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Shan WangJuly 2, 2018

As The New York Times extends its reach across countries (and languages and cultures), it looks to locals for guidance

“What I’m trying to figure out is, what are the proxies for deeper engagement — what are the proxies for repeated use and habituation in a place like this?…Readers are not going to read 100 Australia stories. So what’s the right mix?”

Christine SchmidtAugust 17, 2017

PressPatron is getting readers to pay what they want for news — with an average one-time contribution of nearly NZ$50

This crowdfunding startup wants to be the bridge between declining advertising revenues and paywalls with low conversion rates.

3 things BuzzFeed News thinks about before sending a push alert

Ricardo BiltonMay 15, 2017

Australia’s kid-focused newspaper Crinkling News wants to teach media literacy to young readers

Creating a newspaper for kids means “allaying fears while at the same time explaining in the most basic terms what’s going on.”

Nicholas QuahMarch 21, 2017

Get ready to binge-listen to Serial’s new spinoff S-Town: All 7 episodes will drop at once next week

Plus: Panoply invests in audio fiction, Rookie links up with MTV, and Missing Richard Simmons wraps up its controversial run.

Shan WangJanuary 30, 2017

How The New York Times plans to get Australia “into the bloodstream” of its coverage of global events

“Somebody asked me, ‘Whose market share are you trying to steal?’ That’s not really how we’re thinking about this.”

Shan WangJanuary 25, 2017

The New York Times is opening a full bureau in Sydney, Australia

Its latest international expansion targets an English-speaking country whose native newspapers have struggled — but whose citizens haven’t been notably keen on paying for online news.

Nicholas QuahOctober 4, 2016

Hot Pod: Is there an opening for budding U.K. podcast businesses to challenge the BBC?

Plus: A new star-studded show from the Welcome to Night Vale team, the state of Australian podcast listening, and a word on the lack of radio and podcast-related coverage in Fall Arts Previews.

Joseph LichtermanAugust 23, 2016

Report: The New York Times is expanding to Australia and Canada

Having faced some difficulties with an earlier era’s attempts in large non-English markets, the Times is turning its focus next to more familiar territory.

Joseph LichtermanFebruary 10, 2016

Vertical video is becoming more popular, but there’s no consensus on the best way to make it

Some outlets are turning their cameras sideways. Others are cropping horizontally shot video to fit a vertical screen.

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