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Re:Newspapers Lose $10 Dollars in Print for Every $1 Gained ... by JumpCrisscross on Monday March 19, 2012 @02:03PM (#3725249)
When acquired, the Huffington Post enjoyed margins around 30% [1] versus the New York Times's 9-10% [2]. Deflating based on this datapoint alone implies a profit differential of 3:1 versus 10:1.

[1] http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2011-03-07-aol-huffington_...

[2] http://www.google.com/finance?q=NYSE:NYT&fstype=ii

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