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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The NYT reports Q3 digital subscribers hit 260K, for 11.9M in total, digital ad revenue rose 8.8% YoY to $81.6M, and The Athletic turned its first profit — The Times reported steady growth in digital subscriptions in the third quarter and a profit for The Athletic for the first time since it acquired the sports site in 2022.
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@benmullin and CNBC
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The New York Times Company:
The NYT reports Q3 revenue up 7% YoY to $640.2M, subscription revenue up 14.2% YoY to $322.2M, and operating profit up 20.7% YoY to $76.7M — NEW YORK, November 4, 2024 - The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) announced today third- quarter 2024 results. Key Highlights
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Bloomberg and @aulia@mementomori.social
Max Tani / Semafor:
At an internal meeting, NYT editors shared what they thought of internal and external feedback, “explicit threats from Trump about us in the media”, and more — The Scoop — With the 2024 presidential election a few weeks away, one question was top of mind for staff at The New York Times …
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@elienyc, @emptywheel, @dangillmor@mastodon.social, @semaforben, @petersterne, @rickperlstein and Mediaite
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Washington Post:
Pointing at media personnel during a rally, Trump says “someone would have to shoot through the fake news” to hit the bulletproof glass and “I don't mind that” — Trump's latest comments were an escalation of violent language he and his supporters have used in recent days.
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HuffPost, Deadline, Metro.co.uk, @coachfinstock.bsky.social, The Times of Israel, Raw Story, @jpjassy.bsky.social, @alaynatreene, @faineg.bsky.social, @digiphile@threads.net, @coachfinstock.bsky.social, @annmlipton.bsky.social, @ronaldfilipkowski@threads.net, @rachelbitecofer, UPI, @kolchak@threads.net, @alaynatreene, Forbes, Axios, Daily Mail, RedState, CBS News, @noahshachtman@threads.net, @cdarwin@c.im, Politico, @crampell, Alabama Reflector, New York Post, Reuters, Must Read Alaska, Alternet.org, Rolling Stone, Salon, Fox News, The Independent, The Gateway Pundit, Townhall and ZeroHedge News
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The Times Tech Guild, representing NYT developers, data analysts, and more, goes on strike ahead of the US election; management offered a 2.5% annual wage rise — The Times Tech Guild represents more than 600 software developers and others who run the back-end systems behind The Times's digital operation.
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@anastasiakeeley, @nytguildtech, @amandahess, @teroterotero, @brianstelter, @jeffgreco.com, Mother Jones and The Nation
Porter Anderson / Publishing Perspectives:
PEN America: 10,046 school books bans across 29 states were recorded from July 2023 to June 2024, up ~200% YoY; Florida had 4,500+ bans and Iowa had 3,600+ bans — Calling US book bannings ‘tragic for young people,’ PEN America, four days before the 2024 US elections, cites a one-year 200-percent increase in such censorship.
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PEN America, Maryland Matters, UPI, DNyuz, Publishers Weekly, Orlando Sentinel and Associated Press
Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
James Ledbetter, a former media critic who wrote for The Village Voice, was Inc. magazine EIC, and started fintech newsletter FIN, died on October 28 at age 60 — He wrote the Press Clips column for The Village Voice, held top jobs at Inc. magazine and Slate, and wrote a book …
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TVNewsCheck, The Village Voice, FIN, Inc.com, Talking Biz News, @ellenychang, @nickgillespie, @villagevoice, @eamonlynch, @heerjeet, @kenli729, @jeffbercovici, @estherbrooklyn, @grossdm, @econhardship, @helaineolen, @hennesseyedit, @nkulw, @davidwhitford, @therichardpanek, @scaramucci, @lisquart, @theopedproject, @kantrowitz, @mccarthyryanj, @tenuredradical, @c_spencer_, @mkonnikova, @hollybizonthego, @greenwombat, @felixsalmon, @hollybizonthego, The Wrap and Talking Biz News
Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
The US says it believes Iranian-American journalist Reza Valizadeh, who once worked for US-funded broadcaster Radio Farda, has been detained for months by Iran — An Iranian-American journalist who once worked for a U.S. government-funded broadcaster is believed to have been detained by Iran for months now …
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Axios, New York Times, Firstpost, Bloomberg, Fox News, DNyuz, Voice of America, Reuters, New York Daily News and The Times of Israel
Sarah Kessler / New York Times:
Q&A with Kay Koplovitz on her transition to becoming a VC with Springboard after selling USA Networks, why women-led startups are underestimated, DEI, and more — Kay Koplovitz still remembers her first negotiation. Her family was moving from one suburb of Milwaukee to another …
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- Helena Torras on LinkedIn, more at Techmeme »
Rob Davies / The Guardian:
Earlier in 2024, Sky found it had accidentally underpaid its ad partners, including Paramount and WBD, and now faces a bill for hundreds of millions of pounds — Sky Media will have to recompense business partners after discovering it had miscalculated what it owed them
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Telegraph
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
A look at ultranationalist Israeli broadcaster Channel 14, which counts Netanyahu as a supporter and is fast becoming the country's most-watched news source — Channel 14, which counts Netanyahu as a supporter, has denied allegations that its coverage has incited war crimes
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@kaedotcom and @ayoub@spore.social
Ross Raihala / Twin Cities:
Q&A with Aaron Rupar on leaving Vox to start Public Notice on Substack, watching ~400 Trump rallies to share clips with his 989K followers on X, and more — He now has nearly a million followers on X and a successful Substack newsletter — If you follow presidential politics online …
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@aaron.rupar@threads.net and @aaron.rupar@threads.net
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