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Beaver Beacon announces a subscription-price increase, 1989

Also Beaver Beacon subscription increase 1989

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Date1989-10
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Summary

The October 1989 issue announces that the annual Beaver Beacon subscription price would rise from $12.50 to $20.00 because the privately operated newspaper continued to lose money despite having doubled its subscriptions.

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This is the publication’s own business notice, not an audited financial report or complete subscription ledger.

Sources

  1. States that annual subscriptions would increase from $12.50 to $20.00 because the privately operated Beacon continued to lose money despite doubled subscriptions. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1989-10_Beaver-Beacon
  2. Paired held twenty-four-page October issue PDF.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1989-10_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon announces a subscription-price increase, 1989”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-beacon-subscription-price-increase-1989/, accessed [date], citing “Subscription Price to Increase,” Beaver Beacon, October 27, 1989. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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