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Re: Farewell: New York Times Cans Play

Eamonn — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:43:09 -0000

I know it wouldn't have made financial sense, but for the sake of the journalism, I feel like it could have been done. Who knows, though?

Re: Farewell: New York Times Cans Play

Ryan C. — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:41:58 -0000

Good point.

However, I'm inclined to think since ad buys in print are still at a higher rate than the Web, even scaling back the operation and doing it online only wouldn't have saved them enough scrill.

I'll have Sig run that through a cost-benefit analysis on the Zoladex to be sure, though.

Re: Farewell: New York Times Cans Play

Eamonn — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:22:10 -0000

I suppose if NYT is determined to cut Play, they'll do so no matter what -- if they can't sell the ads, they can't sell the ads. Fine. But can someone explain to me why NYT can't scale back the staff, cut the print product, and produce Play as an online-only magazine four times a year? Maybe there just isn't any money for staff, I don't know. But if the editor was willing to ditch the print side and still do the journalism, I'd still be reading.

Anyway, back to the tone of blockquoted friend: Oh noes! The internet is ruining everything!