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2008-10-19 Home Front Economy

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Posted by tipper 2008-10-19 01:42|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ] Top

#1 But they'll have the last laugh if they get a President Obama and a Democratic supermajority. :(

Posted by AzCat 2008-10-19 03:05|| 2008-10-19 03:05|| Front Page Top

#2 I suspect the usual BDS laced editorial meetings end with something like "To the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee."

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-10-19 09:33|| 2008-10-19 09:33|| Front Page Top

#3 You mean to tell me that there are still some people who will buy NYT stock? And pay around $15 per share? Amazing.

Posted by Varmint Thater7147 2008-10-19 10:20|| 2008-10-19 10:20|| Front Page Top

#4 I have their quotes on my Yahoo Finance, just cuz it makes my black heart happy

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-10-19 10:27|| 2008-10-19 10:27|| Front Page Top

#5 LOL Frank G. isn't really dark, he has the heart of a young boy.

he keeps it on his desk

Posted by .5MT 2008-10-19 10:29|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net] 2008-10-19 10:29|| Front Page Top

#6 Remember that the Sulzbergers have had a policy in place for years to drive down the stock price of the NYT, so they can buy it back for pennies, and privatize it, utterly screwing their investors.

For this reason, look at every major gaffe at the paper as possibly being intentional.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-10-19 12:57|| 2008-10-19 12:57|| Front Page Top

#7 The problem with a scorched earth policy is that you assume you will be able to rebuild it eventually afterward. Given the declining position of all old media, that's not a given. As the phrase goes, timing is everything.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-10-19 13:27|| 2008-10-19 13:27|| Front Page Top

#8 What a completely irrelevant piece of super-thrash who's only audience that believes it is resident in a 4 block area of the upper west side of Manhattan. I still get the Sunday edition in order to practice the exercises from my anger management classes and do the crossword puzzle.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2008-10-19 14:22|| 2008-10-19 14:22|| Front Page Top

#9 The press are not supporting him because they love the guy. They know he will be just like the Clintons and the press will control him. This is all about control of our president and the press controlling our country.

Posted by 49 Pan 2008-10-19 17:02|| 2008-10-19 17:02|| Front Page Top

#10 The NYT pension plan was underfunded even before the recent market collapse and probably much more so now. The company's cash flow may be already insufficient to meet pension obligations and is shrinking.

The Times and it's workers need an administration willing to bail out union negotiated pension plans. Obama, Pelosi and Reed will have control over the federal purse and are exactly what the company and union need to solve a big problem.

Posted by DoDo 2008-10-19 17:05|| 2008-10-19 17:05|| Front Page Top

#11 a graphical rep of their spiral, courtesy of SixMeatBuffet

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-10-19 17:19|| 2008-10-19 17:19|| Front Page Top

#12

Posted by 3dc 2008-10-19 17:58|| 2008-10-19 17:58|| Front Page Top

#13 In the end the NYT will be sold for the same price as TVGuide:$1. That's for the whole company, not a copy of the rag.

Posted by Minister of funny walks 2008-10-19 18:26|| 2008-10-19 18:26|| Front Page Top

#14 When the talented small business owner reaches the $250K mark which is the point where anything over that goes to B.O., then that owner will not reason advertise or to run more employment adds.

Dumb butt journalists don't realize no one is going to work hard beyond the $250K mark just to give it to B.O.. So B.O. gets no money, newspapers get no money, unemployment sky rockets with no way for the government to pay the high unemployment since no one is hiring.

Posted by Claiter Speaking for Boskone9131 2008-10-19 22:15|| 2008-10-19 22:15|| Front Page Top

#15 "then that owner will not reason" should read "then that owner will have no reason to advertise or to run more employment ads."

Posted by Claiter Speaking for Boskone9131 2008-10-19 22:16|| 2008-10-19 22:16|| Front Page Top

#16 If that trend holds they won't see '09.

Posted by Fred 2008-10-19 22:34|| 2008-10-19 22:34|| Front Page Top

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