Opinion · Letters
The paper should say what it costs to run
A paper that demands the city publish its numbers should publish its own, and the Standard has not.
You end most pieces by asking someone to release a figure. Fair enough. Then release yours.
How many subscribers do you have, what does an issue cost to produce, and who are the largest individual funders? You say you take no advertising from anyone you cover. Say what you do take. "Reader-funded" is a category, not a disclosure, and you would not accept it from the city.
I am not suggesting anything improper. I am suggesting that a paper which argues, correctly, that discretion left unexamined becomes a habit is subject to the same rule as everyone else it writes about.
I expect you will publish this letter, because you publish letters as sent. I would rather you answered it.
The Standard is funded by readers. No advertising from anyone the paper covers. Corrections policy.
