Comments on: They Don’t Like Profits Anyway

By: McGehee

McGehee — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 02:35:22 +0000

Except that universities tend to be taxpayer-funded.

The surest way to win right-of-center support for a Fairness Doctrine would be to go that route.

By: Windy Wilson

Windy Wilson — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:35:04 +0000

Making the NYT (or should it be NYFT?) a non-profit would also put it on the same footing as those other bastions of leftist ideology, the universities.

By: Charlie (Colorado)

Charlie (Colorado) — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:51:44 +0000

The NYT is already headed towards zero profits for as far as the eye can see — so why not make it official?

When did the NYT’s financials improve that much?

By: Veeshir

Veeshir — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:08:52 +0000

You see frank, they write what people are supposed to want to read. The problem is that the people are too stupid.

So it’s really our fault if you think about it.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:00:55 +0000

Frank, you madcap!

By: frank martin

frank martin — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:59:26 +0000

Gee, why don’t they try writing something that people want to read?

By: Larry J

Larry J — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:56:36 +0000

Once they turn themselves into offical non-profits*, then they’ll petition the government for bailouts.

*All a non-profit really means is that all of the money gets spent on things like salaries. There are a lot of non-profits where the senior executives pull in huge paychecks. There are several universities where the head honcho pulls in a million dollars a year. Being a “non-profit” doesn’t mean anything noble.