Posted on 12/05/2006 5:03:34 PM PST by abb
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- New York Times Co. (NYT) Tuesday evening said November advertising revenue from continuing operations decreased 3.8% to $189.9 million from $197.4 million during the same period in the prior year. The media company said total November revenue from continuing operations fell 1.7% to $278.5 million from $283.3 million in the prior year. Monthly advertising revenue fell 4.2% for the New York Times Media Group, fell 10.7% for the New England Media Group, and fell 1.3% for the Regional Media Group. The company added that circulation revenue for November fell 0.4% -- with revenue gaining at the New York Times Media Group and declining at the New England and Regional Media Groups.
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They were giving away free copies of the NYT at 23rd and 6th Ave in NYC today. The NYT NEVER gives away free copies. Is it becoming my AM New York or New York Metro (the freebies)? Btw, no one was taking copies.
Finally, some good news.
Put a few bricks in a box and affix their card to the outside. Send that back.
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the rise of Rush, it was the fall of Pinch..."
Its ideas like that that separate us from the apes.
The apes can pay the bill.
Expect this newspaper to become more brazen, much like an aging pop-star whose day has come and gone. The NY Times will, increasingly, attempt to gain readers with more and more slanderous and treasonous reporting. They don't have the honesty to admit to themselves why they are really losing readers.
......with revenue gaining at the New York Times Media Group .......
The decline is not uniform. Damage control at the OGW is apparently effective.
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