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This year
Printing The NYT Costs Twice As Much As Sending Every Subscriber A Free Kindle
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.
2008
No Lull in Mortgage Pitches - NYT
Pakistanis Deal Severe Defeat to Musharraf in Election - NYT
Bleak New Batch of Data on Economy - NYT
Black Leader, a Clinton Ally, Tilts to Obama - NYT
House Holds Bush Aides in Contempt - NYT
Fed Chief Hints at Further Rate Cuts - NYT
Another Goldman Perk: Sex Changes -- NYT
Retailers Report Weak January Sales - NYT
Exxon Mobil Profit Sets Record Again - NYT
Massachusetts Accuses Merrill of Fraud - NYT
Looking Anew at Campaign Cash and Elected Judges - NYT
Memo Details Objections to Command Center Site - NYT
Next on the Worry List: Shaky Insurers of Bonds - NYT
In Matters Big and Small, Crossing Giuliani Had Price - NYT
Web Site Assembles U.S. Prewar Claims - NYT
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2007
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Our Founding Illegals - NYT
2006
The Alps are Melting
New Jersey Court Backs Rights for Same-Sex Unions - NYT
