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Plus, network TV is not the 800-lb gorilla it once was. Most big media companies (see Disney or News Corp.) are seeing more growth and profit in their cable operations, which have a more reliable income stream than broadcast advertising. Audiences are slipping away, and with them, high syndication fees. "Television stations have made it crystal clear that [Oprah's] show was going to get an enormous haircut if it comes back," one syndicator told trade publication Broadcasting & Cable. "Why would she want to subject herself to that when she's in such an iconic position...
Furthermore, the drop in membership has also signified a drop in programming. “In the past, the club was not as concerned about making a profit. Now, they are struggling to reconcile the spectrum of offerings with the bottom line,” Bressner says...
...founders said they also hope to launch a non-profit branch to provide similar services to students who cannot afford the fees charged on CollegeConfidant.com...
...despite the repetitiveness of these films, Americans can’t seem to get enough. M. Night Shyamalan’s disastrously received film “The Happening” has made over $100 million in profit since its release, and green-messaged “The Day After Tomorrow” made over $500 million worldwide. Perhaps we need to witness the earth being torn apart by natural forces beyond our control to realize that at least the real world isn’t really that bad. Or maybe we’re all just victims...
...Critics also say that, contrary to the law stipulating that assisted suicide should not be a profit-driven business, Dignitas is actively luring foreigners for financial gain. Minelli denies that any of the 1,027 patients he helped die since the group's founding in 1998 were recruited for profit, and while he charges about $7,000 per assisted suicide, he says the money covers only administrative costs and that poorer patients are charged a lower fee or nothing...