S-R Price To Go Up, Handle X To Fold

The price increase is one of several changes planned in response to rising production and delivery costs and a downturn in advertising, the company said. The increase will apply to new subscriptions starting Jan. 1 and to existing subscriptions upon renewal. Through this month, subscribers may renew at current prices for up to a year. Newsstand prices will not increase, nor will online, mobile and e-edition prices. The Spokesman-Review has avoided raising home-delivery prices in Spokane and Kootenai counties for almost five years, distribution director Dan Johnson said/ Spokesman-Review . More here .

Question: As part of the re-structuring, the Handle Extra in the Sunday edition will end at the end on December. Columns by Betsy Russell & me will be seen in the main newspaper. What do you make of the changes?