{"id":11312,"date":"2015-03-06T09:12:05","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T14:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=11312"},"modified":"2015-03-06T09:12:05","modified_gmt":"2015-03-06T14:12:05","slug":"why-the-daily-news-is-losing-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=11312","title":{"rendered":"Why the Daily News is losing money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Daily News is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/politics\/nra-sick-reference-gabby-giffords-attack-article-1.2139045\" target=\"_blank\">upset with the NRA<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Hitting a new low in its bullying barrage against gun laws, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nra.org\" target=\"_blank\">National Rifle Association<\/a> on Thursday targeted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americansforresponsiblesolutions.org\" target=\"_blank\">Gabrielle Giffords<\/a> in an attack mocking her 2011 shooting &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What exactly did they say?<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Gabby Giffords: Everyone Should Have to Pass Background Check My Attacker Passed <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/UnVQNvuMLL\">http:\/\/t.co\/UnVQNvuMLL<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/2A?src=hash\">#2A<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NRA?src=hash\">#NRA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NRA (@NRA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NRA\/status\/573503335468306433\">March 5, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The DN is upset because <strong>it&#8217;s true<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230; The NRA has previously treaded carefully in public references to Giffords. Thursday\u2019s tweet marked the most direct attack by the gun group and the first to reference her shooting, sources said &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>About time too.  Far too often NRA spokesmen act like they&#8217;ve got a stick up their butt.  They need to lighten up and do a lot more things like this.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230; Giffords declined through a spokesman to respond to attack. But other lawmakers blasted the NRA &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Like anyone cares, especially readers of the paper.  How is all this hard-left hate reporting <a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2015\/02\/26\/mort-zuckerman-hires-banker-to-explore-daily-news-sale\/\" target=\"_blank\">going over with the public<\/a>?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Daily News owner <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/profile\/mortimer-zuckerman\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mort Zuckerman<\/a> appears ready to toss in the towel on his money-losing tabloid.  In a memo to a stunned staff on Thursday, Zuckerman announced he had hired investment bank <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lazard.com\" target=\"_blank\">Lazard<\/a> to explore a sale &#8230; While the The Daily News does not report its financial results, industry sources estimate <strong>it loses $20 million to $30 million a year<\/strong> on revenues thought to be around $170 million &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The DN isn&#8217;t going to continue doing business following this model for long.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D11312&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=11312\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=11312\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=11312\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Daily News is upset with the NRA: &#8220;Hitting a new low in its bullying barrage against gun laws, the National Rifle Association on Thursday targeted Gabrielle Giffords in an attack mocking her 2011 shooting &#8230;&#8221; What exactly did they say? 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