Autosport have reduced their monthly free article views

Autosport have reduced their monthly free article views

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MissChief

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7,237 posts

175 months

Monday 4th March 2019
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They've reduced their free article views down to a single article without registering or only five if you do. I've had Autosport Plus a in the past but didn't really find it value for money. I certainly won't be subscribing or visiting their site again!

Kraken

1,710 posts

207 months

Monday 4th March 2019
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Personally I don't have an issue with paying for journalism, problem with Autosport since the motorsport.com buyout is that they've gone too far down the clickbait route and still charge.

I know I'm getting old as I really miss waiting for the Autosport magazine to land on my doormat every Thursday to get my fix. These days it's endless useless information and often endless lies from sites run by one man and his dog.

37chevy

3,280 posts

163 months

Monday 4th March 2019
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Kraken said:
Personally I don't have an issue with paying for journalism, problem with Autosport since the motorsport.com buyout is that they've gone too far down the clickbait route and still charge.

I know I'm getting old as I really miss waiting for the Autosport magazine to land on my doormat every Thursday to get my fix. These days it's endless useless information and often endless lies from sites run by one man and his dog.
Agreed. Their headlines iritate me. Don’t think they limit the article views on Motorsport.com and they’re basiclly the same article

chunder27

2,309 posts

215 months

Monday 4th March 2019
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I don't go on there anyway, you don't click on the site, they get no income, easy really.


Eric Mc

122,856 posts

272 months

Tuesday 5th March 2019
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I wonder how their overall sales are going.

In my local newsagents (W H Smiths, various supermarkets) normally, by Friday, all the copies used to be gone from the shelves. These days, there seems to be plenty of unsold copies lingering on the shelves well into the weekend. This could be because the shops are ordering more copies each week. However, I suspect it's more to do with declining sales.

DanielSan

19,172 posts

174 months

Tuesday 5th March 2019
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The mag seems to have shrank in size in recent years, yet the price has gone up. I can't see it being all that long before it goes web only.

AlexS

1,563 posts

239 months

Sunday 10th March 2019
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MissChief said:
They've reduced their free article views down to a single article without registering or only five if you do. I've had Autosport Plus a in the past but didn't really find it value for money. I certainly won't be subscribing or visiting their site again!
What do you consider to be value for money given that Autosport Plus is only £5.50 a month for the online only version. This also removes the adverts.

rallycross

13,286 posts

244 months

Sunday 10th March 2019
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AlexS said:
MissChief said:
They've reduced their free article views down to a single article without registering or only five if you do. I've had Autosport Plus a in the past but didn't really find it value for money. I certainly won't be subscribing or visiting their site again!
What do you consider to be value for money given that Autosport Plus is only £5.50 a month for the online only version. This also removes the adverts.
I wondered why I had run out of views already this month!
I used to subscribe to it but stopped a long time ago and will not be paying again just to have a quick look at their website .