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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    10/22/09

    In reply to Arthur Sulzberger: Employee Dedication, and Layoffs, Are Moving NYT in 'Right Direction'
    What a bunch of bureaucratic horseshit, and I say that as someone who has had P & L responsibilities for print publications. The spinning and lack of vision are jaw-drop worthy, while the utter insensitivity to the laid off employees--they are merely expenses--is all too typical of a business climate in which lives are measured only by the bottom line. Keller's memo had class; this one is shameful. #newyorktimes
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    Image of daveyjonesisdead daveyjonesisdead
    10/22/09

    In reply to Arthur Sulzberger: Employee Dedication, and Layoffs, Are Moving NYT in 'Right Direction'
    "Clearly, the demand for our quality journalism in print
    remains substantial." Substantial, but, um, falling. #newyorktimes
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    Image of Monte Wooley Monte Wooley
    09/21/09

    In reply to New York Times Execs Are Overpaid Even By Their Own Standards
    The freedom to destroy the press (and cash out in the process) belongs to the man who owns one.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    09/21/09

    @Monte Wooley: thank u aj
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    Image of Nic Fit Nic Fit
    09/21/09

    In reply to New York Times Execs Are Overpaid Even By Their Own Standards
    In all fairness, those stock options are worth roughly the same amount as the paper they are printed on.
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    Image of FormerEnglishMajor FormerEnglishMajor
    09/21/09

    @Nic Fit: They "over-issued" to make up for that. And I'll guess that the strike price on those options is nice and low so they're "in the money" as soon as possible. There's a zillion ways to game the system, especially when you run the place. You know, the "Golden Rule" - he who has the gold...
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    Image of DeadFred DeadFred
    07/25/09

    In reply to The New York Times Describes Online 'Membership' Plans
    This may not be as sinister as you think. Most big advertisers talking premium rates (NOT the advertisers you see on Gawker) are getting pretty anal about results-oriented advertising -- they want real, measurable leads generated from their advertising. That trend has already played out in tech (where sites like Computerworld and C|Net are basically chasing the last 10 active advertisers), and it's moving over to the general Internet ad world.

    By setting up a premium section, the NYTimes is also creating a premium set of readers to pitch to advertisers. The WSJ has already done this, which is why the WSJ will never stray beyond a pay model: advertisers just love it. What really is happening is we're seeing the beginning of the end of broadbased crap Internet advertising that just throws a ton of impressions out there and prays for a 1 percent clickthrough. Vertical is back in.
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    Image of El_Gato El_Gato
    07/24/09

    In reply to The New York Times Describes Online 'Membership' Plans
    What the hell is up with all this crap that's being offered? The vast majority of readers have no interest in this stuff -- they just want the articles, with no frills. Simple as that.
    Either charge people a low flat rate for the year or use the iTunes model: Have people input their credit card info and then charge them a nominal fee every article. Sometime like a penny or a nickel per article. It's perfect: inexpensive enough that people won't mind clicking on articles, and yet it'll garner so many subscribers that over time it'll pay off. This silver package/gold package stuff is nonsense.
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    Image of Baroness Baroness
    07/24/09

    In reply to The New York Times Describes Online 'Membership' Plans
    For the Platinum Package, Michiko Kakutani will limn you. Oh, how she'll limn you, soldier. For quite a long time, I understand.

    MoDo will shake cocktails and watch your pathetic performance, offering real-time emasculation. Friedman's mustache will tap-dance, interpretively in a neo-Indian style. Verlyn will bring the kind bud. Judy Miller will dress up and scare your kids at Hallowe'en. Bob Herbert will drop by when you have insomnia. And of course, Brooks will do any damned thing you like, no matter how degrading.

    Paul Krugman is currently unavailable for this Platinum package.
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    Image of i'm a bottle i'm a bottle
    07/24/09

    @Baroness: ...but he's available with the Platinum Executive Level Plus.
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    Image of Baroness Baroness
    07/24/09

    @i'm a bottle: No! The Krug can't be bought! His medal from that Scandinavian country is like Wonder Woman's bracelets, deflecting corruptive offers! He told me this at one of Bono's (borring!) parties.
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    Image of Peter Feld Peter Feld
    07/24/09

    In reply to The New York Times Describes Online 'Membership' Plans
    Yeah I once wrote a survey sort of like this, it ended up in Krucoff's inbox.
    http://is.gd/1KUIT
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    Image of Greasy Thumb Guzik Greasy Thumb Guzik
    07/24/09

    In reply to The New York Times Describes Online 'Membership' Plans
    I would only pay for the Gold if I was given the ability to proof & correct all of Allesandra Stanley's articles before they went to print or online.
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    Image of Cynical Media Bitch Cynical Media Bitch
    07/24/09

    @Greasy Thumb Guzik: For that much work, I get paid by the hour, with double rate for anything filed on weekends or within an hour of my deadline.
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    Image of Ephraim Gadsby Ephraim Gadsby
    07/24/09

    In reply to The New York Times Describes Online 'Membership' Plans
    Stop work on the future of journalism! We've found it - and it's coffee mugs.
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    Image of Cannot Find Server Cannot Find Server
    07/24/09

    In reply to The New York Times Describes Online 'Membership' Plans
    They had something similar to FirstLook back in the TimesSelect era. Basically, they sent out an email on Wednesdays to subscribers (like myself) and Times Select members with links to some advance Sunday stories, so, yes, Dining, Magazine, Sunday Arts.
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    Image of Cynical Media Bitch Cynical Media Bitch
    07/24/09

    @Cannot Find Server: I thought this sounded familiar, but did you get a tote bag?
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    Image of DennyCrane DennyCrane
    07/24/09

    In reply to The New York Times Describes Online 'Membership' Plans
    There's only one way this has a chance in hell of working: Have the website updated only every morning with new stories, updated only for breaking news and blogs, and give FirstLook customers an opportunity to see tomorrow's stories when they're finished (much like the website is updated now).
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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    07/24/09

    In reply to The New York Times Describes Online 'Membership' Plans
    This is a total Onion fake-out. In actuality, we can look forward to a new industrial Chinese publisher.
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    Image of daveyjonesisdead daveyjonesisdead
    07/24/09

    @iplaudius: You mean, the Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co. Times?
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    Image of daveyjonesisdead daveyjonesisdead
    07/24/09

    In reply to The New York Times Describes Online 'Membership' Plans
    Does it come with a Members Only jacket as a premium? Cuz then I'm in.
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    Image of meechybee meechybee
    07/24/09

    In reply to The New York Times Describes Online 'Membership' Plans
    I think you read it wrong. They're actually asking for gold and silver.
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