsequently inundate you with shitty emails. I tell ya folks, the newspapers are goin' in the toilet rabble rabble rabble.

Other Chris

July 19th, 2009 at 12:31 PM ^

i've had an account with the WaPo and NYT since they started the login thing (we actually had a NYT online subscription when that was in force) and haven't ever gotten anything. LA Times, which I subscribed to in order to continue a story they lured me into with one page (bastards!), however, has inundated me with shitty emails. I'm pretty sure I missed the "leave me the hell alone" option on the form in my haste.