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From: chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Zonker T. Chuqui)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Re: How to legally read Joe Bob
Message-ID: <1803@nsc.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 2-Nov-84 01:55:18 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  2 01:55:18 1984
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Summary: Good luck

In article <13106@mgweed.UUCP> kek@mgweed.UUCP (Kit Kimes) writes:
>I have a suggestion.  Why doesn't someone do a survey of how many
>people read net.movies (or the Joe Bob articles) and pass this
>information on to the proper authorities?  If we can convince them
>that not everyone with access to netnews reads this catagory, we
>may be able to get it cheaper.  It's worth a try, although I'm
>not volunteering for the job!

From looking at the syndicator's request, it looks to me like they set an
artifically high price on purpose to discourage the deal from going
through. There are many unknown factors, not the least of which is the
possibility of infringing upon their other syndicated audiences that they
have guaranteed exclusivity to. Another is the unknown about the size of
the audience, and a third is the kinds of precedents being set by moving it
around electronically. They probably didn't want to say 'no' outright, but
I don't think they're very comfortable with the situation.

chuq
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From the Department of Bistromatics:                   Chuq Von Rospach
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  I'd know those eyes from a million years away....