Is Evernote really worth more than the New York Times?

In one way, yes: Evernote provides something that would be much more difficult to otherwise have; at least compared to creating a news source.

While I'm a big fan of the NYTimes and read it almost every day (and indirectly pay for it), I could go read any number of other papers. I might miss the great journalism but can find other decent sources of news and writing.