The main reason for the paper is to sell houses. As for the rafting article they peaked your interest enough to look things up on the web for additional info.

The developer just opened the new building with a brand new printing press in TV's industrial park, so they appear to be making money, unlike 98% of the print media.

Just wondering does The Villages Daily Sun actually call itself a newspaper? Or do we just assume it is because it seems to have the same format?
Still blatantly misleading readers about a sport game is not a good idea because people reading the paper will wonder how much misinformation there must be in the advertisement of the homes for sale too.

So what newspapers do not depend on advertising revenue? The issues seem to be that when the advertising revenue goes away the subscribers make up the difference. Newspapers are failing, the fact the the Developer's large scale builds create jobs for smaller business's who also advertise and apparently do a nice business here, and that the DS provides an online presence for those looking for homes that don't live here seems to be working. For those that want less advertising and pay more for the paper you will be disappointed unless you subscribe to a paper someplace else....until they too begin to disappear.

Anybody who doesn't agree 100% with what the developer does is part of a vast conspiracy to bring down The Villages, according to one long time poster who has built numerous houses in TV.

For $84 a year it suits its purpose. I subscribe more for information about The Villages and recreational activities than for actual news. You can get news anywhere.

When the purpose of the paper is to help sell houses you do not necessarily need to make a profit do you?

This is a developer sales tool. Maybe 3 articles are local in nature. The rest is USatoday or ap reprints.

They did an article on my Dad a few years ago which I liked. It was about his being a caddy at one of the golf courses that had some kind of tournament at that time. And then how his college roommate later in his life had taken a drink out of an open soda can and got stung by a bee. He had an allergic reaction and died.

They have many nice articles about people who live in the Villages.

Your BS statement piqued my interest.
In today’s DS by my observation there were 14 articles of local interest.
Do you even subscribe? Why?

My wife likes the crossword and I mainly look for restaurant and golf coupons. I read the Kansas City Star online every day for news. It is also good to drain bacon and French fries.

I stopped delivery after the first year we were here. What I saw was an advertising paper, coupled with one sided political messaging.

How unique is that?

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I find TDS a light and refreshing read and enjoy it very much!

Funny! Your reasons are close to what we use it for. We "unsubscribed" for several months last year when the Pandemic hit. I really missed it for placing hot pots on the countertop. My husband loves it for the crossword puzzles.