Dec 07, 2012
Washington Post to Cost Actual Money in 2013
The Washington Post is finally getting with the program that subscription-based newspapers shouldn’t be giving themselves away for free on the Internet and is reportedly considering the addition of a paywall next year.
May 31, 2005
A Report From Billings
A faithful DCist tipster sends us this camera phone image from the 24th Street Barnes and Noble in Billings, Mont. While no other national newspapers aside from USA Today and The Wall Street Journal have seemed to have made their way into south central Montana, just below Shotgun News is … The Washington Times. So we guess if you’re itching for the Post on your next trip through Big Sky Country, try to find…
Feb 21, 2005
You Won’t Find His Face on Dollars or on Cents
For this Presidents Day installment of DCist’s ongoing series featuring overlooked local monuments, we asked ourselves: Who was the worst president of all time? It is always popular to maintain that the current officeholder is it, especially these days. But it’s worth looking a bit further back to consider the legacy of James Buchanan, our 15th president, who nonetheless managed to rate a memorial. Buchanan can be found along the eastern wall of the Italian-inspired…
Jan 28, 2005
The Rough and Tumble World of Cut-Rate Bus Lines
The Wall Street Journal examined today the heated competition between Chinese-owned bus companies and Greyhound buses between major U.S. cities. The stiff competition with newcomers has put Greyhound in a tight spot and forced them to cut prices between D.C., New York, and Boston. In Boston the companies have even won a spot in that city’s South Station bus terminal, although their buses aren’t yet listed on the television screens. The article neglects to mention…