tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post114856126347117588..comments2024-02-08T09:27:27.492-05:00Comments on Canadian Magazines: Fox postal report makes grim readingD. B. Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13959665689155236724noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-1149081840226579662006-05-31T09:24:00.000-04:002006-05-31T09:24:00.000-04:00Interesting read, but the bigger question should b...Interesting read, but the bigger question should be to what extent should the Goverment be subsidizing the publications industry. Even by Fox's own figures, Canada Post gets less margin from Publications (including the subsidy share) than it gets from its core letter service. In other words, regular postal users are carrying some of that burden. From my read, what the Feds don't give as a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-1148780025277834212006-05-27T21:33:00.000-04:002006-05-27T21:33:00.000-04:00It ain't the publishers' burden, it's the public's...It ain't the publishers' burden, it's the public's. For whatever reason, the Canadian populace reads more of the magazines that those 4 companies produce than all the other magazines combined. Ours is not to reason why ... ours is just to shrug and deal with it.<BR/><BR/>The PAP subsidy helps reduce the cost that publishers would have to charge readers if they bore the full (roughly + 100-200%Jon Spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16215366528681947384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-1148686192339157492006-05-26T19:29:00.000-04:002006-05-26T19:29:00.000-04:00Rogers, Trancon, Quebecor & Readers Digest consume...Rogers, Trancon, Quebecor & Readers Digest consume 70% of the PAP publication subsidy. Why should the taxpayer take their burden? M. Fox is a paid to lobby for Rogers. (Great job if you can get it.) His only creativity lies in his myopic presentation of the figures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-1148589081969188392006-05-25T16:31:00.000-04:002006-05-25T16:31:00.000-04:00Grim reading indeed, but not without Fox's tradema...Grim reading indeed, but not without Fox's trademark wit. Favourite line:<BR/><BR/>"Being based in Ottawa, CPC executives assume that increasing rates is the only way to increase margins."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com