How Wordle captured America’s fascination and was acquired by the New York Times
In my 30 plus years as a professional puzzler, I don’t think I have ever seen a word game capture the attention of millions of…
NYT’s chief technology officer on how the newspaper harnesses technology to innovate
It has been a fascinating decade for The New York Times, a newspaper that has done perhaps more than any of its rivals to recalibrate…
“Read in every country on earth”: NY Times charts its course to 10 million subscribers with a dynamic paywall plan
The New York Times Co. is on a tear. The Manhattan-based news publisher announced earlier this month that its digital-subscription sales grew strongly in the…
New York Times Reports $24 Million Profit – Thanks to Digital Subscriptions
Last month we reported how the New York Times made more than $1 billion in overall subscription revenue last year, with a total of more than 2.6…
Overwhelmed with the nonstop news cycle? NY Times designs an “enjoyable” solution
The New York Times is no stranger to news overwhelm. One might argue that the newspaper—which publishes around 160 stories per day—is itself one of…
400,000 people now subscribe to NYT’s digital crossword
In the past two years, The New York Times has doubled the number of subscribers to its crossword app, according to a press release issued this past…
The podcast juggernaut has finally arrived
Publishers are racing to own the money-making machine that is the daily news podcast. The medium has become industrialized, in quite an exciting way. It’s shaping…
New York Times is experimenting with mobile-specific headlines
After 10 months of A/B testing its headlines seriously, the New York Times has started slicing its audience into finer segments, albeit informally. Last week,…
