The New York Times Gets Life Support

Townhall.com ^ | November 11, 2012 | John Ransom

[Pearls Before Swine]

The Times advertising is likely too expensive for most users. The large ads are targeted to the 0.1% wealthy. Monster and other services are superior places for help-wanted ads. So, the advertising base for non-premium items is moving away to Craig’s List, Ebay, and community papers, and the help-wanted print ads are shrinking.

The NYT has tried to monetize its material on line, but who wants to register and wind up on their advertising and junk email list?

[Marathoner 244]

Makes my day!!!!!

[mgist]

This is exactly what needed to happen. Romney would have simply enabled this the dysfunction, corruption, and nepotism between the government/market/media pillars of our society to continue. Without truth we will never succeed. The media is in bed with the enemy, and. It is money that makes her bend over at will. The market and the government have a revolving door between them that exchanges employees, favors, and money. It has to stop.

[CaptainAmiigaf]

HEY!! I just realized...WHEN the Times goes down the drain, I’ll be forced to come up with a NEW tagline for FR.
I’ve been so proud of it. But, frankly, I’m already working on my new line in gleeful anticipation.
Oh happy day!!

[carlo3b]

“I would love to have the funds it would take to buy it...”

Hold off for a bit longer, they will be a more of a bargain every day that Ollibaba is in office.. by the end of his term, the Gray Lady, who has been a willful whore for THE LEADER, will be a cheap street walking prostitute.. yup.. :)

[TBP]

You might remember that at one point this regime proposed subsidizing the “mainstream” media. (A good way to control it completely.) Is this the opening to try it again?

[StAnDeliver]

"Mitt Romney is about as dangerous as a cold cup of decaffeinated coffee."

Ew. Maybe that's why he lost.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

I've been saying for years that most employees of the MSM today are mere skid marks on Journalism's shorts.. Maybe Journalism heard me and said to himself

"Hmm, why do I care what that little nobody thinks. Then on the other hand it's been decades since I washed my underwear. . . ."

[StAnDeliver]

Show me who a newspaper that has a growing, revenue-positive paywall.

[Bratch]

When they've lost Clark Kent, they've lost the country.

[Vaduz]

President Obama has shown a firm commitment to using government to help foster growth.
5 trillion in debt hell of a job.

/s

[IslamE]

Boycott Comcast, they own MSNBC and are big supporters of Obama!

[sirchtruth]

Show me who a newspaper that has a growing, revenue-positive paywall.

Not sure. Good point. However, it's the way newspapers will HAVE to go to survive. Maybe not paywall, but internet for sure.

[Cronos]

I used to like reading their non-political articles. I fought off the urge to subscribe to the online when it became paid. And now I refuse to even click on their website -- let their number of hits drop

it's better to go to www.telegraph.co.uk