User talk:Tempshill/nyt

New York Times cover price
What is the history of the price of the NY Times? How much did it cost when first published? In 1960? In 1990?


 * Interesting. I assume you're interested in the weekday price and not the extra-large Sunday price; and also that you're less interested in price variations outside of New York, which at various times has been defined as being "within 50 miles of the city", within 75 miles, and probably other definitions over time.  I haven't found a nice graph of the price after Googling a bit.  Our article The New York Times says it was 1 cent per copy at its debut in 1851, when it was called the "New-York Daily Times".  I searched on the NY Times website for "new york times" newsstand price and on Google similarly and found the following; note there are plenty of gaps.


 * 1851: Price was 1 cent
 * 1883: Price was 2 cents
 * 1912: Price was 1 cent
 * 1918: Price was 2 cents
 * 1960: Price was 5 cents
 * 1968: Price was 10 cents (June)
 * 1970: Raised from ? to 15 cents
 * 1974: changed from 15 cents to 20 cents
 * Interestingly, this abstract says this increase was "subject to favorable rulings by the Cost of Living Council."
 * 1979: changed from ? to 25 cents
 * 1982: changed from 25 cents to 30 cents
 * 1991: changed from 30 cents to 35 cents
 * 1994: changed from 50 cents to 60 cents
 * 1999: changed from 60 cents to 75 cents
 * 2002: changed from 75 cents to 1 dollar
 * 2007: changed from $1.00 to $1.25
 * 2008: changed from $1.25 to $1.50


 * A graph of this, were the data to be completed, would be a nice addition to the NYT article. (And would be even more interesting if graphed against its rivals.  The Post dropped its price at least once in recent times.)  If you had an hour at your local library with all the NY Times articles microfiched, you could rather quickly use sampling to find out the years that price changes occurred, or just look up the years you were interested in.  Tempshill (talk) 01:15, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I saw a book at the bookstore today that had all the New York Times front pages...now of course I can't find it again. But I assume the prices are on every front page. Adam Bishop (talk) 02:30, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Aha, here it is. Adam Bishop (talk) 03:33, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
 * A semilog plot woud be linear if the price increased exponentially. Edison (talk) 03:08, 27 June 2009 (UTC)