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The FT has more than 1.4 million subscribers, including more than 1 million digital subscribers. About 20% are based in the United States.
“While you’re less at the whim of the algorithm, it’s still social media.”
We talked to the Financial Times, La Nación, The New York Times, Vox, Chilango, the Times of India, and others about their early experiments sharing news on the world’s favorite messaging app.
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“$15/hour to $125,000”?
The “failing” New York Times’ news operation now employs more than 1,700 journalists, up nearly 50 percent from a decade ago. It has nearly 5 million subscribers, triple its print-era peak. Now it’s preparing to up the price.
“On-the-ground collaboration, on-the-ground communication, on-the-ground exchange are all getting to be more like business as usual.”
“The point is they have personality. They have character. They’re engaging, and they have really inside stuff. So, they’re more than newsletters. They are mini-brands that have events and forums around them — but the newsletter is almost the spearhead.”
The predicted culture clashes seem to have been mostly avoided, and they’re ready to expand their reach in Europe, Asia, and everywhere else.
Its Japanese buyer Uzabase promises to speed up expansion possibilities for Quartz — and to help build out subscription products.
Fake news percentages, numbers of working journalists, declining print ad revenue: 2016 in numbers.