On 11/02/2011 11:53 AM, scott wrote:
>>>> Perhaps for Time-Warner it isn't. For my local newspaper that employs
>>>> maybe 20 people, it probably is.
>>>
>>> Do you have any idea how much it costs to employ 20 people?
>>
>> Given what it must cost to employ 20 people, and the pitiful amount of
>> money the local newspaper presumably makes, I would imagine every last
>> penny counts, yes.
>
> Maybe it's news to you, but not every company makes negative or near
> zero profit.

For sure. But I would expect the local newspaper to be one of the ones 
that does have tiny profit margins.

> Besides, you didn't answer my question, if you had
> correctly answered it you'd realise how tiny a one-off $1000 payment is
> compared to the other amounts dealt with when running a company of 20
> people.

Well, when you put it that way, I guess it *is* only a one-off cost...

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