"THE LISTENER" AND THE TAXPAYER
T was stated recently in the radio notes of the "Otago Daily Times" that "The Listener" "unti) recently was heavily subsidised by direct money-grants taken from listenets’ fees" and is "at present still subsidised by indirect grants such as free postal services." Each of those statements is completely inaccurate. "The Listener" is not subsidised directly or indirectly. It lost money for a year. or two, as most journals do when they are first established, but it has long since repaid those early deficits and contributed a good deal in addition to the public purse. Nor does it receive any concessions from the Post Office, to which it pays exactly the sate postage rate as other publications of the same weight, plus a commission on the subscriptions collected over the counter. The only burden it has ever imposed on any taxpayer is the sum of threepence a copy paid by the wise taxpayer who buys it.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 367, 5 July 1946, Page 5
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160"THE LISTENER" AND THE TAXPAYER New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 367, 5 July 1946, Page 5
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