HONOLULU – The Garden Island will begin offering its print subscribers free access to the digital content of The Washington Post on June 1. TGI is one of only seven daily newspapers in the nation that are partnering with The
HONOLULU – The Garden Island will begin offering its print subscribers free access to the digital content of The Washington Post on June 1.
TGI is one of only seven daily newspapers in the nation that are partnering with The Washington Post in a pilot program designed to bring added value to subscribers of local newspapers while expanding The Washington Post’s journalistic reach across the country.
“The Washington Post, one of the country’s great daily newspapers, is known for its award-winning journalism,” said Dennis Francis, TGI president and president of its parent company, Oahu Publications, Inc. “We are excited to be able to offer Garden Island subscribers, as well as subscribers to Honolulu Star-Advertiser, The Washington Post’s suite of digital news products free via the Post’s desktop and mobile websites and phone and tablet apps.”
Francis said the partnership is just the latest example of how newspapers are finding ways to thrive in a digital environment that initially challenged the traditional newspaper publishing industry.
“The Garden Island and Oahu Publications’ family of weekly and community newspapers, as well as in-room hotel magazines, are continually adapting and staying ahead of news industry trends,” Francis said. “This partnership with The Washington Post allows us to offer our local subscribers access to a wealth of national and international news and commentary produced by a legendary, Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper. The Post is renowned for, among much else, the reporting of its own correspondents in 15 of the world’s capitals.”
Access to The Washington Post’s digital content will be free to subscribers of The Garden Island’s print edition.
Washington Post President Stephen P. Hills said, “The Post has long been a source for groundbreaking national journalism. This program is a way for us to work with newspapers and other print and digital partners around the country to both add value to their subscriptions and expose the Post to a wider audience than ever before.”
Other newspapers taking part in the pilot program include The Dallas Morning News, The Toledo Blade, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
