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Sarah ScireAugust 11, 2020

Outgoing New York Times CEO Mark Thompson thinks there won’t be a print edition in 20 years

Also, the Times now reaches about half of American millennials.

Joshua BentonAugust 5, 2020

It continues to be very good to be The New York Times

It now makes more revenue from digital than from print and continues to add new subscribers at a record pace. But its brutal COVID-driven drop in advertising will be echoed all across the industry.

Ken DoctorJuly 30, 2020

Newsonomics: The New York Times’ new CEO, Meredith Levien, on building a world-class digital media business — and a tech company

“Engineering now is the second largest functional area at the New York Times, only behind journalism, and the largest function by far on the business side.”

Ken DoctorJune 29, 2020

Newsonomics: The New York Times is opting out of Apple News

A giant potential audience isn’t good enough on its own anymore: “It’s time to re-examine all of our relationships with the big platforms.”

Ken DoctorNovember 13, 2019

Newsonomics: CEO Mark Thompson on offering more and more New York Times (and charging more for it)

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.

Ken DoctorFebruary 22, 2019

The New York Times’ Mark Thompson on how he’d run a local newspaper: “Where can we stand and fight?”

“I believe that if you’re producing journalism of value, there is no reason to expect that consumers wouldn’t be prepared, in some way, to support that — potentially to pay for it. And that’s probably, ultimately, true of regional and local journalism as well as national and international journalism.”

Ken DoctorFebruary 22, 2019

Newsonomics: Can The New York Times avoid a Trump Slump and sign up 10 million paying subscribers?

And what lessons can the rest of the industry draw from the Times’ outsized success?

Ken DoctorOctober 4, 2018

Newsonomics: With an expanding Wirecutter, The New York Times is doubling down on diversification

Its new Wirecutter Money vertical is the Times’ latest attempt to broaden its revenue base beyond its core news product.

Ken DoctorNovember 16, 2017

Newsonomics: A call to arms (and wallets) in the new era of deregulation and bigger media

First Sinclair and now the Kochs are back. In an age of media free-for-all and massive deregulation, will fact-based journalism become an endangered species?

Ken DoctorNovember 13, 2017

Newsonomics: The New York Times’ Mark Thompson on regulating Facebook, global ambition, and when to stop the presses (forever)

“I think over the next five years, it’s possible the competitive landscape will actually get in some ways more attractive for The New York Times, because I’m afraid I see a lot of casualties over the next few years because of the economics of the industry.”

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