[mbene]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

Thanks. There is one for iPhones also.

I'm still not convinced I want to create an account and provide payment information.

I don't see any news to read on the app. I see some links to videos and streaming but no articles to read. Do they appear once I pay for a subscription or am I currently seeing all the available content?

I don't believe you have to pay for it, I've had it so long I don't remember. I usually use it for the Squares and Entertainment info. They also have a link to the dialy news show but you can get that on YouTube.

[dougawhite]

I use the X (twitter) feeds for The Daily Sun and for Villages dash News. They'll post stories on X and then link to the full article. Very convenient.

[mikreb]

You're retired, stop watching the news and enjoy yourself.

[msilagy]

The email publication gives you a lot of what really happens in TV not just where to dine.

[MikeVillages]

Originally Posted by jsa

One follow up: what is with the auto masking of certain website names on TOTV? Are they really censoring the posts here? Seems pretty draconian. I guess I thought in a 55+ community everyone would be adults (at least cronologically)...

Originally Posted by MikeVillages

“The **************.com". Are they a part of "The Villages” or the fact that they have “-news.com” a tactic to use “The Villages" in their posts but are not associated with TV?

I have heard only TV can use the name “The Villages". For example, www.thevillagesgolfcars.com is owned by TV but villagediscountgolfcars.com is not. Don't know if this is true or not.

[bonrich]

If it wasn't for the Daily Sun how would all the businesses in and around TV advertise? A paper with some national news, local news, and happy news seems to fill the bill for most of the residents. Look at all the real estate ads, hearing aids Monday, auto Friday, etc. It is a big advertising bundle in the shape of a newspaper. Although comics on Sunday are top notch.......

[coleprice]

The Daily Sun newspaper is obviously published to promote The Villages and it does a great job of achieving that objective. It contains a combination of Local News and Features, along with National and International news from mainstream news sources. But, the local news features/stories are typically well written and the paper provides a lot of information related to past, current and future events occurring throughout The Villages. Also, the paper contains ads for local stores and businesses, plus it's a good source if you're shopping for a home in The Villages.

[Dilligas]

Originally Posted by jsa

As someone who moved to TV recently (April), can someone please give me a quick rundown of the local news sources.

I have inferred from prior threads that one is owned by TV ("the family" I assume) and others are owned by outsiders. I see references to news sources that "shall not be named" and others saying that certain links are not allowed.

So what is the deal? As someone who generally avoids mainstream media I'd like some of your perspectives on the local news options.

All the above for local news 1440.com daily email for unbiased national and world news

[shut the front door]

Quickest answer, if you want to read nothing but good news and fluff, get the Daily Sun(shinepumper). If you want to read the bad stuff that the Daily Sun won't publish, go to the unnamed website. Read both, and you've got the scoop.

[Nana2Teddy]

Originally Posted by Dilligas

All the above for local news 1440.com daily email for unbiased national and world news

We subscribe to the Daily Sun and enjoy it, but I personally subscribe to 1440’s daily email too. It’s just the facts ma'am, nothing but the facts, lol. No political bias.

[Nana2Teddy]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

Thanks. There is one for iPhones also.

I'm still not convinced I want to create an account and provide payment information.

I don't see any news to read on the app. I see some links to videos and streaming but no articles to read. Do they appear once I pay for a subscription or am I currently seeing all the available content?

I asked about the app at a Daily Sun booth at a festival recently because I thought as a paper subscriber we’d also have access to all of the paper contents through the app, but nope, it’s just a minimal amount of curated stuff.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by Nana2Teddy

I asked about the app at a Daily Sun booth at a festival recently because I thought as a paper subscriber we’d also have access to all of the paper contents through the app, but nope, it’s just a minimal amount of curated stuff.

1440 is also curated. In fact it's ALL curated, they don't do their own investigative journalism at all. Not that there's anything wrong with it, but - they're not really a "news source." They're a third-party catch-basin for news articles from OTHER sources.

If you want to actually know what a thing is about, you have to click on it, which takes you to the true source of the information, and you can read it there on that other website.

In addition, they don't vet their advertising, they push a lot of alt-woo supplements, treatments, and "gut health" crappola, some of which is written to look like news articles, but is nothing more than sponsored advertising.

[ElDiabloJoe]

The paper that must not be named or that comes up as asterisks is (remove spaces) V I L L A G E S - N E W S D O T C O M

Also, regarding the use of The Villages in one's non-Villages owned entity, here is the page regarding all things Villages logos and copyrights:
Brand & Trademark - The Villages

[Packer Fan]

I get 1440 and skim it in the morning. they try to give unbiased stuff, if that is even possible. However, what is the "investigative Journalism" you speak of? oh yeah, there are a few people on Youtube doing it, but you don't see it on anything mainstream. Its really a shame.

[Packer Fan]

So you sound a lot like me, avoid mainstream media since I don't like to be lied to. I subscribe to the Sun and read it every day. Its the ONLY paper I would ever buy, and it does give you all the local activities, etc. It gives you a bit of world news and tries to put as much of a nonbiased face on it as possible (when you are using traditional news sources its tough). You get enough to be informed. So its the happy news - I am retired, thats what I want. If I want more I go online. I do get 1440 in the mornings but only skim it every few days.