Corpusfishing.com

shorty · Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 9:01 am Post subject: O/T Caller Times

never Paid for it,never will,only reason i ever picked it up was to read Sikes.
now they wanna charge for on Line use ? ill pass.

Drake · Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 9:35 am Post subject: Caller Times

The ap is free. So far I haven't been limited to access or number of articles.

shorty · Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 9:50 am Post subject:

http://www.caller.com/news/2013/apr/21/why-what-youre-reading-here-isnt-free-after/?partner=popular

speckled.trout · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 30 Aug 2012 Posts: 1190

Me not reading the CT online is their loss. LMAO!!

ST

4theReels · Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 8:41 pm Post subject:

Yep.....same here....
_________________
(( Living the life I was born to live.....
Givin' it all I got to give....))

Bigrock · Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 9:22 pm Post subject:

I've read the CT online for years. I've enjoyed being able to keep up with a city and place I used to call home, and still miss greatly. Guess that'll come to a screechin' halt in the morning.

Yeah...I'll miss Sikes. Sad

Tyler · Site Admin Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 12865

I had to sign up for it today but since I am a subscriber I get it free. We get Wed - Sunday for the store ads on Wed and Sunday paper and Sikes' article.
_________________
Like Corpusfishing.com on Facebook!

Chef Lefty · Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 11:55 am Post subject:

The fee won't last long. Their advertisers are not going to like the mass exidous from their average web site.
_________________

Drake · Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 12:04 pm Post subject: Caller Times

I am far from the brightest build in the marquee.... But I don't subscribe and access via the web address or the ap and everything is free. And it is past 5 AM Tuesday.

Shorty - thanks for the link.

fishinglady · Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 1:01 pm Post subject:

Actually, more and more news sources are starting to charge for their online content, or charging for viewing more than a few articles a week/month.
Lets face it, newspapers have to make money in order to pay their costs and their employees and writers. I suspect David Sikes gets a paycheck from the Caller-Times. Without paid subscribers, newspapers would go out of business. Why should some people be allowed to have for free what others pay for?

obsessed · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 1200

only issue i've had and gotten a message for was if i wanted to view or comment in the comments section (which i loved to poke with the fire stick from time to time)...everything else is there...
_________________
Trophy whitetail and exotic hunts on some of the finest ranches Texas has to offer, www.mcoutfitterstexas.com
www.baffinbayrodandgun.com

Drake · Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 1:17 pm Post subject: Crimes

I do not have problem at all with them charging and staying afloat or maybe even make a little $$$$. I just don't see how they are going to make any $$$$ given I can get the exact same info and often the same article through about 10 free news aggregation services.

And they missed something because it is still free........

RodBreaker · Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 1:25 pm Post subject:

There will still be free content; public safety news, national and world news and content readily available elsewhere.
_________________
certified whiting slayer

BlueWaveEd · Horse Mullet Joined: 18 May 2006 Posts: 132

How do I say this tactfully. Aw heck. There are multiple reasons I cancelled my subscription to the Caller a long time ago. I subscribed to Wed-Sun several years ago. They started increasing the number of copies without increasing the cost. I got tired of throwing it away because I had already seen most of the info on the web. I also got tired of the atrocious English and incorrect headlines. I remember when it was the Caller and the Times. Yep 2 different editions every day. Then they were bought by a big corporation and it has been down hill ever since. recently it has been to the point all I ever look at online is the obits.

CC Bug Man · Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 7:22 pm Post subject:

For me, Sikes is the only reason for that bunch to exist. I have not subscribed to the paper for at least 20 years to protect my blood pressure. But I understand that they are in their death throes. I just don't care.

If you are a conservative, and you have low blood pressure, this publication just might fix you up!

Bill

P.S. I like David both personally (barely know him) and professionally, but the C-T was going to drop the outdoor column a few years ago. I guess they finally realized that he is an asset to them and to the community.
_________________
Be a sportsman. Practice CPR. Catch, Photo, & Release.