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  • SUBSCRIBERS25: Younger subscribers are more likely to cite feeling good about supporting a news organization as a major benefit

    Age 18-40 Age 41 and older Supporting news organization 57% 40% Unlimited number of digital stories 41% 21% Access to print in addition to digital [...]

    February 26, 2018
  • SUBSCRIBERS26: Differences in background factors for subscription based on newspaper size

    Small Mid-sized Small metro Large metro Want access to local news 72% 69% 59% 53% Notice useful/interesting articles 30% 37% 36% 45% Moving to area [...]

    February 26, 2018
  • SUBSCRIBERS27: Subscribers to large metros most likely to have seen a discount or hit a paywall

    Small Mid-sized Small metro Large metro Seen a discount 44% 36% 41% 52% Hit a paywall 7% 4% 12% 28% Motivated by verbal attacks on [...]

    February 26, 2018
  • SUBSCRIBERS28: Subscribers to large metros most likely to follow national politics or professional sports

    Small Mid-sized Small metro Large metro National politics 31% 34% 32% 40% Professional sports 12% 19% 20% 29% Arts and culture 12% 12% 12% 17% [...]

    February 26, 2018
  • SUBSCRIBERS29: Democrats and Republicans offer different reasons for why they decided to subscribe

    Democrats Independents Republicans Trust/quality 12% 6% 6% Promotion or discount 11% 14% 14% Topical focus 10% 12% 15% Support journalism 8% 2% 1% Paywall/access 4% [...]

    February 26, 2018
  • SUBSCRIBERS30: There are partisan differences when it comes to reasons readers considered subscribing

      Democrats Independents Republicans A discount or promotional offer 33% 39% 38% Coupons 17% 24% 22% Cover a particular topic/issue 31% 26% 26% Access to [...]

    February 26, 2018
  • SUBSCRIBERS31: The trigger factors for subscribing vary between Democrats and Republicans

    Democrats Independents Republicans Wanted discounts and coupons to save money 18% 26% 24% A paywall 20% 11% 13% Motivated by recent verbal attacks on the [...]

    February 26, 2018
  • SUBSCRIBERS32: Democrats, independents, and Republicans tend to follow different topics

    Democrats Independents Republicans Local politics and government 54% 39% 39% Collegiate/high school sports 15% 19% 30% Business and economy 17% 26% 29% National politics and [...]

    February 26, 2018
  • SUBSCRIBERS33: Democrats are more likely to cite accuracy, fairness, and watchdog role as key benefits

    Democrats Independents Republicans Helps me talk to others about what’s going on 50% 33% 31% Helps me be a better citizen 75% 50% 50% It’s [...]

    February 26, 2018
  • Digital subscriptions — By DMA

    Rank Weekly price 1 $1.85 2 $1.99 3 $1.99 4 $2.99 5 $2.99 6 $2.31 7 $2.50 8 $1.00 9 $3.99 10 $2.07 11 $1.15 [...]

    February 14, 2018
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