I also am a fan, but you are wrong about the New Yorker, and TAL being competitive. I too thought that such good news has to be worth a lot, buy as it turns out they don't make money.
The New Yorker is basically philanthropy. According to the comments of more then a few journalists, the guy who owns the new Yorker doesn't care if it makes money, or even if it looses some money because he just wants to be the guy that owns the New Yorker.
I think that what it comes down too is that not enough people like news like this.
Another problem is that its hard for something like TAL to do all the news. There needs to be more local, and regional shows like TAL to get useful coverage.
That being said I am glad to know that so many people like good journalism, it means at least there is a hope that it will pull through.
> The New Yorker is basically philanthropy. According to the comments of more then a few journalists, the guy who owns the new Yorker doesn't care if it makes money, or even if it looses some money because he just wants to be the guy that owns the New Yorker.
That sounds more like Harper's, which is run by John R. MacArthur, the same family as the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, which gives MacArthur "Genius" grants and is the "more just, peaceful, and verdant" sponsor of NPR.
The New Yorker is owned by Conde Nast, which is most decidedly in favor of making money. Because it's part of a large portfolio of Magazines (Wired, Vogue, Glamour, Vanity Fair, Bon Appetit, on and on), there's little data about its individual profitability.
The New Yorker is basically philanthropy. According to the comments of more then a few journalists, the guy who owns the new Yorker doesn't care if it makes money, or even if it looses some money because he just wants to be the guy that owns the New Yorker.
I think that what it comes down too is that not enough people like news like this.
Another problem is that its hard for something like TAL to do all the news. There needs to be more local, and regional shows like TAL to get useful coverage.
That being said I am glad to know that so many people like good journalism, it means at least there is a hope that it will pull through.