Mediagazer: 9 takeways from the New York Times Co. 3rd quarter earnings call (Rick Edmonds/Poynter)

7:30 PM ET, October 30, 2014

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New York Times:

NYT Q3 results: $364.7M revenue, 1.3% increased circulation, operating loss of $9M, digital subs up 20% year-on-year — The New York Times Company Reports 2014 Third-Quarter Results — NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)— The New York Times Company (NYSE:NYT) announced today a third-quarter 2014 …

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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Times brass tout native, digital subs as bright spots — Digital advertising growth and digital subscriptions got lots of love from New York Times executives as the company reported its third-quarter earnings results Thursday morning. — On a conference call with Wall Street analysts …

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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:

9 takeways from the New York Times Co. 3rd quarter earnings call — The New York Times Co. joined McClatchy yesterday in booking a rare operating loss for the third quarter, $9 million or about 2.5 percent on revenues of $364.7 million. — But the many moving parts of the Times digital …

Todd Spangler / Variety:

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Jordan Chariton / The Wrap:

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Ellis Hamburger / The Verge:

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Roy Greenslade / Guardian:

Newsquest cuts 20 jobs at Oxford as it switches production to south Wales — In yet another round of cutbacks, Newsquest is set to make 20 staff redundant at its Oxfordshire titles. The official announcement was made this afternoon. — It is part of the group's strategy of transferring …

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Kate Abnett / The Business of Fashion:

Telegraph Lays Off 55 Employees, Including Senior Fashion Staff — LONDON, United Kingdom — BoF has learned that The Telegraph is laying off 55 people from the newspaper's staff, as part of a round of cuts being made today and tomorrow. The redundancies will heavily impact …

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Ben Sisario / New York Times:

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Pamela Rolfe / Hollywood Reporter:

Spain passes LPI law allowing publishers to charge aggregators that link to news stories; effective January 2015 — Spain Passes Much-Debated Intellectual Property Law — Critics complain of an unenforceable Google tax and missed opportunity for clear anti-piracy law

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