Comments on: NYT: Revenue plummets, debt is junk

By: Gordon Livery

Gordon Livery — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:14:43 +0000

As a business owner I've seen software and the internet destroy my business by giving all the things people used to pay me for. The internet takes all peoples talents and things they could do to earn a living and gives them away to others in a one shot software deal. In many cases others who have not studied those skills properly are using that software to give away the business for free just to get attention on the internet. Where four of us were able to do business, there is only now just myself and what I have now will soon be gone. But that's not the worst of it. There's not much I can retrain for that will pay a living wage anymore. Computers are not our friends, they promote poverty and steal time.

By: Gordon Livery

Gordon Livery — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:14:43 +0000

By: CanWest coverage update : Notes from a Teacher

CanWest coverage update : Notes from a Teacher — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:55:48 +0000

[...] — compare it to the number of pieces written about the NYT’s troubles, including Mathew’s own — is that CanWest’s financial condition has been shaky for so long, that the current [...]

By: mathewi

mathewi — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:11:03 +0000

Well, the NYT is doing pretty well online — growing strongly, and making pretty good money. Their problem is that all of that is a drop in the bucket compared to the money they're losing on the paper business. Online-only properties don't have that problem.

By: Rob Hyndman

Rob Hyndman — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:56:42 +0000

I guess I have to wonder how, if the NYT, one of the strongest media brands on the planet, can only scrape chicken feed together in online revenues, the big ad-driven social media sites are worth anything near what is claimed :)