The NYT isn't as important globally or nationally as you seem to think. Certainly the Wall Street Journal and Financial Times have far more global clout. Arguab

The NYT isn't as important globally or nationally as you seem to think. Certainly the Wall Street Journal and Financial Times have far more global clout. Arguably, Facebook's potential to influence things like presidential elections with 149 million[1] monthly unique U.S. visitors, just under half the population compared to the estimated 19 million[2] unique monthly visits the NYT has. [1]http://www.quantcast.com/facebook.com http://www.quantcast.com/facebook.com [2]http://www.quantcast.com/nytimes.com http://www.quantcast.com/nytimes.com