DealBook’s Payday, Sort Of
In a much-anticipated (only by us media insiders) NY Mag profile of NYT wunderkind Andrew Ross Sorkin, timed with his first book “Too Big To… Read more »
Interview: NYT’s Denise Warren: Things Are Looking Up — But Ask Again Next Week
The New York Times continued to struggle with display in Q3, as revenues from those ads were down about 18 percent. But NYTimes.com GM Denis… Read more »
A Peek At The Wall Street Journal’s New Bay Area Edition
The Wall Street Journal’s Bay Area Edition debuted today. Not in the neighborhood? We asked the News Corp (NYSE: NWS) premium case study for… Read more »
Keller’s Guess: NYT ‘Within Weeks Of Decision’ On Charging For Online
One of the longest-running guessing games for New York Times insiders and observers may be nearing an end: will the paper charge again for c… Read more »
Management Changing At Top Of Boston Globe, New England Media
Scant weeks after the New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) said the Boston Globe is no longer for sale comes the news that Steven Ainsley is retir… Read more »
Fas-Fax: Daily Newspaper Circ Drops 10 Percent; NYT Down, WSJ Up
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Newspaper circulation at the 379 daily newspapers reporting to the Audit Bureau of Circulations was down 10.6 percent, the organization’s la… Read more »
Display Advertising’s Comeback Skips Newspapers
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The tentative comeback in online display ad spending appears to be by-passing newspapers. Signs of the recovery started well enough this sum… Read more »
Video: Web 2.0 Summit: WSJ, Google, NYT, HuffPo Execs Mix It Up
The Robert Thomson quote machine was in full force during the obligatory Web 2.0 Summit look at the future of journalism. Federated Media’s… Read more »
Earnings: NYTCo Trims Loss On Cost Cuts, But Revenues Continue To Drop
A few days after its flagship announced another round of newsroom cuts, The New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) reduced its net loss, thanks to c… Read more »
NYT To Cut 100 Newsroom Posts; More Trimming Expected To Hit Op-Ed, Business Side
As it prepares for its Q3 earnings on Thursday, the New York Times plans to cut 100 newsroom jobs Read more »
IRex’s Hamilton Details Plans For Publishers; NewspaperDirect, News Stand, Storefronts
For the last couple of years, Amazon’s Kindle has owned the market — a very small one, to be sure — when it comes to delivering subscripti… Read more »
NYT’s Heekin-Canedy: By Itself, Bay Area Report Won’t Be Reason To Subscribe
The New York Times (NYSE: NYT) is particularly proud of one circulation statistic: 73 percent of its home-delivery subscribers have been on… Read more »
New York Times Bay Area Report Launches Friday; Chicago Plans Not Set
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Expecting a lot from the New York Times’ new “Bay Area Report”? Don’t, at least not at the start. The circulation-driven editorial product l… Read more »
The Boston Globe’s Fate: A History In Links
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The NYT first threatened to shut the Globe down, then put it up for sale, before ultimately deciding to keep it. Highlights of our coverage… Read more »
New York Times Co. Will Keep Boston Globe, But Worcester, Red Sox Stake Still On Block
New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) execs have said all along they might not sell the Boston Globe and today, the company announced just that, ha… Read more »
Possible Local Bidder Emerges At Deadline For Worcester Telegram & Gazette
The New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) is offering to sell the Boston Globe and the Worcester Telegram & Gazette in tandem but a new entrant in… Read more »
Amazon Kindle DX’s NYT Discount Starts Rolling Out; Outside Delivery Area Only
Back when Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) DX launched, a big hype around the announcement was how it would optimize newspaper/magazine display, and that… Read more »
The New Print Battle: NYT Is Planning A Chicago Edition As Well
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Too early to call a retreat from print? Even as the NYTCo’s print advertising and circulation revenue continue to plummet, the paper plans t… Read more »
NYT, Union Agree On Possible Voluntary Buyout
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No details yet but according to a Newspaper Guild memo posted on Romenesko, the New York Times and its largest union have agreed to a volunt… Read more »
SEC Watch: Harbinger Cuts New York Times Stake To 16.4 Percent
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Harbinger Capital Partners, the activist hedge fund that bought its way into two New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) board seats in 2007, has red… Read more »
New York Times Now Being Delivered On Bloomberg Terminals
The New York Times has licensed its real-time news feed to Bloomberg for use in its terminals, paidContent has learned. The NYT declined com… Read more »
Local Bid For Boston Globe Gets More Firepower
If the latest report by the Boston Globe about its own possible buyers is right — and they’ve been right on the big stuff so far — it just… Read more »
Google Fast Flip Goes Live; Experiment In News Reading And Revenue Sharing
*Google* Labs flipped the switch today on *Google* Fast Flip, an experiment certain to be blown out of proportion by some people because it… Read more »
NYT's Sulzberger To Globe Staff: 'Our Hand Is Not Being Forced'
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Last spring, the New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) threatened to shut down the Boston Globe unless unions agreed to $20 million in cuts. Despit… Read more »
Welcome To Publishing Waterloo, NYT and WSJ
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I live in the Bay Area, a place that has been, in the past 20 or so years, woefully underserved by what those in the quality news business c… Read more »
Weekend Reading: Intentional Nonprofit News
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The New York Review of Books has met the future of journalism and it’s buried inside a 5,200-word essay that I’m finally getting through. Jo… Read more »
NYT, WSJ Explore Localized Editions; San Francisco First Up?
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The Wall Street Journal and the New York Times already localize some advertising, delivering inserts or print ads aimed at specific areas wi… Read more »
Will Alabama Football Fans Pay For New Tuscaloosa Sports Blog?
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The conventional wisdom among media executives is that if newspaper readers will pay for any online content, it’s most likely going to be fi… Read more »
Interview: About.com's Cella Irvine On The Site's New Ad-Sales Approach
If Cella Irvine had her way, she probably would have picked a different year to take over the CEO seat at the About Group. Like most media p… Read more »
NYT Starts Serving Up Intrusive Ads in Its iPhone App
The New York Times (NYSE: NYT) has thrown down the gauntlet when it comes to ads on mobile apps, specifically its iPhone app. Over the weeke… Read more »
Non-Profit Option For Boston Globe Isn't Getting A Lot Of Love
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Platinum Equity, the private equity firm that is still slashing away at costs at the San Diego Union-Tribune, is one of two bidders for the… Read more »
Sulzberger: 'Price Is Not Only Consideration' In Globe Sale
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The New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) has gone public with efforts to sell the Boston Globe and the rest of the New England Media Group but Art… Read more »
Report: San Diego Union-Tribune Owner Platinum Bids $35 Million For Boston Globe
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Private equity firm Platinum Equity, which specializes in acquiring distressed companies, wants to add the Boston Globe to its newspaper hol… Read more »
10-Q Watch: NYT Finally Confirms Boston Globe Is For Sale
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After playing coy for weeks — despite reports in its own papers and point-blank questions to its execs — the New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT… Read more »
Industry Moves: NYT Exec Mathis Leaving For S&P
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Eric Schmidt’s departure from the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) board had to happen but this executive change comes as a real surprise: Catherine Mathi… Read more »
paidContent Quick Hits: 7.30.09
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Newspaper Earnings Recap: Don’t Be Fooled By The Profits
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A quick glance at the net income of four Q2 earnings releases from newspaper publishers Gannett (NYSE: GCI), The McClatchy Company (NYSE: MN… Read more »
Earnings Call: NYT Exploring How Many Online Readers Are Willing To Pay — And How Much
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Not a shocker but New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) CEO Janet Robinson used the Q2 earnings call (still in progress) to say flat out that the c… Read more »
Earnings: NYTCo Operating Profits Fall 42 Percent
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Despite all the financial moves the New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) made in Q2, it wasn’t enough to stem the tide of declining profits an… Read more »
NYTimes.com Introduces Self-Serve Ads For Hyperlocal Sites
The NYTimes.com has opened up a self-serve ad system for businesses who want to advertise on its hyperlocal sites. The Local, which consists… Read more »
