Newspapers: Telegraph and Mail to be removed
Dec 2, 2017, 2:42 am
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Dec 2, 2017, 2:50 am
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But to veer wildly back on topic, I love the idea of access to journals via the app on day of travel. Could see that being a useful commercial tie in too. It's a real PITA to have a newspaper in the cabin, particularly in economy. I don't think there's anything sinister behind the removal, beyond the removal of bulk distribution deals.
The only paper read that I buy is Private Eye, but they have yet to get into the 21st century and offer offline electronic subs.
Dec 2, 2017, 2:53 am
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Dec 2, 2017, 3:12 am
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The BA lounge is the only place I ever pick up a Mail or Telegraph these days, so from that point of view it was decent marketing in terms of getting people to sample them.
(You should always be willing to look through a newspaper you would refuse to buy, just to see what is being peddalled. Irrespective of whether you agree with everything it writes, and I don't - except when it is about me! - the Mail is very good at what it does. Simply compare it side by side with the Daily Express which is, politics and values aside, an appalling example of a newspaper.)
I also ended up getting a subscription to Bloomberg Businessweek after reading a few in the lounge, so the giveaways do have an impact.
(You should always be willing to look through a newspaper you would refuse to buy, just to see what is being peddalled. Irrespective of whether you agree with everything it writes, and I don't - except when it is about me! - the Mail is very good at what it does. Simply compare it side by side with the Daily Express which is, politics and values aside, an appalling example of a newspaper.)
I also ended up getting a subscription to Bloomberg Businessweek after reading a few in the lounge, so the giveaways do have an impact.
Dec 2, 2017, 5:08 am
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The Mail and The Times have the advantage of the smaller [tabloid] format, which makes paper-management so much easier both in the Lounge and on-board.
I shall miss the Mail, as it's the only occasional source I have for discovering who these supposed 'celebrities' are - they don't get much coverage in The Times
I shall miss the Mail, as it's the only occasional source I have for discovering who these supposed 'celebrities' are - they don't get much coverage in The Times
Dec 2, 2017, 5:37 am
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That might be true for less mainstream publications but I very much doubt that this would hold true for either the DM or the Torygraph.
Dec 2, 2017, 6:57 am
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HfP reports that the Daily Telegraph will no longer be offered on board, at gates or in lounges with immediate effect.
From 23rd December the Daily/Sunday Mail will cease to be offered too.
http://www.headforpoints.com/2017/12...-haul-flights/
On a personal note I'm very glad to hear about the withdrawal of the hateful Mail.
From 23rd December the Daily/Sunday Mail will cease to be offered too.
http://www.headforpoints.com/2017/12...-haul-flights/
On a personal note I'm very glad to hear about the withdrawal of the hateful Mail.
Dec 2, 2017, 7:00 am
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Dec 2, 2017, 8:44 am
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Shame about the Daily Mail, but easily addressed as the DM has one of the best websites of any print media. As an avid reader of the paper using the DM's mobile app I can still access it. It is a mistake on the airline's part and puts it in the same league as the military dictatorships which ban the paper. I take the paper's content with a grain of salt and use it to gain an indication of the mood of the people. Yes, some of the articles can be infuriating, but worse are newspapers like the Guardian with its blatant bias. The DM isn't targeting BA and a quick scan of airline articles will show that it has featured other carriers (Ryan Air, Monarch, Thompson, EasyJet) just as frequently. No one else gives the exciting details of drunken idiocy onboard the flights like the DM does.
The loss of the Telegraph is just as bad. It's one of the world's better papers even if I don't agree with some of its opinions.
It is a mistake on the airline's part and puts it in the same league as the military dictatorships which ban the paper. I take the paper's content with a grain of salt and use it to gain an indication of the mood of the people. Yes, some of the articles can be infuriating, but worse are newspapers like the Guardian with its blatant bias. The DM isn't targeting BA and a quick scan of airline articles will show that it has featured other carriers (Ryan Air, Monarch, Thompson, EasyJet) just as frequently. No one else gives the exciting details of drunken idiocy onboard the flights like the DM does.The loss of the Telegraph is just as bad. It's one of the world's better papers even if I don't agree with some of its opinions.