Strong digital growth pushed The New York Times Company to 13.1 million subscribers in the first quarter, keeping the publisher on track to hit its target of 15 million subscribers by the end of 2027. The company added about 310,000 digital-only subscribers during the quarter and has averaged roughly 330,000 new subscribers a quarter since the start of last year. The results underline the continued strength of the Times’ subscription business at a time when many publishers are struggling to grow digital revenue. Rising advertising sales and licensing income also helped lift profits. Total revenue rose 12 per cent year…
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Newsweek’s turnaround under chief executive Dev Pragad has been driven less by internal restructuring than by a series of partnerships that helped rebuild the publisher’s audience, technology and commercial business. When Pragad took over, the company was carrying more than $25 million in debt and struggling with declining readership. Rather…
Australia has unveiled a new plan to push Meta, Google and TikTok into paying more directly for the journalism their platforms distribute, in a move that could bring in up to A$250 million a year for newsrooms. According to draft legislation released by the government, the measure would be introduced…
Yahoo Media Group is expanding into specialist coverage with a free sports business hub that brings together Yahoo Sports and Yahoo Finance, aiming to give readers a single destination for reporting on the money, media and investment forces shaping sport. The move reflects the shift in digital publishing towards bundled,…
Hang around in this world long enough and you learn that what was once a new idea will soon become an old idea, and then, later, be resurrected as a new idea once more. There’s a case in point in journalism right now: reducing story count. Or, as people were…
Hearst is recasting itself around data and artificial intelligence as the 140-year-old group seeks to make its portfolio faster, more connected and better suited to digital change. As AI tools spread, the competitive edge is moving away from raw scale towards how effectively companies structure, govern and apply their data…
Time Studios is teaming up with Piers Morgan’s Uncensored on a new interview series, extending the Time brand’s push deeper into premium video and long-form storytelling. The move fits with a broader strategy at Time Studios, which has positioned itself as an Emmy Award-winning producer across television, film, audio and…
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Deccan Herald has turned to artificial intelligence to solve a familiar newsroom problem: how to give readers a quick, visual version of a story without adding a heavy production burden for editors. The Karnataka-based publisher has built a CMS-integrated infographic tool that converts finished articles into structured summaries with a…
Andreessen Horowitz, the Silicon Valley investment firm, has backed a new media venture, MTS – short for Monitoring the Situation – in the latest sign of tech’s push into news and commentary built around X. The project, unveiled on Monday by Erik Torenberg, aims to track technology, finance, geopolitics and…
The Wall Street Journal is preparing to enter the growing market for sports-business coverage with a new vertical aimed at executives, investors and owners looking at sport as an asset class. According to Axios, the launch will be marked in July with an invitation-only event in New York called WSJ…
Forbes is pushing deeper into wine with a new content vertical, e-commerce operation and membership programme, as it looks to build revenue streams it can control more directly. The move — first reported by Digiday — reflects a wider shift among publishers away from reliance on search and social traffic.…
Theo Bamber, from the Music Publishers’ Association, takes over as NMA chief executive Industry faces critical issues over AI misinformation and economic sustainability Bamber aims to strengthen trust and legislative gains in the UK news sector The News Media Association has chosen Theo Bamber as its next chief executive, placing…
A Baltimore-area nonprofit has agreed to take over the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, in a deal that should prevent the 240-year-old newspaper from shutting down next month. According to the Post-Gazette and a joint announcement from the parties, Block Communications will transfer the paper’s assets to the Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism,…
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