Requiring paid online subscriptions to access content does not encourage me to purchase one, in fact, it has had the opposite effect. You are already losing readership at a steady pace and now you have lost me. Back then, you could fold the paper in half and you had to make an effort to hold it under your arm, now I can easily forget where I put it and it costs three times as much. I grew up reading the Everett Herald back when it had a volume of relevant information and was physically the size of a newspaper instead of a magazine. There was less conservative-leaning content and more impartial content as the news is suppose to be. Nope, you’ve lost me, you’ve lost my confidence, my newsstand money and lastly my respect. Enjoy your decline, I expect it to accelerate now.

Michelle Hall

Everett