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From: Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

~Guatum Actually Wrote~: >>>>>>>The Fool wrote:

> The conventional wisdom on the main network news
> broadcasts is that they lose money significantly. 
> That may be incorrect (I'm not a media expert) but my
> impression is that they are treated as loss-leaders. 
> The demographics of their audience are _extremely_
> old, and advertisers generally pay much lower rates
> for elderly eyeballs.

I'm astounded that this perception persists... but since the media treat 
the media as a virtually taboo subject for real journalism, I suppose it 
shouldn't surprise me.

They are very profitable.

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