The Daily Item and Itemlive.com to launch membership program

LYNN – Beginning July 22, The Daily Item and Itemlive.com will start a new membership program.Subscribers will have access to all of our content, where and how they want it – through all platforms, including web, mobile, tablet and/or the print edition.News and advertisements regularly in The Item’s print edition are important to the people of the Lynn and surrounding communities. Beginning Monday, all will be available to digital subscribers, including the police log, editorials and guest commentaries, letters to the editor, legal advertisements, In Memoriams, comics, Dear Abby, horoscope, bridge, the daily crossword and The Item’s sports scoreboard.The Item’s print edition will continue to be available for delivery by 6 a.m., six days a week, to your home or office.As the only local, daily, independently owned, news media company in Lynn, The Item/Itemlive.com aims to make it simple for readers to get local news when, where and how they want it. The membership program will allow readers to stay informed about what’s happening in their community.”This is a business model that is long overdue,” said Phil Ouellette, The Item’s general manager. “Over the years our audience has asked why they can’t get the same news and advertising online that is in our print edition. Beginning Monday, they will have that.”Whether it’s local politics, city or town hall news, schools news, police/fire news, neighborhood events, business news, lifestyles features and everything else that affects quality of life, The Item and Itemlive.com staff has it covered for you!For more details about the new membership program, visit www.itemlive.com/membership or call our Reader Services Department at 781-593-7700, ext. 2