The NY Times now issues the largest paper receipt in the world for it's digital content... Delivered to your door!

The New York Times’s legacy business is the printed newspaper. They charge less for a print subscription than an all-inclusive digital subscription, despite the fact that all print subscriptions include an all-inclusive digital subscription. This makes no sense. You pay less but get something that intuitively bears a significant real cost: hundreds of pounds of printed newspaper delivered to your home throughout the year. The pricing steers people toward the legacy business.

 

"I thought you said your dog doesn't bite!" he remarks angrily. Replies the clerk, "That's not my dog."

It is surprising how something as portentous as an epiphany resembles the punch line of a joke: "Does your dog bite?" Inspector Clouseau of The Pink Panther fame asks the hotel clerk as he sees a dog at his feet. "No," the clerk responds. Clouseau bends over to pet the dog and has his sleeve ripped off. "I thought you said your dog doesn't bite!" he remarks angrily. Replies the clerk, "That's not my dog."

How visionaries, like Steve Jobs, develop their ideas - Mar. 15, 2011
http://money.cnn.com/2011/03/15/news/companies/steve_jobs_thought_process.fortune/index.htm

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