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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News Corp Australia is bringing Glamour back to local audiences with a digital-first Australian edition of the long-running fashion and culture title, in a move that underlines the publisher’s continued push into lifestyle brands for younger readers. Glamour Australia is due to debut in June as a social, video and…
The UK government has cleared the way for Axel Springer to acquire Telegraph Media Group, removing the most significant political obstacle to the deal and marking a decisive moment for the future of one of Britain’s best-known newspapers. The decision ends months of uncertainty over foreign ownership of a major…
David Hoffmann, the billionaire investor now steering US news group Lee Enterprises, says he has a plan to rescue local newspapers: strip the business to its essentials, double down on community reporting and keep the numbers in the black. The approach speaks to a central question for the industry: whether…
CNN has appointed Chris Wiggins, the New York Times veteran who has led that paper’s data science work for more than a decade, to a newly created post overseeing machine learning and AI science. The move was disclosed in an internal memo to staff on Monday. Wiggins will supervise efforts…
A federal judge on Monday dismissed a defamation lawsuit brought by Donald Trump against The Wall Street Journal over an article describing a birthday letter linked to Jeffrey Epstein. The ruling underscores the high bar public figures face when suing news organisations , and reinforces protections for reporting that shows…
CNN has promoted Alex MacCallum to chief operating officer, giving one of its key digital executives a broader remit as the network pushes harder into streaming and subscriber growth. Mark Thompson, CNN’s chief executive, told staff in a memo that MacCallum had already played a central part in reshaping the…
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