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alleyinsider.com - 1/31/2009

Printing The NYT Costs Twice As Much As Sending Every Subscriber A Free Kindle

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KindleNYTimes.jpg Not that it's anything we think the New York Times Company should do, but we thought it was worth pointing out that it costs the Times about twice as much money to print and deliver the newspaper over a year as it would cost to send each of its subscribers a brand new Amazon ...

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mobileread.com - 2/7/2009

Exclusive: Amazon Kindle 2 official images + price + release date - MobileRead Forums

— mobileread.com — Welcome to the MobileRead Forums. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you... limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community today , you will have fewer ads, access to post ... (more) Exclusive: Amazon Kindle 2 official images + price + ...

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i.gizmodo.com - 2/7/2009

Kindle 2 Official Images and Price Leak: $359 on February 24 [Kindle 2]

— i.gizmodo.com — Mobileread just got a bunch of official-looking Kindle 2 photos, which show it in various states being... held and read, plus info that it's being released for $359 on February 24. From the photos, it looks definitely a LOT thinner than the first, and ... (more) Kindle 2 Official Images and Price Leak: $359 on ...

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engadget.com - 2/7/2009

Official-looking Kindle 2 pictures and pricing leak out

— engadget.com — We're not going to call it official yet, but a bunch of very real-looking Kindle 2 press... images just hit the tubes, and we've got to say we're pretty convinced. Although the device itself looks basically the same as in those previously-leaked ... (more) Official-looking Kindle 2 pictures and pricing leak out

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Why Print Is Doomed [Media]
Gizmodo — "It would cost the Times about half as much money to send every single one of its subscribers a brand new Amazon Kindle instead of a physical newspaper each day." Check the sobering math: [SAI] ...

Print Is Doomed, By the Numbers [Media]
Gizmodo — "It would cost the Times about half as much money to send every single one of its subscribers a brand new Amazon Kindle instead of a physical newspaper each day." Over three months! [SAI] ...

NYT could cut costs in half by giving subscribers a Kindle
CrunchGear — ... Silicon Alley Insider has found that printing the New York Times costs twice as much as if the company gave every subscriber an ...

Should the New York Times just give all subscribers Kindles?
Boing Boing Gadgets — ... not even in the ballpark. Are we trying to say the the New York Times should force all its print subscribers onto the Kindle or else? No. That would kill ad revenues and also, not everyone loves the Kindle. What we're trying to say is that as a technology for delivering the news, newsprint isn't just expensive and inefficient; it's laughably so. There's few people even in print media these days who wouldn't nod their head to that last point. Printing The NYT Costs Twice As Much As Sending Every Subscriber A Free Kindle [Alley ...