They aren't going to get only 35 subscribers. This is the *New York Times* we are talking about¡
They will get 1,000 or so subscribers. So they will gross about $20,000 a month, maybe $15,000 a month after you net out sales and marketing costs. And their variable costs for supporting this project (mostly amortized hardware, connectivity, amortized web design, and salaries) will probably be in low six figures a month. That's my naked prediction.
OK, maybe they will get 5,000 subscribers and only lose their shirts.
We've established what you are, now we are just negotiating price
I was going to write this as well.
The survey results (as reported by Mike) don't get at
1. What people who have already paid are currently doing? I've paid in the past, found I could get a similar alternative without paying, and stopped paying.
2. For the people willing to pay, how much are they willing to pay. Give me my Arizona Wildcats basketball video online for three bucks a game and I'm there. Make it $14.95 and I'm not. So, yeah, I'm willing to pay. We just haven't made a market yet.
Escaping persecution? So that's why they call them "Mayflower" vans.
My reading of the legislation suggests that the Republican Party in South Carolina, if they intend to support a 2012 candidate for President other than Barack Obama, is planning to advocate, teach, advise and practice the act of seizing or overthrowing the government of the United States.
It's what we do every four years.
So, now they have to register or be in violation of the law. Or move out of South Carolina.
If the school paid money for the design, they should go after their designer - and get that person to pay their costs for the redesign/repainting etc. It would have been fraud.
And if the design was contributed by a student or employee who didn't know better; well, you get what you pay for.
Either way, Dodge could have made this a win/win and didn't.
Is the olympics happening again? I hadn't noticed.
OK, seriously - I know the olympics are happening, but I can't say I care. I don't think I've watched much of any olympics in 12 or 16 years. It's not that I'm not a sports fan: I check football, basketball, and hockey scores online most every night - and watch a game or two on TV each week.
But I lost interest in the olympics around the time the US broadcasters went US only in their coverage of it. The absurd trademark police don't help, but truthfully I'd put up with that absurdity if the sports they broadcast interested me.
I had high hopes a decade ago that cable and internet would open up many channels to allow me to pick and choose sports to watch. Alas, no.
If jurors are permitted to do their own research, then won't we have a cottage industry emerge with the specific purpose of putting information in front of jurors to lobby them toward a particular conclusion?
I strongly suspect that outcome would take about 15 minutes to develop. Then the question becomes: do we police that cottage industry in some way (to, for example, prevent interested parties from lying to jurors), or do we simply consider that part of the eco-system of justice and everything is fair play?
Not sure what you are getting at with DP and Fox. Am in Chicago too and have been following the case. I know about the current proceedings about use of hearsay - but what did Fox do.
And for others: as of yet there is no jury in this case.
So, when I go to an ATM, am I supposed to determine whether it is connected via the Internet to know whether I have to be licensed to use it? And if I am not licensed, am I breaking the law?
Third, did they confirm that the students became fans of the page AFTER the actionable offending material was added to it?
After all, I can create a benign page on Facebook, garner lots of friends, and then alter page content to make it malignant. It would be unfair to punish friends of the page who hadn't realized the content changed.
Without knowing the cost structure for the different formats (hard cover, soft cover, e-books), I can't evaluate what the logical pricing model should be.
But it seems to me that once variable costs are figured in, the publisher should know what the contribution margin is for any given book in every possible format. And--this is the key point--shouldn't the publisher be indifferent to format if it is receiving the same contribution margin?
For some reason publishers don't seem to be--and I can't figure out why.
I have no idea the legality, but I do know that Tempur-Pedic sets the retail pricing of its mattresses. Dealers are not permitted to either discount or surcharge the list price (though they find fancy ways to get around this vendor restriction).
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leaky ship
Or are the industry trade groups driving the process within these countries against leaking?
Big difference.
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Re: patent supporter
In my world of patent reform, the life-span of a patent would be much shorter. Say somewhere in the neighborhood of five years.
Separate conversation, but I'd also make copyright much shorter as well.
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Re: NYT - Mad on iPad
They will get 1,000 or so subscribers. So they will gross about $20,000 a month, maybe $15,000 a month after you net out sales and marketing costs. And their variable costs for supporting this project (mostly amortized hardware, connectivity, amortized web design, and salaries) will probably be in low six figures a month. That's my naked prediction.
OK, maybe they will get 5,000 subscribers and only lose their shirts.
On the post: Will People Pay For Content Online?
We've established what you are, now we are just negotiating price
The survey results (as reported by Mike) don't get at
1. What people who have already paid are currently doing? I've paid in the past, found I could get a similar alternative without paying, and stopped paying.
2. For the people willing to pay, how much are they willing to pay. Give me my Arizona Wildcats basketball video online for three bucks a game and I'm there. Make it $14.95 and I'm not. So, yeah, I'm willing to pay. We just haven't made a market yet.
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tongue in cheek?
On the post: Behavioral Economist Dan Ariely Explains The Problem With The NY Times Paywall
Two all beef patties...
I am sure that McDonalds corporate brand includes the concept that meals are inexpensive.
But I can't get out of my head the early 1970s ad campaign about "burger, fries, and coke... and change back for your dollar."
That's my anchor - and Mickey D's did such a good job of putting it into my head, everything else seems expensive to me.
NYTimes: you are in the same boat now too.
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Escaping persecution? So that's why they call them "Mayflower" vans.
It's what we do every four years.
So, now they have to register or be in violation of the law. Or move out of South Carolina.
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sue the designer
And if the design was contributed by a student or employee who didn't know better; well, you get what you pay for.
Either way, Dodge could have made this a win/win and didn't.
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Sigh
OK, seriously - I know the olympics are happening, but I can't say I care. I don't think I've watched much of any olympics in 12 or 16 years. It's not that I'm not a sports fan: I check football, basketball, and hockey scores online most every night - and watch a game or two on TV each week.
But I lost interest in the olympics around the time the US broadcasters went US only in their coverage of it. The absurd trademark police don't help, but truthfully I'd put up with that absurdity if the sports they broadcast interested me.
I had high hopes a decade ago that cable and internet would open up many channels to allow me to pick and choose sports to watch. Alas, no.
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Where to I sign up?
On the post: Why Shouldn't Jurors Be Able To Use Technology To Do More Research?
Lets take this to the next step
I strongly suspect that outcome would take about 15 minutes to develop. Then the question becomes: do we police that cottage industry in some way (to, for example, prevent interested parties from lying to jurors), or do we simply consider that part of the eco-system of justice and everything is fair play?
On the post: Why Shouldn't Jurors Be Able To Use Technology To Do More Research?
Re: Re: The only problem I see
And for others: as of yet there is no jury in this case.
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My deposit to this conversation1
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We are registered at The Limited
On the post: Students Given Detention Just For Becoming 'Fans' Of A Page Making Fun Of A Teacher
THIRD...
After all, I can create a benign page on Facebook, garner lots of friends, and then alter page content to make it malignant. It would be unfair to punish friends of the page who hadn't realized the content changed.
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Contribution margin question
But it seems to me that once variable costs are figured in, the publisher should know what the contribution margin is for any given book in every possible format. And--this is the key point--shouldn't the publisher be indifferent to format if it is receiving the same contribution margin?
For some reason publishers don't seem to be--and I can't figure out why.
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Sleeping it off
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I might be a giant
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Huh?
I am not a Cablevision subscriber.
Newsday says they aren't interested in a paywall to get people to pay.
I go to the Newsday site, but can't read their product as I haven't paid.
Don't they want me to read their product (and see the ads on those pages?)
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an uphill battle
Trademark "iPed" before Apple gets into the bicycle computer business.
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