The Press: Nickel's Worth

This week the New York Times (circ. 537,216) raised its weekday price from 3¢ to 5¢, the same as all other full-sized Manhattan newspapers. Reason: rising costs. Before it did so, the good, grey Times had cautiously tested the new price for three months in the suburbs, found no slump in circulation.

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