Home delivery of Arkansas Democrat-Gazette ending

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The movement to cease home delivery of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette newspaper starting in Mississippi County on April 1st is on its way to Baxter County.

Papers delivered in Baxter County Saturday had a sticker attached to the front page advertising a free iPad with a digital subscription to Arkansas’ only state-wide newspaper. The sticker noted “print delivery ends soon in this area.”

Home delivery of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in Craighead County ended Thursday, with subscribers who continued their subscriptions being supplied with an $800 iPad providing a daily digital replica, according to the newspaper’s president Lynn Hamilton.

In a Democrat-Gazette report in early May, Hamilton said the newspaper plans to invest up to $800,000 in the iPad program. The pilot program began in Mississippi County, where delivery to 240 customers ceased on April 1st. Hamilton said 70 percent of those subscribers signed up for the iPad program.

Home delivery ended in late April in Clay, Greene, Randolph and Lawrence counties, where 54 percent of subscribers have accepted the iPads and continued their subscriptions, Hamilton said.

In the early May report, Hamilton said, “When we first started this program, we certainly called it an experiment. At this point, we call it a success.”

Democrat-Gazette Publisher Walter Hussman, Jr. is scheduled to address the Mountain Home Rotary Club Thursday when members anticipate hearing further details about the home delivery transition.

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