Fairfax offers Herald for $2.50 a week
A sign reaches Dr Mumbo of Fairfax’s desperate attempts to shore up circulation. They’ve been going door-to-door in the Enmore and Newtown areas of Sydney and offering seven days a week subscriptions to the Sydney Morning Herald and Sun-Herald for $2.50 a week for the next six months.
Tim Burrowes founded Mumbrella in 2008. He worked on Mumbrella until 2021. At various points he was editor, content director and editor-at-large. He returned to Mumbrella as Publisher in January 2025
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Surely the money spent on sending people out on the streets would be better spent developing the future of their business on the web rather than trying to prop up a print business that is dying. When will the papers learn?