newspapers prices

September 11, 2007 9:11 AM

I'm doing some research for Las Vegas and I'd like to ask if anybody knows what are prices for NY Times, Financial Times and USA Today there.
posted by juva to Shopping (7 answers total)

Best answer: You mean like newsstand prices? NYT is $1.25 anywhere outside NYC (Sunday's paper is $4.00). USA Today is .75.
posted by pdb at 9:23 AM on September 11, 2007 [1 favorite]

Best answer: Oh, and the FT is $2.
posted by pdb at 9:25 AM on September 11, 2007

Also international will vary by country - I could get the Sunday times in Sydney (about 3 days later) for $7 or $8 Aussie dollars about 3 years ago. Obviously every country (and perhaps every newsstand in the case of foreign places) may vary.
posted by langeNU at 9:34 AM on September 11, 2007

AFAIK, some (many?) hotels give you USA Today for free outside your room door in the morning.
posted by sharkfu at 9:45 AM on September 11, 2007

Call where you plan to stay.

Ask for the price of room delivery for the papers. Or ask to be transferred to a/the hotel convenience/sundry shop. It's a sixty second phone call, so no big deal even if you have to call a dozen prospective hotels.
posted by terpia at 9:53 AM on September 11, 2007

Best answer: NYT, FT, and USAT have the same circulation prices wherever you are in the country. USAT and NYT have home delivery in many cities, and that's a standard rate no matter where you are. FT is delivered through the mail, with no home delivery available. If you aren't in a city where USAT and NYT have a relationship with a local carrier, you have to buy a mail subscription, which is the same price for wherever you live in the continental States. If you buy the papers a a newsstand, there's often times a markup, which is set by the newsstand itself. And I believe the national edition of the NYT is more expensive than the metro editions available in the NYT metro area, but again, the national edition has a flat rate that is the same no matter what part of the country you're in.
posted by HotPatatta at 6:45 PM on September 11, 2007

Response by poster: Thanks guys. You rock!
posted by juva at 1:33 AM on September 12, 2007