Skavau@piefed.socialM to Television@piefed.socialEnglish · 1 month agoJimmy Kimmel Blasts Reports of Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ Losing $40 Million for CBS: ‘Not a Snowball’s Chance in Hell That’s Accurate’variety.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1330arrow-down14
arrow-up1326arrow-down1external-linkJimmy Kimmel Blasts Reports of Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ Losing $40 Million for CBS: ‘Not a Snowball’s Chance in Hell That’s Accurate’variety.comSkavau@piefed.socialM to Television@piefed.socialEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squareviking@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoOther people on the show earn a salary as well, they might pay guests a participation fee, and there’s also opportunity cost to consider if an alternative show has a potential to generate higher (ad-)revenue. Still sounds unlikely.
minus-squareJillyB@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoThere are other costs to running the show, but opportunity cost is not “losing 40 million”.
minus-squareFauxLiving@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoI don’t think GAAP includes opportunity costs 🤔
Other people on the show earn a salary as well, they might pay guests a participation fee, and there’s also opportunity cost to consider if an alternative show has a potential to generate higher (ad-)revenue.
Still sounds unlikely.
There are other costs to running the show, but opportunity cost is not “losing 40 million”.
I don’t think GAAP includes opportunity costs 🤔