Daily Times Online Obituaries - Not Local Anymore!
Even Obituaries Aren't Local Anymore at the Daily Times!
In another step of stabbing its local community, look what now happens when you go to The Daily Times online edition & click "Obituaries" on DelmarvaNow.com:
It connects you to Legacy.com, and you have to "Find Your Newspaper" among St. Louis, Boston, Chicago, Baltimore, Rochester, Salt Lake City and more, before you can even see who died in your own community! This is a recent change and probably saves them tons of money, even though the Daily Times charges families hundreds of dollars to "print" an obituary.
Another slow step in the Daily Times demise! Even the online edition is pretty useless! Why bother with them at all!
Just another nail in their coffin!!! I have found one good use for that newspaper...putting on the picnic table then eating crabs and steamed shrimp off it, bundle it all up and then put in the trash! Although this is getting harder to do since fewer people subscribe to the thing...
I quit buying their newspaper like 25 years ago, we it seemed could never get a Saturday or Sunday paper, and the day most the coupons came out never made it to our home either. Their paid services were never good. The only thing I checked on line were the obituaries and that can still be gotten by going on the local funeral home sites and checking. No loss Daily Times.
This should affect their revenue they charge for obits. If we can't pull up the local obituaries on line, why should the families even publish obits in the paper. I for one won't.
The Obits was the only thing I looked at, oh well I guess it's time to give them up entirely. They never missed reporting a crime in Hebron though, Stinkers
If we are unable to pull up the local obits then why should the families pay them the big bucks to have them in the paper. Just one more nail in the Daily Times coffin. Crazy.
Most people that live in the present times put obits online rather than in a newspaper. Maybe the slower lower shore will get around to that in the next 5-10 years.
I'm 52 years old and I can't remember not seeing that paper in my father's office up and until they decided to go to court over the release of the OC drowning victim's name. We didn't renew after that. They were so proud of this. It was disturbing to put it mildly. I would from time to time go there after that, but if they think I would ever pay to view their paper online they are grossly mistaken. They would have to pay me is the way I see it as it is not that great a publication. It got to the point where I got tired of clearing my history to view the free articles so hadn't looked at their site in probably over a year. That was until yesterday and the post on this site about the juror and Sheriff Lewis. So they can credit Sby News with at least one of the hits they got yesterday.
First off, you need to subscribe to the Daily Times by their website or for home delivery. Apparently you believe it is/should be free. That tells me, you believe you are ENTITLED to read the Daily Times for free. Why,if you choose NOT to pay should you have the same benefits as one who does subscribe? The Daily Times is in business to make money. My parents started subscribing to the Daily Times when they moved to the area in 1946 and upon Dad's passing, Mom continued until her death in 2003. My spouse and I started our subscription in 1959.whicj continues to this day. My daughter and family started their subscription in 1982 and are still subscribing None of us have ever felt it the Daily Times duty to provide us a FREE newspapere..
If it is so important to you that need to read the Daily Times, pay the price or stop complaining. The Daily Times is NOT free and has never been. As I said if you are a subscriber,either who pays for Home delivery or purchasng it from a store you can read the Daily Times. You can pay for home delivery and sign up on line for free,and read the DT 24/7. OR for a small fee you can subscribe for on-line only, at their website.
The local obituaries ARE available to read on-line.to Daily Times subscribers, I am able to read the local obituaries very easily. Perhaps Joe can come up with a plan to print all Delmarva local obituaries. It is not the DT place to do so.. If the DT does have to close up, where will you go read those obits all in one place for the lower shore. If there is such a site go there and stop crapping on the DT.
Because 11:41 paying for newspapers went out with high button shoes! With that being said, it is a good business decision to offer at the minimum the online service for free, since there does happen to be a plethora of alternative news sources out there now that do not charge nowadays including Facebook. The MD Coast Dispatch out of Berlin has for awhile now offered Wic Co/Sby news in it's print addition as well as online- free. And offering all local stories and not full of a bunch of AP articles, like the DT's that you can get 100 other places for free. With all the competition it is not wise to even suggest paid online subscriptions. If you want to keep relevant you have to roll with the times. Rarely does anything stay stagnant and succeed.
11:41 get with 2015. Nobody cares how long you've been a subscriber or your daughter. Obituaries should be free and a matter of service to the community from DT. As much as the family pays for a notice, it pays for the paper itself. Get with 2015 and get your news free. Perhaps we should stop the public library because people can read books for free cause they can buy at Barnes & Noble. Really you are an idiot for sticking up for that rag and still subscribing.
Believe it or not some people still like the printed newspaper and not everyone in this world has access to the internet! Or if they do, they might not have very much data to use for reading online newspapers. Why is everyone so upset that people have different opinions and choices than they do? Chill out! Lol
6:21, advertisers pay for the paper's staff. Paying for something that is widely available both online and in print for free is not a sound business decision. While I agree we do need to keep the jobs, what did the people do who used to build covered wagons? They evolved is what they did. I'm not looking for a thing free that much you can be assured. Never have never will as I have more than enough money than I will ever need and you know why? Sound business decisions.
The Daily Times staff still occupies that huge building on Beam Street in the West Side Industrial area, but the paper is printed in Wilmington, DE. For the size of its staff and what it does, they could rent something much smaller for a huge cost savings.
That paper should be called "OBAMA TIMES" and the majority of here on the shore are conservative.
ReplyDeleteBOYCOTT THEM
Just another nail in their coffin!!! I have found one good use for that newspaper...putting on the picnic table then eating crabs and steamed shrimp off it, bundle it all up and then put in the trash! Although this is getting harder to do since fewer people subscribe to the thing...
ReplyDeleteI quit buying their newspaper like 25 years ago, we it seemed could never get a Saturday or Sunday paper, and the day most the coupons came out never made it to our home either. Their paid services were never good. The only thing I checked on line were the obituaries and that can still be gotten by going on the local funeral home sites and checking. No loss Daily Times.
ReplyDeleteHaven't paid to read that piece of trash in years... Bassett's other paper is toliet fodder for dogs
ReplyDeleteThis should affect their revenue they charge for obits. If we can't pull up the local obituaries on line, why should the families even publish obits in the paper. I for one won't.
ReplyDeleteThe Obits was the only thing I looked at, oh well I guess it's time to give them up entirely.
ReplyDeleteThey never missed reporting a crime in Hebron though, Stinkers
If we are unable to pull up the local obits then why should the families pay them the big bucks to have them in the paper. Just one more nail in the Daily Times coffin. Crazy.
ReplyDeleteMost people that live in the present times put obits online rather than in a newspaper. Maybe the slower lower shore will get around to that in the next 5-10 years.
ReplyDeleteI'm 52 years old and I can't remember not seeing that paper in my father's office up and until they decided to go to court over the release of the OC drowning victim's name. We didn't renew after that. They were so proud of this. It was disturbing to put it mildly.
ReplyDeleteI would from time to time go there after that, but if they think I would ever pay to view their paper online they are grossly mistaken. They would have to pay me is the way I see it as it is not that great a publication. It got to the point where I got tired of clearing my history to view the free articles so hadn't looked at their site in probably over a year. That was until yesterday and the post on this site about the juror and Sheriff Lewis. So they can credit Sby News with at least one of the hits they got yesterday.
I had to run a small legal notice for a total of 3 days. I had no choice in the matter, as per Wicomico County. Total cost for 3 days? $900 !!!!
ReplyDeleteFirst off, you need to subscribe to the Daily Times by their website or for home delivery. Apparently you believe it is/should be free. That tells me, you believe you are ENTITLED to read the Daily Times for free. Why,if you choose NOT to pay should you have the same benefits as one who does subscribe? The Daily Times is in business to make money. My parents started subscribing to the Daily Times when they moved to the area in 1946 and upon Dad's passing, Mom continued until her death in 2003. My spouse and I started our subscription in 1959.whicj continues to this day. My daughter and family started their subscription in 1982 and are still subscribing None of us have ever felt it the Daily Times duty to provide us a FREE newspapere..
ReplyDeleteIf it is so important to you that need to read the Daily Times, pay the price or stop complaining. The Daily Times is NOT free and has never been. As I said if you are a subscriber,either who pays for Home delivery or purchasng it from a store you can read the Daily Times. You can pay for home delivery and sign up on line for free,and read the DT 24/7. OR for a small fee you can subscribe for
on-line only, at their website.
The local obituaries ARE available to read on-line.to Daily Times subscribers, I am able to read the local obituaries very easily. Perhaps Joe can come up with a plan to print all Delmarva local obituaries. It is not the DT place to do so.. If the DT does have to close up, where will you go read those obits all in one place for the lower shore. If there is such a site go there and stop crapping on the DT.
Because 11:41 paying for newspapers went out with high button shoes! With that being said, it is a good business decision to offer at the minimum the online service for free, since there does happen to be a plethora of alternative news sources out there now that do not charge nowadays including Facebook.
ReplyDeleteThe MD Coast Dispatch out of Berlin has for awhile now offered Wic Co/Sby news in it's print addition as well as online- free. And offering all local stories and not full of a bunch of AP articles, like the DT's that you can get 100 other places for free.
With all the competition it is not wise to even suggest paid online subscriptions. If you want to keep relevant you have to roll with the times. Rarely does anything stay stagnant and succeed.
Time for SBYnews to go print!
ReplyDelete11:41 get with 2015. Nobody cares how long you've been a subscriber or your daughter. Obituaries should be free and a matter of service to the community from DT. As much as the family pays for a notice, it pays for the paper itself. Get with 2015 and get your news free. Perhaps we should stop the public library because people can read books for free cause they can buy at Barnes & Noble. Really you are an idiot for sticking up for that rag and still subscribing.
ReplyDeleteI'll take SBYnews just as it is on my smartphone. Who needs print? People come into 2015 already not going backwards.
ReplyDeleteBelieve it or not some people still like the printed newspaper and not everyone in this world has access to the internet! Or if they do, they might not have very much data to use for reading online newspapers. Why is everyone so upset that people have different opinions and choices than they do? Chill out! Lol
ReplyDelete12:37, everything can't be free in life. We need to keep America in jobs. Stop whining.
ReplyDeleteThe library has free internet for everyone. Just saying.
ReplyDelete6:21, advertisers pay for the paper's staff. Paying for something that is widely available both online and in print for free is not a sound business decision. While I agree we do need to keep the jobs, what did the people do who used to build covered wagons? They evolved is what they did.
ReplyDeleteI'm not looking for a thing free that much you can be assured. Never have never will as I have more than enough money than I will ever need and you know why? Sound business decisions.
It looks like it's back to normal today, Friday the 9th.
ReplyDeleteThe Daily Times staff still occupies that huge building on Beam Street in the West Side Industrial area, but the paper is printed in Wilmington, DE. For the size of its staff and what it does, they could rent something much smaller for a huge cost savings.
ReplyDeleteThe daily what?
ReplyDelete