#Detroit free press delivery area free#

Organizers of the change also billed it as a way to take advantage of new online technology they believe readers prefer. Inc., which was reportedly losing millions in Detroit. Those moves were made as cost-cutting measures by Freep parent Gannett Co. The News, which doesn't have a Sunday edition, dropped to Thursday and Friday home delivery and the same online and single-copy sale availability Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday.

#Detroit free press delivery area free#

The Free Press on March 30 restricted home delivery to Thursday, Friday and Sundays, with a slimmed-down newsstand and e-edition available the other days. The price increase in Detroit comes six months after the newspapers slashed home delivery and began offering smaller newsstand versions on non-home delivery days. We believe this initiative achieves that,” Harshbarger wrote. “Like all consumer products, we continue to monitor our pricing strategies in order to remain competitive and to meet consumer demand. Other newspapers charging $1 for retail weekday editions include The Dallas Morning News, The Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle and The Columbus Dispatch, he wrote. Harshbarger noted that the newspapers hadn't increased single-copy prices since 2003, when they went from 35 cents to 50 cents. He's vice president of consumer marketing for the Detroit Media Partnership, which manages the joint business, advertising and delivery operations of the newspapers. “This is a fair price for the valuable, local content that is produced by Michigan's largest newsrooms,” wrote Rich Harshbarger in an e-mail to Crain's. 4 to $2 outside of that area, and the promotional $1 price for the Sunday paper offered by some participating dealers also ends then. The Sunday Free Press newsstand price will remain $1.50 in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties, but will increase starting on Oct. 5, the Monday through Saturday retail price of the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News will increase to $1.