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I'd add the fact that they had a quarterly net loss of $88.1 million to you TL;DR.

The real headline is that the NYT is supported by neither, but gets more money from subscribers than advertisers. It will be interesting to see if they can get enough subscribers to become profitable again.

It doesn't matter.

The NYTimes is the official mouthpiece for the US government, no matter who is in the White House. They will never be allowed to fail. (until some other mouthpiece for the White House emerges)

Before you 'junk' me, why not read the words the editor of the NYTimes, Bill Keller, spoke 2 years ago:

http://ggdrafts.blogspot.com.br/2012/07/bill-keller-and-us-g...

That blogpost in no way supports your statement. In fact, quite the opposite.

If you think retaining some information at the behest of a government or source makes you a corrupt broker of information... Then there's never been a pure news agent ever.

Barack Obama does not approve this message!

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/16/us/politics/latest-word-on...

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