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Posted on 07/29/2012 12:18:29 PM PDT by Hojczyk
Advertising revenue continues to sink at the New York Times Company, which reported a second-quarter net loss of $88.1 million today. But a glimmer of hope can be seen in circulation revenue, which has actually gone up through print subscription price increases and the online paywall. At the company's big three papers — the Times, International Herald Tribune, and Boston Globe — print and digital ad dollars dipped 6.6 percent to $220 million, while circulation revenue was up 8.3 percent to $233 million.
The historical rebalancing, which occurred at the News Media Group for the first time in Q1, may indicate a sea change in an industry that has long relied on advertising to stay afloat. "They're probably the first major paper that has crossed that line," media analyst Ken Doctor of Newsonomics told Daily Intel. "It is an interesting moment."
Whoever is chosen will be taking on a new challenge: papers that can no longer depend on ad revenue, but must rely more than ever on the whims of the customer. "We have the pieces of an emerging business, we just have to see how far how far we can go," said Doctor. "The future looks like it's going to be a majority reader revenue. What we don't know is at what level. And that's huge, because it tells us how big of a newsroom they can support."
(Excerpt) Read more at nymag.com ...
Every conservative who subscribes to the NY Times should take note and cancel now. It would undermined a statist institution, save them money and most importantly make them smarter.
After all, time wasted reading a censored site is time you must spend reading a site that actually informs you. That is if you don’t want to say not realize there is a “fast and furious” scandal until Congress votes to find the AG in contempt.
Finding braindead dorks willing to pay for government propaganda. What a brilliant idea!!
Frankly, I think we are being lied to. I don’t believe the NYT is making a profit off of its online sales. And i predict we will get a clarification on this from knowledgeable sources. Bottom line: liberals lie.
No, great idea ... when applied to PBS.
PBS has some great shows (Masterpiece Mystery, Nature) but the news and other stuff isn’t the greatest. Remove taxpayer dollars and let the viewers pay for what they are willing to watch.
Too big to fail....
At that rate, it will take 8 quarters to make up the loss for the past one quarter.
The hole from the iceberg is long and deep and cramming a mattress into one end won’t stop the onrushing sea.
Wow.
The old gray b!tch is losing nearly $1 million per day to proselytize the extreme left’s views.
Make sure you never pay a dime for a copy, never click on any ads on their page and do all you can to deprive the depraved of income.
No print periodical could survive strictly on circulation dollars alone.
This headline is totally misleading. What has happened is the income from subscriptions and online paywalls now totals more than ad revenue. It’s actually a sign of the newspaper’s continued decline. They lost $88 million. Subscriptions and reader revenue would have to rise by $300 million to over $500 million for the newspaper to break even. So, NO, readers are NOT supporting the times. They are nowhere near supporting the times. And it will continue to deteriorate as ad revenue continues to fall.
We basically said the same thing.And I agree with your numbers.
Why would a conservative want to BUY a rag these days anyway?
I betcha anything it is subsidized by the DNC, big time.
Note the attempt to obfuscate the following key statement with much meaningless blather:
“New York Times Company, which reported a second-quarter net loss of $88.1 million today.”
That would be a $88 million dollar loss against $453 million income. Doesn’t look sustainable to me for very much longer. Thank God. The bankruptcy of the anti-American, anti-free-enterprise, anti-capitalism, pro-Marxist, pro-socialist New York Times can not come soon enough for me.
All the NYT has to do to cover losses is hike their subscription fees. I mean, it works for taxes, right?
It just might. The newsstand price has doubled since 2008 and is now $2.50. They've got some very loyal -- or stupid -- customers.
Absolutely right.
Raise the subscription rates and hike everybody’s pay ten percent annually.
Works like magic for the federal government!
I buy 1 Sunday paper to start fires for the Winter.
But now that I have all the books, I don't need them anymore. Haven't for decades.
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