As always, Peter, I am grateful that I was sufficiently perspicacious (that word would normally cost $10 but I found it lying on the sidewalk) to have subscribed to your newsletter.
Truth is, I am not at all surprised that the various and sundry news outlets ignored the Noormohamed tirade. Really, I would be very disappointed if the publications that I support with my dollars were to cease. Having said that, it is really, really, really necessary that the public subsidies be withdrawn and the zombies allowed to fail because it is terrifically difficult for the resulting green sprouts in the news industry to get started and flourish (with inevitable failures) if the zombies continue to wander the earth.
Thank you Peter. Always open your email Asa it arrives. Between you Matt Jen Terry and a $1 sub to NP i am tapped out for my news dollars. But you 4 are definitely worth it.
Good stuff. I keep telling myself to buy a subscription to the NP, but I can’t pull the trigger. There is no meat on the bone. How many original stories does it publish every day - two, three, five maybe?
I will only financially support media that do not take government subsidy, but OTOH see it as absolutely necessary to pay for what I read. It's similar to all the neighborhoods and towns that bemoan the "big greedy chain stores" but then do not patronize the independents locally.
In the end it is about the greater culture. Does the greater culture in Canada (English and French) value media to the point it is willing to pay for it out of their own pocket? Or are we both cheap and entitled enough, or just not care enough? Canadians think that paying out of pocket for health and K-12 education is beneath them, why would paying for media be different?
I suspect this is another example of the Pareto Principle in action, as that shared stats show. 85/15 with a goal of 80/20 non payers to payers is I'm sure what investors already expect.
I am a retiree so I need to be carefull with my spending. The only newspaper I subscribe to is the Hong Kong based "South China Daily Post". I pay full price.
It has news about Hong Kong, China, Asia and has good coverage of world events including articles on Canada and the United States. Its science, high tech, AI and space articles are excellent.
I have three issues with Canadian and American newspapers.
One is that they have too few articles of interest.
Secondly, they are biased. America is great, China is evil. DEI is wonderful.
Hello Peter Menzies, I will read anything by you wherever it pops up. I subscribe to way more publications than I can afford, no corporate media (except recently TorStar so I can access @JustinLing’s opinion pieces). Next year I’ll have to drop a few subscriptions to pay for new ones. Wish I could afford them all. Anyway, politically I’m probably like a lot of people, left-leaning on some issues and right-leaning on others. But I really hate what identity politics and DEI has done to our institutions. I’m seeing some signs in the US that the pendulum may be swinging the other way, but up here not so much. Any hope that people like K Wells and the like will get the heave-ho from a fed-up nation?
I’m not yet a subscriber (I too am retired and have to look carefully at finances) but I’m liking your writing. I am also one of the ones who like headlines (and articles) short and to the point. That is the biggest issue with the government push to control ‘mis-information’, who gets to decide what is or isn’t fact? Media should simply present the facts and let the readers decide for themselves.
As always, Peter, I am grateful that I was sufficiently perspicacious (that word would normally cost $10 but I found it lying on the sidewalk) to have subscribed to your newsletter.
Truth is, I am not at all surprised that the various and sundry news outlets ignored the Noormohamed tirade. Really, I would be very disappointed if the publications that I support with my dollars were to cease. Having said that, it is really, really, really necessary that the public subsidies be withdrawn and the zombies allowed to fail because it is terrifically difficult for the resulting green sprouts in the news industry to get started and flourish (with inevitable failures) if the zombies continue to wander the earth.
Oh, yeah, boo! hiss! to that cretin Noormohamed.
Thank you Peter. Always open your email Asa it arrives. Between you Matt Jen Terry and a $1 sub to NP i am tapped out for my news dollars. But you 4 are definitely worth it.
Blush. Thank you so much.
Good stuff. I keep telling myself to buy a subscription to the NP, but I can’t pull the trigger. There is no meat on the bone. How many original stories does it publish every day - two, three, five maybe?
I will only financially support media that do not take government subsidy, but OTOH see it as absolutely necessary to pay for what I read. It's similar to all the neighborhoods and towns that bemoan the "big greedy chain stores" but then do not patronize the independents locally.
In the end it is about the greater culture. Does the greater culture in Canada (English and French) value media to the point it is willing to pay for it out of their own pocket? Or are we both cheap and entitled enough, or just not care enough? Canadians think that paying out of pocket for health and K-12 education is beneath them, why would paying for media be different?
I suspect this is another example of the Pareto Principle in action, as that shared stats show. 85/15 with a goal of 80/20 non payers to payers is I'm sure what investors already expect.
I am a retiree so I need to be carefull with my spending. The only newspaper I subscribe to is the Hong Kong based "South China Daily Post". I pay full price.
It has news about Hong Kong, China, Asia and has good coverage of world events including articles on Canada and the United States. Its science, high tech, AI and space articles are excellent.
I have three issues with Canadian and American newspapers.
One is that they have too few articles of interest.
Secondly, they are biased. America is great, China is evil. DEI is wonderful.
Third, they are expensive.
Hello Peter Menzies, I will read anything by you wherever it pops up. I subscribe to way more publications than I can afford, no corporate media (except recently TorStar so I can access @JustinLing’s opinion pieces). Next year I’ll have to drop a few subscriptions to pay for new ones. Wish I could afford them all. Anyway, politically I’m probably like a lot of people, left-leaning on some issues and right-leaning on others. But I really hate what identity politics and DEI has done to our institutions. I’m seeing some signs in the US that the pendulum may be swinging the other way, but up here not so much. Any hope that people like K Wells and the like will get the heave-ho from a fed-up nation?
I’m not yet a subscriber (I too am retired and have to look carefully at finances) but I’m liking your writing. I am also one of the ones who like headlines (and articles) short and to the point. That is the biggest issue with the government push to control ‘mis-information’, who gets to decide what is or isn’t fact? Media should simply present the facts and let the readers decide for themselves.
Thanks for commenting. And subscribing is free!
Sorry to be snarky, but what is McEwan University?
Should have located it. It’s in Edmonton https://www.macewan.ca/home/
thanks!