Skavau@piefed.socialM to Television@piefed.socialEnglish · 12 days 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-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up1327arrow-down14
arrow-up1323arrow-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 · 12 days agomessage-square29linkfedilink
minus-squareviking@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up2·12 days 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-up5·12 days agoThere are other costs to running the show, but opportunity cost is not “losing 40 million”.
minus-squareFauxLiving@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·12 days 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 🤔