Doh..."its revenues are growing." Damn apostrophes sneak in there every now and then:-).
On Jan 30, 2011, at 8:36 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Most major dailies are much less profitable than they once were, and the good > papers don't answer to shareholders. For example, the Ochs-Sulzberger family > has owned The New York Times for115 years, and there are impenetrable > barriers between ad sales and editorial. There are still quite a few > newspapers that are very protective of their integrity and reputation. > However, all realize that their print market is shrinking, and they have to > transition to electronic media. Many are achieving a measure of success on > the web. The Times website, for example, attracts about 20 million viewers a > month. It doesn't yet generate enough revenue to make up for losses suffered > by the print edition, but it's revenues are growing. > Paul > > On Jan 30, 2011, at 8:13 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > >> >> On Jan 30, 2011, at 2:55 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: >> >>> Wasn't is always? Most major papers worked on a "for profit" basis, >>> and went out of business when they didn't make money. These days here >>> are so many sources competing for your attention. Remember yellow >>> journalism? Sensationalism has become the norm, unfortunately. >> >> I remember hearing on an NPR story that it used to be that companies were >> content with a small profit from their news department, but now that money >> comes more from stock market performance, people will jetison companies that >> don't make enough profit. I believe that there was also a time that Networks >> and stations would regard their news department as a means of enhancing >> their image, rather than a primary source of income. >> >> But, I could be completely wrong, it's been known to happen. >> >>> >>> On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 4:39 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Jan 28, 2011, at 9:07 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> (I have some uncharitable views towards the owners and direction of >>>>> today's newspapers and magazines, but I'll keep those views to myself for >>>>> now :-)) >>>> >>>> I think that uncharitable is a good word for this, because the news is now >>>> looked at as a profit center. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> PDML@pdml.net >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>> follow the directions. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Steve Desjardins >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> -- >> Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
