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Prices and circulation[edit]
The current newsstand price for the daily and Saturday papers is 75¢ while the Sunday paper is $1.50. Subscribing for eight weeks costs $14.80, while 12 weeks costs $22.21, 24 weeks costs $44.42, and 50 weeks costs $88.84.[2] The paper was one of five in Pennsylvania owned by MediaNews Group, the second largest media company in the U.S., concerned primarily with newspapers. According to MediaNews Group, Lebanon, PA circulated up to 50,000 papers.[3] In 2015, Gannett acquired full ownership of a Pennsylvania joint venture with MediaNews successor Digital First Media.[4]
Content[edit]
The content of Lebanon Daily News is essentially split up into seven different subjects: news, opinion, sports, business, lifestyles, obituaries, and entertainment. Often the stories are about notable people within the community of Lebanon. In the twentieth century, the LDN contained a dialect column in Pennsylvania German, notably by the newspaper's religion editor, the Rev. Dr. Pierce E. Swope, "Der Kaspar Hufnagel."
Website[edit]
The paper is available for viewing online. The website lists all the current content on its homepage, and all past stories are available for viewing in its archives. A calendar of events in Lebanon is available, as well as real estate, auto listings, classifieds, and jobs. There is an RSS feed available, and one can register their mobile phone on the site to get updates about the Lebanon Daily News. Subscribers can also opt to make “E-Edition” available, which makes Lebanon Daily News viewable on the computer exactly as it appears in print.
The Lebanon Daily News website went behind a paywall in August 2011, charging print subscribers and non-subscribers varying rates for access beyond a free five articles per month.[5]