Thanks.
I knew the "major" dailies have been taking a header for some time; but, the AQ is an entity unto itself too, y'know.
The AQs supply news to *everyone* in the news reporting "business", not just the print media.
When you tell me the AQ has a cash flow problem I'm thinking total cash flow from all their sources.
Methinks the AQ monster has known the print media was dead long before it dawned on you & I.
That'd be the only explanation as to why the AQ's sacrificing 'em while pushing the socialist dreck they above all others realize no ones buying.
While thanks their other income streams -- Internet, television etc -- AQ as a whole is probably doing "OK".
...& fiscally solid. ;^)
You may in fact be right about that; I also noticed while looking around that Google will soon be purchasing content from the crAPweasels. I suppose the bottom line is, getting information re revenues/expenses may be next to impossible. As a "cooperative", owned by ~1500 members(newspapers, broadcasters, etc), and as such a not-for-profit entity I gather doesn't file standard financials like a public company.
In any case, I tried to compare the arrangement to my local phone company which is also a "cooperative". What would happen to them if their customer/owner base were to fall on hard times? For example, one of the largest plywood mills in the country is within ten miles of here and obviously employs the bulk of the local labor market. There has been talk for years of shutting down the plant. It has happened with other plants in the same general area. Buyouts, timber trades and various other tools have been used in the past to "keep the doors open" but I don't think that can go on forever.
So I asked myself, what would the local phone cooperative do in a situation where say, 10% or more of their customer base were suddenly unable to pay for phone service? Considering the ripple effect, 10% may be an optimistic number. The upshot is some changes would likely have to be made at the phone company. What those changes might be is debatable, but something would have to give, eh?