The papers engaged in a variety of competitive tactics to raise circulation and expand their distribution channels, such as giving away large numbers of free subscriptions, simplifying the subscription process, and increasing payments to distributing retailers.
過去報紙最賺錢的分類廣告（如求職、求人、租售房屋等），今天幾乎完全被搜尋功能強大的網路所取代；一直在分類廣告上擁有絕對優勢的中國時報，如今業績比全盛時掉了 7 成。