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Topic: Newspaper subscription paid with Bitcoins (Read 608 times)

newbie
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April 25, 2014, 04:12:38 AM
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That's very cool but I'm sure that printed newspapers will die in near future
sr. member
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Lux e tenebris
Love it, Justus.

My mum buys a big thick weekend paper because her little dog is incontinent...
legendary
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You lead and I'll watch you walk away.
Newspapers are going the way of the dinosaur.

They're evolving into birds?

Yes, in the form of origami toilet paper. The best use of a newspaper today is for wrapping fresh fish. The news is old by the time it's printed.
legendary
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sr. member
Activity: 462
Merit: 250
Lux e tenebris
Newspapers are going the way of the dinosaur.

They're evolving into birds?
newbie
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legendary
Activity: 2156
Merit: 1393
You lead and I'll watch you walk away.
That's very cool but I think printed newspapers would take cow manure as payment if they thought they could exchange them for dollars to keep their doors open. Newspapers are going the way of the dinosaur.
legendary
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Merit: 4801
yep, the Sun Times experimented with a paywall, which worked out pretty well and started taking subscriptions in BTC also.  they reported that 10% of all new subscriptions since implementation have been made with BTC.

Looks like I'm not part of that 10%
hero member
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yep, the Sun Times experimented with a paywall, which worked out pretty well and started taking subscriptions in BTC also.  they reported that 10% of all new subscriptions since implementation have been made with BTC.
legendary
Activity: 3472
Merit: 4801
Not sure if I've got the correct forum for this (maybe it should have been in "service discussion?), but I found it interesting that I could pay for something as mundane and common as a newspaper subscription from a large metropolitan area with bitcoins.

Just subscribed to the Chicago Sun-Times.  They now take bitcoins for subscriptions. They appear to be using Coinbase for payment processing.
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