About Group CEO Irvine Out; NYTCo’s Nisenholtz Will Run Unit
After three years in the position — and three straight quarters of decline, Cella Irvine is no longer CEO of the New York Times (NYSE: NYT)… Read more »
NYT’s Nisenholtz Calls Reported 300,000 Digital Sub Goal ‘Inaccurate’
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Courtesy of my colleague Robert Andrews, I tuned into a replay of a BBC interview with New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) digital head Martin Ni… Read more »
Fas-Fax: Major Newspaper E-Editions Circ Rose 20 Percent
It looks like the combination of the iPad, Kindle, iPhone and Android is quickly having a positive impact on newspaper e-editions, as the Au… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 04-29-11
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» A Right Royal Opportunity: The Big Wedding In Digital Media (paidContent)
» The iPhone Location-Tracking Issue Won’… Read more »
McClatchy Fails To Escape Downward Trends; Pruitt Reverses View On Paywalls
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While the advertising recovery continues to hold on despite remaining economic weakness, the newspaper industry appears to be in danger of f… Read more »
A Tale Of Two Timeses: A New York Meter, A London Wall
They may share both a name and new online fees, but onlookers shouldn’t confuse the new access models of The New York Times and Britain’s Th… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 04-22-11
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» Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) Inc has completed work on an online music storage service and is set to launch it ahead of Google Inc. (NSDQ… Read more »
NYT’s Robinson: Metered Paywall Will Cost $13 Million Through Rest of 2011
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Aside from the dismal picture on the New York Times (NYSE: NYT) Co.’s Q1 profit and revenue front, the other big news coming out of the comp… Read more »
New York Times: More Than 100,000 Digital Subs In First Weeks of Paywall
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The New York Times (NYSE: NYT) says it has more than 100,000 paid digital subscribers in the first three weeks of its metered paywall. That… Read more »
NYTCo Profits Plunge As Revs Slip; Digital Dollars Up Modestly
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Despite the general strength of the advertising recovery, the New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) experienced significant profit loss and a s… Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown 04-20-11: Groupon; News.me; Digital Chocolate/Appitalism
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Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: Check-in service Whrrl to shut down as part of Groupon’s acquisition of Pelago; News.me… Read more »
Chart: The Battle For Global News Supremacy
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To the competition between NYTimes.com (NYSE: NYT) and HuffingtonPost.com, add two British challengers… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 04-18-11
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» VH1 Cultivates Its Female Side (WSJ)
» ‘Robot Journalist’ Out-Writes Human Sports Reporter (NPR)
» Is S… Read more »
Study: NYT Visits Off As Much As 15 Percent A Day Since Paywall Debut
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In what is the first close-look at traffic to the New York Times’ website since the debut of its paywall late last month, analytics firm Exp… Read more »
paidContent Week In Review: NYT Paywall; Ad Age Digital; TWC Vs. Viacom
In case you missed it, links to some of the top stories in digital media this past week — including David Kaplan’s coverage of the Ad Age D… Read more »
Video: How The New York Times Is Pitching The Meter On TV
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In the weeks since the NYTimes.com (NYSE: NYT) meter started clicking, we’ve written about the challenges of perception and the millions bei… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 04-08-11
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» Sony (NYSE: SNE) slashes PlayStation Portable prices by 24 percent in Europe to boost adoption. (Bloomberg)
» Ganne… Read more »
New York Times Paywall Cost: More Like $25 Million
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Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. insists a $40 million estimate for building New York Times (NYSE: NYT) Co.’s pay scheme is “vastly wrong”. But that’s… Read more »
New NYTimes.com Promo Borrows From Print Marketing: 50 Percent Off
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In a new promo that went to some NYTimes.com (NYSE: NYT) registered users today, the New York Times is offering 26 weeks of digital access f… Read more »
Sulzberger: $40 Million Estimate For Paywall Cost Is ‘Vastly Wrong’
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Earlier this year, Bloomberg reported that the New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) spent $40 million or more to build the digital paywall that we… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 04-05-11
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» Satellite TV system Dish Network (NSDQ: DISH) is partnering with cross-platform pay-TV venture Epix, which is backed by Paramou… Read more »
The Tulsa World Will Try A Paywall (Again)
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Four days after the New York Times rolled out its metered paywall system, the Tulsa World, a 93,558-circulation daily in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is… Read more »
Ex-Googlers Launch ‘NYT For A Nickel’ As Publicity Stunt; NYT Not Amused
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Calvin Young and his partner Noah Ready-Campbell (pictured at left) left Google (NSDQ: GOOG) two months ago to start Minno, a company dedica… Read more »
New York Times Digital Subscriptions: The Unofficial FAQ Updated
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The New York Times (NYSE: NYT) has a FAQ about its new digital subscription plans but we thought it was worth the time to put together our o… Read more »
Kindle Compromise: E-Reader Subs Will Get NYTimes.com Access
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The three-tiered NYTimes.com (NYSE: NYT) digital pay plan launched today left e-reader subs out of the various bundles but a reverse twist w… Read more »
The NYT Pay Plan’s Most Dangerous Foe: Perception
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By now, we were supposed to have clarity about how The New York Times will use a meter to create a digital subscription revenue stream. Afte… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 03-25-11
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» Condé Nast has brought back consultancy McKinsey & Co. Though this time it’s not to lay off waves of staffers, but to assess g… Read more »
Price Tag For Journalism Online Could Go As High As $45 Million
RR Donnelley execs aren’t talking — neither are Steve Brill and Gordon Crovitz, at least about deal details — but paidContent has learned… Read more »
UK Times Plans Upgrade To Its ‘Berlin Wall’
The Times is planning some changes to its paid digital model that could lead to more nuanced additions to its current hard in-or-out system. Read more »
Sulzberger: App Sales Prove News Consumers Are Willing To Pay
The rise of tablets and apps has helped pave the way for the New York Times and potentially many other newspapers to charge for content, sai… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 03-23-11
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» AOL (NYSE: AOL) Folds 30 Brands, Including Politics Daily (Mixed Media)
» The proposed AT&T/T-Mobile merger could h… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 03-22-11
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» That was quick: Four lines of code is all it takes for The New York Times’ paywall to come tumbling down (Nieman Lab) [Check ou… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 03-21-11
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» In AT&T (NYSE: T) & T-Mobile Merger, Everybody Loses (GigaOm) [And check out more of paidContent's coverage here and here]
How The NYT’s Paywall Compares To Those Of Other Big Papers
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When the New York Times puts up its paywall later this month, it will be the fifth newspaper among the top 50 by circulation in the U.S. to… Read more »
Why I Won’t Pay For ‘The Daily’ And I Will Pay For The Digital ‘NYT’
Larry Kramer, the author of C-Scape: Navigating the Rapidly Changing Worlds of Media and Business, is the founder and former CEO of CBS (NYS… Read more »
New York Times’ Paywall: Our Coverage In Links
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This week the New York Times launched its paywall in Canada, announcing its rollout to the rest of the world on March 28. We’ve since analyz… Read more »
Media Buyers Say NYT Advertising May Actually Get A Boost From Paywall
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Media buyers don’t expect the New York Times’ online ad revenue, which was up double digits last year, to take a hit from the company’s new… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 03-18-11
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» The NYT paywall arrives
» The Newsonomics of The New York Times’ pay fence
» Selling Video Scoops Onlin… Read more »
NYTimes.com Pay Scheme Has A Great Big Hole
Bill Grueskin is following The New York Times digital pay plans as the former managing editor of the subscription-based Wall Street Journal… Read more »
How Much Revenue Can The New York Times Paywall Generate?
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So how much money will the New York Times generate with its new digital subscriptions? The company has said that about 15 percent of monthly… Read more »
