[lbo-talk] "progressive" press

Jim Devine jdevine03 at gmail.com
Fri Feb 3 12:12:37 PST 2006


advertising revenues really count because angels and donors get tired of giving money after awhile.

On 2/3/06, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> Jim Devine wrote:
>
> >Doug:
> > > Low circ of progressive pubs: The Nation's circ is at record levels.
> > > It recently surpassed National Review to become the most popular
> > > journal of opinion in the US, and it's way ahead of The New Republic
> > > and The Weekly Standard.
> >
> >How about their advertising revenues (what really counts)?
>
> Not sure why that really counts, but The Nation is slightly
> profitable now, and TNR and TWS both require subsidies from their
> owners. I think NR also lose money.
>
> Doug
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