You (and I) are probably signaling "advanced" age with our stated preferences for actual newsprint in hand rather than getting it online, notwithstanding the many advantages that online affords. (My wife won't let me save old newspapers, and infinitely easier to go back online than with the non-electronic.) I was disappointed that the NYT reduced its page size a while ago, though have gotten over it.

Murdoch's Choice: Paid or Free for WSJ.com?
 

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

September 19, 2007

News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch hasn't completed his purchase of Dow Jones & Co., publisher of The Wall Street Journal, but already Mr. Murdoch and Dow Jones executives are debating a key strategic question: Should the Journal fall in line with the rest of the industry and make its 11-year-old paid-subscription Web site free?
Mr. Murdoch has been dropping hints that he is contemplating doing just that when he takes over, raising the idea in interviews before he clinched the deal and more openly in recent meetings with top Journal editors and Dow Jones Chief Executive Richard F. Zannino.

http://online.wsj.com/public/article...997631717.html

Well, so long as they publish a paper edition, those who like to hold it in their hands, as I do, will have a good use for odd amounts of "orphan" miles. (What way other than through subscriptions to get value for small, odd lots of miles?)

I welcome the move by WSJ. About 90% of my daily reading has been of the online version. Its neat that you can save articles and charts for reading later without a pile of old paper around.

any way to *renew* a WSJ subscription with frequent flyer orphan miles? Can I just type in the same address and assume that they'll add on the length of the new subscription- anyone try this before? Does this also work for the economist?

I used orphan miles with Delta for the Economist (original subscription).
I have used same for the WSJ twice now. Each time I let them lapse and then resubscribed. I do not know a way to just extend one. Perhaps these are "deals" cut between the publisher and the airlines to eventually get you to put up money for the extention. I think so.

Actual print has advantages, too. For example, I can read the WSJ at Peet's cafe drinking excellent coffee even though there is no wifi access there. And, I can scan the stories much more thoroughly and quickly in paper.

As to saving and searching articles--imaging and online searching really are faster. But, for coffee shop reading, give me newsprint. :)

As for advanced age. you and I are advanced, but it is not in age. :D

I thought you were going to say something about the use of actual print to line the bird cage, wrap fish, etc.

I have no experience of Peet's, but when the founder died recently, his obits credited him with being the connossieur of coffee and expert on roasting that Starbucks and others all were deeply indebted to. Are you in CA, WA, or somewhere else that Starbucks doesn't own?

As for "advanced age," when does that come? I've heard you take half the number of years until you would reach 100 and add that to your current age to define what is "old."

Although Starbucks pretty much does run CA, for the 1 Peet's in our town their are 7 Starbucks, 1 Coffee Bean and 2 local shops in a 2 mile radius. At least we do have a choice. Just bring in a Dunkin'....

Murdoch: WSJ.com Expected to Be Free...
 

ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) -- News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch said Tuesday he intends to make access to The Wall Street Journal's Web site free, trading subscription fees for anticipated ad revenue.
"We are studying it and we expect to make that free, and instead of having one million (subscribers), having at least 10 million-15 million in every corner of the earth," Murdoch said.

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071113/news_....v=5&printer=1

So when is online availability supposed to start? In the meantime, I hope to use more miles to start a new subscription to take the place of the 13-week one that just expired.

I was going to redeem my UA or AA miles for a WSJ subscription. However, I do not see this as an option on either site. Can someone tell me if WSJ is an option with another FF program? And do you think not having on AA and UA is just a temporary omission? Thanks.

WSJ IS on UA - it is listed as "THE Wall Street Journal"!

Although it is not a true FFP, you can also find WSJ on Amtrak AGR. On UA, you get 6/$, but on AGR, you get 20/$!

Perhaps I'm obtuse, but I don't understand, "On UA, you get 6/$, but on AGR, you get 20/$." Are you referring to how many miles/points it takes to get x number of weeks of the WSJ, or what? Please explain.

Hi, I get the following message when I redeem miles, select newspaper subscription, and enter my zip code on UA MP: "No Newspapers available for the selection". I do not see any selection for WSJ for AA Aadvantage.