March 10, 2017

How I helped The Washington Post’s P&L

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The financial future of The Washington Post now stands assured, thanks to my new $14.99 per month digital subscription. After years of sponging off of the publication’s free content — and switching browsers or devices when I’d consumed my share of free articles — see? I know the tricks — I decided to cough up the recurring monthly charge.

What prompted this reversal? While I’ve known since the beginning of the Web that creation of quality content isn’t free, I was comfortable in my hypocrisy on a national level, knowing that I did subscribe to innumerable…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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