Here's a pic of part of the Los Angeles Times publishing plant: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_djhOGl10yrQ/S9iTs3OOI5I/AAAAAAAAAEQ/ZeCiSQFyJic/s1600/orange.jpg http

Here's a pic of part of the Los Angeles Times publishing plant: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_djhOGl10yrQ/S9iTs3OOI5I/AAAAAAAAAEQ/ZeCiSQFyJic/s1600/orange.jpg http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_djhOGl10yrQ/S9iTs3OOI5I/AAAAAAAAAE... (The post is here: http://edpadgett.blogspot.com/2010/04/end-is-near-for-lat-orange-county.html http://edpadgett.blogspot.com/2010/04/end-is-near-for-lat-or...) This does not include the paper mills and the delivery trucks. The point trying to be raised is that the infrastructure needed for print distribution is much, much heavier than that for electronic distribution. And much harder to scale. Because of this, it seems like the online subscriptions are overpriced relative to print.