[wataru]

This is kind of nifty. Mozilla is running a campaign to buy a full-page ad in the NYT for the release of Firefox 1.0. You can get your name listed in it by donating to the ad fund. It's only $10 for students, so I donated.

Help Firefox and be famous!

[Randman]

ugh, NYT is not as good a paper as it's reputation would indicate. Just look at the number of wishb's (what it should have beens, aka we farked up/corrections) on any given day.
Should have gone for Time or USA Today or FHM or something good. Still, it is an interesting way to get the word out.

[wataru]

Whether NYT is a good paper or not is kind of beside the point. It's still one of the most famous papers in the world, possibly with the largest readership.

[icruise]

Originally posted by Randman:
ugh, NYT is not as good a paper as it's reputation would indicate. Just look at the number of wishb's (what it should have beens, aka we farked up/corrections) on any given day.
Should have gone for Time or USA Today or FHM or something good. Still, it is an interesting way to get the word out.

Yeah, USA Today totally beats the New York Times.

[turtle777]

Originally posted by Icruise:
Yeah, USA Today totally beats the New York Times.

Mwahaha. That made me *LAWL* as well

-t

[Randman]

For American papers,

1. USA Today, 2,635,412
2. The Wall Street Journal, 2,101,017
3. New York Times, 1,677,003
4. Los Angeles Times, 1,392,672
5. The Washington Post, 1,025,579
6. Chicago Tribune, 1,002,398
7. New York Daily News, 802,103
[8.] Denver Post/Rocky Mountain News,783,274
9. Philadelphia Inquirer, 769,257
10. The Dallas Morning News, 755,912


Almost a million more readers in USA Today than the Times, so any perceptions of quality notwithstanding, you get more readers. You get more travelers. You get people not only across the USA but also across the globe.

So, my contention is if FireFox is trying to get the word out about its product, USA Today seems a far more attractive target because of circulation and range.

[turtle777]

Originally posted by Randman:
Almost a million more readers in USA Today than the Times, so any perceptions of quality notwithstanding, you get more readers. You get more travelers. You get people not only across the USA but also across the globe.

So, my contention is if FireFox is trying to get the word out about its product, USA Today seems a far more attractive target because of circulation and range.

Point well taken.

Let me paraphrase:
The 1337 readers of the NYT don't need to know, since they are already using IE alternatives.
The n00b readers of USAToday would be a better target !



-t

[Scifience]

Yep, I just donated $10. I want to see my name in the Times.

[E's Lil Theorem]

Originally posted by Scifience:
Yep, I just donated $10. I want to see my name in the Times.

The only way some us will ever

[turtle777]

Originally posted by E's Lil Theorem:
The only way some us will ever

There are cheaper ways, don't cost a single $.
Committe mass-homicide and you'll be in as well.

-t

[wataru]

Ok, fine, USA Today has more readers. But it's a moot point since the campaign has already begun.

[Scifience]

Originally posted by E's Lil Theorem:
The only way most of us will ever

Fixed.

[ManOfSteal]

"Rickey Henderson" has appeared in the NY Times multiple times already...

[turtle777]

Originally posted by manofsteal:
"Rickey Henderson" has appeared in the NY Times multiple times already...

Wow
Tell me about it !
This is SOOOOOO exciting !




not

-t

[milhous]

WSJ all the way! A real paper!

[DeathToWindows]

Times is fine with me... grew up reading it and teh Boston Globe.

My dorm gets the globe and the herald free... adn I wouldn't use the herald for toilet paper, its so bad.

[ambush]

I would have helped if they had paypal support :|

[Scifience]

Originally posted by ambush:
I would have helped if they had paypal support :|

They do. In fact, that's how I paid since I'm not old enough to have a credit card.

[wataru]

Originally posted by ambush:
I would have helped if they had paypal support :|

Way to not look before you type

They've gotten almost 2,500 donations already! That's pretty impressive.

[ambush]

actually I looked and didn't see it...

sorry.