{"id":7109,"date":"2012-12-11T12:00:56","date_gmt":"2012-12-11T17:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/?p=7109"},"modified":"2012-12-11T12:11:28","modified_gmt":"2012-12-11T17:11:28","slug":"the-economics-of-crossword-puzzles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/2012\/the-economics-of-crossword-puzzles\/","title":{"rendered":"The Economics Of Crossword Puzzles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/121012_0113_TheEconomic1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ben Tausig opened up the economics of the ubiquitous but poorly understood crossword puzzle:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Contrary to popular perception crosswords aren&#8217;t made by computer algorithms, or an individual puzzle master. Instead, freelancers make them and submit them to various newspapers for consideration.<\/li>\n<li>It can take a long time to hear back from the newspaper \u2013 in once case it took The New York Times over a decade to approve a writer&#8217;s submission.<\/li>\n<li>Once the submission is accepted, the writer can expect to make just $100 for a standard puzzle and $300 for a Sunday-sized one.<\/li>\n<li>The puzzle-creator is rarely identified in the paper itself.<\/li>\n<li>Despite the low pay, the newspapers themselves make millions from the crosswords \u2013 in fact \u2013 some people buy their newspapers for the crossword alone.<\/li>\n<li>Things are getting better for puzzle makers though. Competition from apps and other newspapers is pushing up the pay rate, making it easier for individuals to make a living from making crossword puzzles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read more about the premium you get for making a New York Times crossword puzzle, the person who helped edge up pay rates, and the rivalry between newspapers over <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theawl.com\/2012\/12\/solving-the-broken-crossword-puzzle-economyhttp:\/www.theawl.com\/2012\/12\/solving-the-broken-crossword-puzzle-economy?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheAwl+%28The+Awl%29\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theawl.com\/2012\/12\/solving-the-broken-crossword-puzzle-economyhttp:\/www.theawl.com\/2012\/12\/solving-the-broken-crossword-puzzle-economy?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheAwl+%28The+Awl%29\">The AWL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Via: <a href=\"http:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2012\/12\/assorted-links-639.html\">Marginal Revolution<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Tausig opened up the economics of the ubiquitous but poorly understood crossword puzzle: Contrary to popular perception crosswords aren&#8217;t made by computer algorithms, or an individual puzzle master. Instead, freelancers make them and submit them to various newspapers for consideration. It can take a long time to hear back from the newspaper \u2013 in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-bulletin"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/121012_0113_TheEconomic1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7109"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7138,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7109\/revisions\/7138"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}