The Chron is quietly raising its annual subscription fee from $300 to $400 for seven day delivery.

Last year, the Hearst-owned paper boosted the newsstand price of its daily paper from 50 cents to 75 cents, and its Sunday paper from 50 cents to $2.

So getting the Chron from a store or newsrack will be about $61 a year less expensive than subscribing because of the price increase.