In case you haven’t noticed, a vibrant free press is under attack by special interest groups in Hawaii. This is my plea for you to support a free press. Mine.
I looked through the Honolulu Advertiser’s web site today. It’s the Sunday paper of local news web sites. Based on a comparison of the number of advertisements on the Advertiser’s site vs. HawaiiBlogger, I can only assume they are being influenced by special interest groups. Advertisers.
Not only does the Advertiser receive money from advertisers, they actually take money for the physical newspaper, too. Cough up $32 and you get the paper delivered to your door, or at least someplace nearby, seven days a week for 12 weeks. We spend $7.00 a month just to buy the Sunday paper at 7-Eleven.
The Advertiser is willing to give you an additional 72 issues for only $4.00 more. That’s about 6-cents per copy. No wonder there are very few newspapers in Honolulu. The daily newspapers are practically giving away the paper. That means the real money must be in advertising, not in subscription or newsstand sales.
It’s time for me to join the party. It’s time for you to support free press in Hawaii.
HawaiiBlogger is free. It’s also delivered right to the browser of your choice over the internet and is available 24-hours a day with fresh, insightful, and often relevant commentary and news. That’s just like the Honolulu Advertiser.
If you’re truly interested in supporting a free press, and you notice that HawaiiBlogger is already a free delivery to your computer (and a totally unbiased delivery at that– equally supporting Windows PCs, Macs, and Linux geeks), then consider yourself privileged. Now you can pay for HawaiiBlogger, too.
Click the Contact link above and I’ll send you information on how we can meet, when, and where. You’ll also receive information about how many small denomination bills to place into a brown, unmarked paper bag, which can be left at a mutual destination at a prescribed time.
It’s the least you can do to support a free press in Hawaii.
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