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I hate the NYT, and the role it plays in leading the propaganda wing of the Fifth Column within our country, but....the business model they have chosen is a very viable one from the economic standpoint, IMHO. They have obviously made a conscious decision to carve out that less-than-majority but still huge portion of the populace which craves the leftist bent to their news.

Who can deny that they don't dominate their chosen niche?

Though admittedly the market contains a much larger middle, middle-right and right wing component, the NYT is an INTERNATIONAL publication, and the niche they have chosen to pursue IS THEIR STRENGTH, they would sink like a rock if they were to lurch rightward.

We have all witnessed the Washington Post turn slightly rightward in recent times, no doubt because they are being squeezed from the left by the NYT, AND competition on the right from the Washington Times. The WaPo doesn't have the international presence which the NYT does, nor does it proliferate NATIONALLY like the NYT. Unfortunately, for this stockholder suit to be successful, we might have to show that the economic model is faulty, and it is not, as niche marketing is an accepted and viable model throughout the economy.