why that was nice

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

Not that it's anything we think the New York Times Company should do, but we thought it was worth pointing out that it would cost the Times about half as much money to send every single one of its subscribers a brand new Amazon Kindle instead of a physical newspaper each day.
Here's how we did the math:

According to the Times's Q308 10-Q, the company spends $63 million per quarter on raw materials and $148 million on wages and benefits. We've heard the wages and benefits for just the newsroom are about $200 million per year.

After multiplying the quarterly costs by four and subtracting that $200 million out, a rough estimate for the Times's delivery costs would be $644 million per year.

The Kindle retails for $359. In a recent open letter, Times spokesperson Catherine Mathis wrote: "We have 830,000 loyal readers who have subscribed to The New York Times for more than two years." Multiply those numbers together and you get $297 million -- a little less than half as much as $644 million.

And here's the thing: a source with knowledge tells us we're so low in our estimate of the Times's printing costs that we're not even in the ballpark.

Are we trying to say the the New York Times should force all its print subscribers onto the Kindle or else? No. That would kill ad revenues and also, not everyone loves the Kindle.

What we're trying to say is that as a technology for delivering the news, newsprint isn't just expensive and inefficient; it's laughably so.

newspapers are dead.

 

[tapout 5,000+ posts]

newspapers are dead.

agreed. Print media is outdated.

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

wtf is a kindle?

 

[tapout 5,000+ posts]

wtf is a kindle?

google much?

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

Kindle is bad ***.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FI73MA/?tag=googhydr-20&hvadid=2510749105&ref=pd_sl_20wgx685w_e

i'm waiting for sec gen.

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

I use newsprint for shipping and starting fires. As well as beating the shit of out this cat.

 

[crunktimes.com 5,000+ posts]

I used to get the boston herald now I just open it up daily online and read away for free. To be honest I did prefer reading an actual paper but for free its not worth it to me.

I fail to see how any newspapers will be around in 10 years and the sad part is I do not think a lot of them have been producing enough ad revenue to really make it.

Sad in a way as all those people will be laid off but another reason to make sure you have a good education and not just sit home and smoke pot all day.

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

They print on paper still //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

 

[atoz350 10+ year member]

Newspapers also sell online subscriptions so I think they have other ways to make revenue.

 

[Cabin_Pressure 10+ year member]

I use newsprint for shipping and starting fires. As well as beating the shit of out this cat.

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[wErd 5,000+ posts]

wtf is a kindle?

I had no idea such a device was in existence. Pretty cool how it can connect anywhere. Why can't my iPod do that? ****ing wifi.

 

[alvitae 10+ year member]

Newspapers are putting themselves out of business, Tried putting an ad in the paper lately?

Costs a fortune. CL= free.

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

I mean like its pathetic to have to pay for *** in your home town or where you live, because you should be able to get laid for free.. but what about on vacation someplace like Mexico or Asia? I'm not talking about taking a vacation just for *** either.. just like getting a bj from the **** at the strip club or taking one back to your hotel room?

Just curious what you all think?

Personally i think its pretty fuking creepy but..

only bring it up cuz i went down to Ensenada baja this weekend and end up going into a strip club when they promised free tequila shots and lapdances. I took both but then didn't pay for *** while the friend i went down there with did..

thoughts?

 

[mazzasec 5,000+ posts]

No

 

[andrew2944r 10+ year member]

*** in 3rd world country = da crabs