New York Times Co. Reports $24M Profit, Thanks to Digital Subscribers

Re:New York Times Co. Reports $24M Profit, Thanks to Digital... by johnpowell on Thursday August 09, 2018 @02:26AM (#17722006)

My mom delivers papers for the New York Times. The pay is garbage but she is old and getting Social Security. She likes to drive around and people-watch. She is also on the route that mostly delivers to Starbucks, Safeway, the airport, 7/11, and Albertsons. It is the best route since you just drop 20 papers on the doorstep of a Starbucks.

She delivers about 500 papers a night. And she is just one of the 20+ drivers in our city of 180K people.

So people do still buy them.

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Re:New York Times Co. Reports $24M Profit, Thanks to Digital... by rsync on Thursday August 09, 2018 @09:40AM (#17724050)

I buy the NYT from retail when I have the time and leisure to sit and read a newspaper. I like the fact that you can be in fairly provincial settings (small towns, etc.) but if there is a starbucks, the NYT will be for sale ...

I note that it is frequently sold out at those starbucks locations (after lunch, at least) so it appears that others buy them there as well.

FWIW, I am a sunday-only print version subscriber.

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