[Villages PL]

I've been subscribing to the Daily Sun for over 13 years now and I always thought it was necessary to keep informed of events in The Villages. But now I'm not so sure about it. Here's a list of the sections I usually don't read:

Classified

Sports

Home and Garden

Travel

Advertisements

Lifestyle (I can take it or leave it; the health columns often provide incomplete and/or misinformation)

International news: I browse through and only read a few stories.

Local news: Business news is sometimes interesting but mostly not. The op-ed page is okay but certainly not a necessity.

Lately I find that the newspaper takes up a lot of my time; I read through it like it's my duty and/or news addiction.

What do you think The Daily Sun offers that I really need to know?

[Bucco]

Originally Posted by Villages PL

I've been subscribing to the Daily Sun for over 13 years now and I always thought it was necessary to keep informed of events in The Villages. But now I'm not so sure about it. Here's a list of the sections I usually don't read:

Classified

Sports

Home and Garden

Travel

Advertisements

Lifestyle (I can take it or leave it; the health columns often provide incomplete or misinformation)

International news: I browse through and only read a few stories.

Local news: Business news is sometimes interesting but mostly not. The op-ed page is okay but certainly not a necessity.

Lately I find that the newspaper takes up a lot of my time; I read through it like it's my duty and/or news addiction.

What do you think The Daily Sun offers that I really need to know?

You are asking the Daily Sun to justify its existence, and from what you do not want to read, you could say pretty much the same thing about the New York Times that you said about the Daily Sun, and with the Times, you would have more not to want to read !!

To answer directly your question, I would cancel my subscription since you do not want to read it. You must have other sources then for news, sports, etc.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Bucco

You are asking the Daily Sun to justify its existence, and from what you do not want to read, you could say pretty much the same thing about the New York Times that you said about the Daily Sun, and with the Times, you would have more not to want to read !!

To answer directly your question, I would cancel my subscription since you do not want to read it. You must have other sources then for news, sports, etc.

What he said. Print journalism is dying fast.

Do not cause yourself unnecessary stress.

Cancel right away.

If the sky begins to fall, we will let you know.

[Patty55]

Originally Posted by Villages PL

I've been subscribing to the Daily Sun for over 13 years now and I always thought it was necessary to keep informed of events in The Villages. But now I'm not so sure about it. Here's a list of the sections I usually don't read:

Classified

Sports

Home and Garden

Travel

Advertisements

Lifestyle (I can take it or leave it; the health columns often provide incomplete and/or misinformation)

International news: I browse through and only read a few stories.

Local news: Business news is sometimes interesting but mostly not. The op-ed page is okay but certainly not a necessity.

Lately I find that the newspaper takes up a lot of my time; I read through it like it's my duty and/or news addiction.

What do you think The Daily Sun offers that I really need to know?

You strike me as a coupon kind of guy, there you go.

[Carl in Tampa]

What the Sun does for me:

The front page news is almost always very up beat and encouraging with stories about TV residents who are accomplishing things and enjoying an active life style.

I read the comic strips.............. something that I started doing before school age; in fact I could already read when I entered the first grade because of my exposure to comic books. Several of the strips are like old friends who I like to visit.

Most importantly: I do the Crossword Puzzle, Jumble puzzle, Hocus-focus puzzle, Sudoku puzzle, Wordy Gurdy puzzle and Word Warp puzzle. There are different cognitive mental exercises for each of these activities. Studies indicate that doing this sort of thing helps aging people maintain their mental acuity.

They are all on one page, but they are the main reason I subscribe to the Sun.

If the Sun isn't doing anything for you, why subscribe?

[kellyjam]

Either you need a print newspaper or not. I can't live without one. I read the whole thing. I like doing the puzzles and the price is right. If you use one $1 coupon a week you basically have a free paper. If you are looking for someone to convince you why you should keep the paper I think you have answered your own question.

[Bogie Shooter]

Must be hard in a restaurant to decide what to select for your meal, decisions, decisions, decisions......................

[dengid]

At $57/year, that's about 15 cents a day. What else can you get for 15 cents with more value?

[OldManTime]

Its necessary for new bees, to find out what the developer wants you to know.
It omits bad press, i understand why.
I subscribed to it from 2002-2005, then found it didn't give me all i wanted, so my neighbor was giving me a free copy for 2 years, then he stopped i don't want to read it any more, what I need in my lifestyle i get from the internet newspapers, and streaming vidio news.

[gomoho]

Couldn't start my day without my morning paper - have seen better - seen worse, but I have always seen one in the morning with my coffee!

[Villages PL]

Originally Posted by Carl in Tampa

What the Sun does for me:

The front page news is almost always very up beat and encouraging with stories about TV residents who are accomplishing things and enjoying an active life style.

I read the comic strips.............. something that I started doing before school age; in fact I could already read when I entered the first grade because of my exposure to comic books. Several of the strips are like old friends who I like to visit.

Most importantly: I do the Crossword Puzzle, Jumble puzzle, Hocus-focus puzzle, Sudoku puzzle, Wordy Gurdy puzzle and Word Warp puzzle. There are different cognitive mental exercises for each of these activities. Studies indicate that doing this sort of thing helps aging people maintain their mental acuity.

They are all on one page, but they are the main reason I subscribe to the Sun.

If the Sun isn't doing anything for you, why subscribe?

I too like the some of the comic strips. I also like the Sudoku puzzle. The front page is often interesting and I like some of the human interest stories. An example: The story about the man who has Parkinson's and gets up at 3am to go for a run. That was an inspiring story. But I just wonder if that's enough to justify all the time I put in reading the paper.

[Villages PL]

Originally Posted by Patty55

You strike me as a coupon kind of guy, there you go.

All the coupons are mostly for processed foods which I don't eat, except olive oil and Ezekiel bread.

[Villages PL]

Originally Posted by kellyjam

Either you need a print newspaper or not.

I feel like I need it but it may just be an addiction.

[pooh]

Originally Posted by Villages PL

I feel like I need it but it may just be an addiction.

Well, it's not an expensive addiction....

[NJblue]

Originally Posted by Villages PL

I've been subscribing to the Daily Sun for over 13 years now and I always thought it was necessary to keep informed of events in The Villages. But now I'm not so sure about it. Here's a list of the sections I usually don't read:

Classified

Sports

Home and Garden

Travel

Advertisements

Lifestyle (I can take it or leave it; the health columns often provide incomplete and/or misinformation)

International news: I browse through and only read a few stories.

Local news: Business news is sometimes interesting but mostly not. The op-ed page is okay but certainly not a necessity.

Lately I find that the newspaper takes up a lot of my time; I read through it like it's my duty and/or news addiction.

What do you think The Daily Sun offers that I really need to know?

This is the part of the post that doesn't seem to make much sense. If you are spending a lot of time reading it, you must be getting something out of it. I probably spend about 15 minutes per day skimming through it. For 15 cents, I find this to be a very good value. I find it to be a nice one-stop source of information at a high level:

• Movie reviews and times
• Highlights of what is on TV that day and upcoming week
• What sports events are on TV
• What are the upcoming acts at the Savannah Center or Katie Bells
• What's going on with house values
• What construction is going on around TV
• Travel ideas
• Garden ideas (although I wish they would filter out the stuff not pertinent to Central Florida
• Restaurant coupons and specials

All this plus whatever other actual articles that I read is a bargain at 15 cents per day. Now, if they were to raise the price of The Sun to what I was paying up north, I may have second thoughts.