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I've been one of the Anchorage Daily News on-line readers from the 
beginning and I love it.  I don't have to do anything; it just shows up 
with my morning mail -- kind of like the newspaper on the doorstep.  It's 
all text so I don't have major delays in reading it, I can skim it 
quickly, or not, depending on time. For someone like me, who needs to 
skim a lot of information and doesn't need the enticing graphics, this is 
a great service.
  However, I am not the general public.  Would they want a more graphic 
interface? Possibly.  Or at least they're likely to say they do.  Will 
they actually go to the web page every morning?  I don't.  As much as I 
like San Jose, I log in once a week at best, more like once a month, if 
I'm honest.  I don't think it has to be an either/or choice, but I've 
become a fan of the e-mail newspaper.
  Somewhere down the line, subscriptions will be an issue, I suppose.  
Will I pay? Possibly.  My interest in Alaska is in part because I used to 
live there and still like to keep tabs on what's happening there.  And 
you don't get much Alaskan news in other newspapers. It would depend upon 
the cost, but yes, I'd pay.  At this stage, I probably am not interested 
in paying for sites I have to go to instead of them coming to me.
  Now if someone in Texas and Idaho would do the same thing I could keep 
tabs on all my old home states....
  Obviously this is just one reader's opinion.  And I can't pretend to be 
typical.  (In part, because I read. Sigh.)

Lois Breedlove
Portland, Oregon

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