Daily Press to continue 7-day print publication, home delivery and expand digital offerings
The Daily Press will continue printing seven days a week with home delivery by carriers after hearing meaningful feedback from readers and advertisers about plans to change our frequency of delivery.
At the same time, our newsroom is adding new digital offerings, including weekly e-mail newsletters on sports and news for several of our local communities.
“All our readers —of our print product and our digital platforms — are important to us,” local news editor James Ward said. “This decision to roll back the proposed print reductions underscores our commitment to our subscribers on whatever platform they want to engage with our content, either in print or digitally.”
Gannett, the parent company of the Daily Press, announced plans last month to reduce printing to two days per week, Thursday and Saturday, and switch from carrier delivery to U.S. Postal Service delivery, starting in late June.
Response from subscribers and advertising clients to the planned changes prompted reconsideration of those plans.
At the same time, the Daily Press is moving forward with expanding its digital efforts, including adding several new e-newsletters delivered to the email inboxes of readers who opt-in.
The new newsletters, which are expected to start at the end of June, include:
Best of Daily Press: Our best stories, investigations, and discoveries sent weekly from the editor’s desk.
Beyond the Box Score: Our best stories about the High Desert sports scene sent weekly.
Your week in Barstow: Our best stories about Barstow, sent weekly.
Your week in Hesperia: Our best stories about Hesperia, sent weekly.
Your week in Lucerne Valley: Our best stories about Lucerne Valley, sent weekly.
Available now are the Daily Briefing, which starts your morning with each day's top news delivered to your e-mail inbox, and breaking news emails.
To sign up for the Daily Briefing, e-mail breaking news alerts, or our new e-mail newsletters, go to profile.vvdailypress.com/newsletters/manage/
A full year's digital subscription to the Daily Press is just $9.99 right now and gives you access to all of our content, plus our e-Edition, a digital replica of the physical newspaper plus extra content including national and world news and late sports scores. Visit cm.vvdailypress.com/specialoffer or call 1-760-241-7755 and mention offer code Web-5B.
Print home delivery is also on sale right now. Sign up for seven-day home delivery for just $3 per week for the first year, or Sunday-only delivery for $1 per week for the first year. Visit cm.vvdailypress.com/specialoffer or call 1-760-241-7755 and mention offer code Web-5B.
All print subscribers of the Daily Press have full digital access to www.vvdailypress.com, and on mobile apps available in Apple's App store or the Google Play store, meaning they can read news updates throughout the day, subscriber-only stories, and video and audio features, among other benefits on their mobile devices. Subscribers also have 24/7 access to obituaries, legal notices, and classifieds on our website.
Readers with questions about their account can visit help.vvdailypress.com/contact-us or call customer service at 1-760-241-7755.
This article originally appeared on Victorville Daily Press: Daily Press to keep 7-day print publication, home delivery
