JS Everywhere

Once upon a time, we had a subscription to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. We cancelled our subscription five years ago.

For the past few years, I check the newspaper's content online.

That's going to change.

Now, I can read 20 Journal Sentinel articles a month for free. More than 20 requires payment.

Read "A New Year - A New Commitment to Go Everywhere."

Read "JS Everywhere - Frequently Asked Questions."

We are pleased to offer Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Everywhere – unlimited access to the #1 source for news and information about Wisconsin. With JS Everywhere’s unlimited digital service you’ll have 24/7 access to the news stories, events and information you want. You’ll get the most complete, in-depth news coverage in the state, with full access to JSOnline.com, the Journal Sentinel e-Edition, content previously in Packer Insider and the Journal Sentinel’s mobile website.

This means that the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel will no longer be available online for free.

I think it's funny that this announcement trumpets "we are pleased to offer...unlimited access."

Uh, no. Not at all.

Bottom line: JS Everywhere is completely about limiting access.

It's a business. I understand that profit is the aim.

But it's ridiculous to proclaim "unlimited access."

The Journal Sentinel is cutting people off.

Q. If I have not registered or subscribed how will I know when I’m reaching my monthly limit?

You will receive a pop-up alert notifying you when you have 15 articles remaining, when you have five articles remaining and again when you have reached the limit of 20 articles per month. At that point, you will have the opportunity to subscribe and register. We hope you’ll want to read more than 20 articles each month and your print or digital subscription provides easy 24-hour access – so you can browse and read freely without running into the monthly limit.

I'm not paying.

I'll go to other sources for news. Given the liberal bias of the Journal Sentinel and its failure to cover so many significant stories, it's really no loss.

In 2005, when the New York Times started charging for access to some of its columnists, I didn't consider paying. I managed to do just fine without TimesSelect.

Apparently, many online readers did, too.

TimesSelect was a bust.

People online shared the content. It was readily available.

I suppose the same will be the case for the Journal Sentinel.

Links shared via avenues such as Facebook and Twitter won't count against an individual's 20 article limit.

If a family shares a computer, that 20 article limit will be reached quickly.

Do the liberals running the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel feel guilty about cutting off families and the poor from its content?

It certainly is placing more of a burden on the less economically fortunate.

New slogan for JS Everywhere: NO NEWS FOR YOU!

Goodbye again, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.