January 08, 2009

How to save the New York Times

Do you really want to get your news from the New York Post?

The Atlantic speculates that the New York Times could go out of business this May. Along with every other "old media" enterprise, the Times is struggling with massive debt and decreased profits. The digital version of the paper is doing great, but it's paper version that makes money. How can the New York Times be saved? We have three suggestions:

A Constitutional Amendment that would require all Americans to subscribe to The Weekender. Write your congressperson today! You don't have to read the actual newspaper (that's what the internet's for). You just have to keep the Times on the kitchen table until next weekend's Weekender comes, at which point you will recycle last weekend's Weekender.

New gay sex ads section called Kneel Estate. So that upper middle class gays can find one another, including the recurring photographic essay series, "What you get for... $50.00."

Log off the internet, you godamn Marxist. Close your browser and cancel your ISP. The communist internet is destroying capitalism. News is free, ads are free, even decent porn is free. Look at the tabs in your browser... if you aren't paying for that content, who is? No one. You thieving, Ruski, Manson-loving hippie.

Posted by: Laurie Kilmartin      I’m a fan of Laurie Kilmartin
Related Stories

James Rotondi
We're in a "Repression": The Economics of Shame

An open letter from Michigan auto workers to The South

Laid off? Try these not-yet-doomed career paths

Lee Stranahan
President Bush: Pardon O.J. Now! Now, I Say!
Comments (6)
Comments FAQ  | 0 comments pending
Commenting is disabled
Jick20761
posted 12:58 am on 01/09/2009
See profile | I'm a fan of Jick20761
Bailout!

larry278
posted 10:49 pm on 01/08/2009
See profile | I'm a fan of larry278
Fish farts, why save the NYT? The Sunday Magazine doesn't have the sexy girdle ads of the late 1940's & 50's. Besides, we have porn sites now for cheap erotic thrills.

PATina
posted 4:42 pm on 01/08/2009
See profile | I'm a fan of PATina
I actually thought about subscribing to The Weekender program they keep advertising... but I remembered I don't even subscribe to my own local rag.

DirtyJerz
posted 11:47 am on 01/08/2009
See profile | I'm a fan of DirtyJerz
Get one free order of "Freedom Fries" with every issue.

RamaLamaDingDong768
posted 11:24 am on 01/08/2009
See profile | I'm a fan of RamaLamaDingDong768
If you really want to save the Times, they need to create a TV format to deliver exactly what they would print in their paper and get media ad revenue to fund it and broadcast it on cable just like WGN or WTBS do. I know they would get huge audiences worldwide. I actually suggested this to them in an email last year and nothing has come of it apparently, even though they acknowledged my suggestions.

Maxx
posted 10:46 am on 01/08/2009
See profile | I'm a fan of Maxx
DAMN PINKOS ARE DESTROYING MY NEWS PAPER WITH THEIR TUBES

Daily   Weekly
Get Our Newsletter