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Thanks, I was looking for that original thread. What's awesome is that MOST of the major basketball-news conglomerating websites re-post more than just "a limited excerpt (under two sentences)," but unfortunately I think they might have some legal representation to fight back.
With increasing frequency I have been receiving calls asking me to renew my subscription to the Express News. Interestingly, these calls have been coming from the Austin area code. At any rate, I used to just shrug them off with a "not interested," but they keep calling. I've decided to respond with increasing verbal brutality. Recent dismissals include:
"Sorry, but I read all my news online like everybody else."
"Did you know that mysa.com distributes the same content without all the paper waste, in an easier-to access manner?"
"The only thing I subscribe to is Google Reader, and a few trash magazines for my wife to shut her up."
"Ask your Spurs reporters to write some meaningful articles and I'll be happy to read them online. And no, not paying a newspaper I won't read."
"Now that you mention it, I do need something for my charcoal starter..."
Sorry to de-rail the thread. But basically I used to subscribe to the EN only for the Spurs articles and to check the weather. Now, I check the weather daily on my phone (or just look outside), and use SpursTalk for any Spurs-related news.
Spursdotcom is also doing the fans and the team a favor by linking to some cool videos.
Yes, still the best forum around (and I've read and tried many; the good here greatly outweighs the bad/ignorable)
