New Yorker app finally gets it right

[important]

Per reports last week, as of this morning, if you are a print subscriber to the New Yorker, you now get the iPad app content for free.

Additionally, they are running some new pricing on subscriptions:

$40/year for a combined print and digital (iPad included) subscription or $70 for two years. I called to extend my current subscription and they threw in a third year for another $30.

My only regret is that they don't offer a "digital only" subscription.

Subscription info here:

https://w1.buysub.com/pubs/N3/NYR/s...0900366025160&vid=2&cds_response_key=I8JNAALX

 

[jb1280]

if there is no digital only subscription, then they haven't gotten it right. Why should they pay to produce a paper magazine that I don't want and will go right in the recycle bin?

 

[important]

if there is no digital only subscription, then they haven't gotten it right. Why should they pay to produce a paper magazine that I don't want and will go right in the recycle bin?

I believe digital-only is $60 a year, which is dumb - it should be less expensive than physical + digital, but...they make their money selling ads in the physical magazine, so they want to keep that circulation up.

 

[rhett7660]

I believe digital-only is $60 a year, which is dumb - it should be less expensive than physical + digital, but...they make their money selling ads in the physical magazine, so they want to keep that circulation up.

I thought it was less for just the digital. Ten dollars or so. But it is still less.

 

[pagansoul]

A dollar an issue is a good price for the New Yorker. Remember a year is over 47 issues. I would think that you should get an even bigger discount for just digital but I guess it will be a while before they start doing that.

 

[bmat]

This is a much better model. It was annoying that Conde Nash was complaining about people not subscribing when they wanted $4.99 an issue. Now at least they can see if it's not worth it.

Does anyone know if you have more than 1 iPad attached to your account whether you get the content on both? Or if that requires two subscriptions -- one for each.

 

[rhett7660]

This is a much better model. It was annoying that Conde Nash was complaining about people not subscribing when they wanted $4.99 an issue. Now at least they can see if it's not worth it.

Does anyone know if you have more than 1 iPad attached to your account whether you get the content on both? Or if that requires two subscriptions -- one for each.

This is a good question. I am hoping it can be used on any device you have or use.

 

[mlstein]

Really? It just says "digital subscription," and I got an email solicitation for print, ipad, and web--note they list these as separate--for $69.99. It sounds like the $49.99 might be for print and web only and the ipad subscription is another $20.00. That would have made sense with the reports that the ipad sub would cost $20 a year--but then again, the ipad app itself says that a one-year subscription is $59.99.

 

[btrav13]

I think they are pretty close to getting it right. Until advertisers are completely comfortable with "iPad app" advertising I think they are still going to push people to take the print copy...but it's a huge step in the right direction, and digital only will be coming for most of these mags/publications.