exile;479708 Wrote: > it may not be the niche audience you think it is. the following is a > paraphrasing from an online story about a washington post article about > NPR: > > "The washington post reported that "Morning Edition's" average daily > audience of 7.6 million, is about 60 percent larger than the audience > for "Good Morning America," and a piece currently up at Fast Company > says that NPR's 26.4 million listeners weekly trumps USA Today's 2.3 > million daily circ or Fox News' 2.8 million prime-time audience."
lets assume thats true... #1 the population is 350 million, so its a niche. #2 how could it do so well, and still be in the red? if you can explain that, then perhaps they should hire you post haste! exile;479708 Wrote: > you mention the other outlets that provide quality programming and > you're right there are other places that people can find intelligent > programs. However, the key component that isn't being mentioned is the > cost of these other outlets. Nat Geo tends to be offered on the upper > tier of most cable packages as does sundance. and again i think you miss the point i am making... i'm not anti-programming npr/pbs. i am anti-tax funding it. it is my contention that they could still produce quality programming and develop a working business model for it without tax money. thats the rub. exile;479708 Wrote: > Bravo, A&E and TLC-if you can find a show on any of those networks that > is anywhere near the quality of PBS programming you may have a second > career as a sleuth. the networks that have given us Project Runway, Jon > and kate plus 8 and the real housewives of new jersey might be a bit > suspect. no, thats how they pay the bills. there are lots of "good" shows on there as well, not all of them series. and lots of people who like the shows you mention, would say "prarie home companion" or "red green" is rubbish. is that true? who's to say? but it is a bit elitist to attack it and brush the whole network as devoid of value as a result. exile;479708 Wrote: > and with the immense level of waste that makes up our federal > government, I would venture to guess that the funding of npr and pbs is > minor blip in the larger scheme of things. ah, i see... so b/c gov't is so incredibly wasteful and ridiculous, why demand better from precious and precocious pbs and npr??? thats truly the weakest argument to make. -- MrSinatra www.lion-radio.org using: sb2 & sbc (my home) / sbr (parent's home) - sbs 7.4.2b - win xp pro sp3 ie8 - p4(ht) 3.2ghz / 2gig ram - 1tb wd usb2 raid1 - d-link dir-655 - 35k mp3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70539 _______________________________________________ squeezenetwork mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezenetwork
