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“We’ve become focused a little more on the paying subscribers.”
About 13 percent of Americans don’t trust any news outlet at all. (They went 2-to-1 for Trump in 2016.)
Plus: A U.K. report calls for governments to tread cautiously when it comes to fake news, as some other governments seem prepared to do the opposite.
A bad name stumbles into the sunset.
Its new Wirecutter Money vertical is the Times’ latest attempt to broaden its revenue base beyond its core news product.
“Participants said they had too much information and news on their screens and that they had to opt out, sort through and hunt for information that they were actually interested in.”
“The persistence of so many easily identified abusive accounts is difficult to square with any effective crackdown.”
“I would love to see us as a broader journalism community, people who care about sustainable and quality journalism, harness the power of new technologies rather than be the victims of it.”
“It seemed appropriate to do a still not short, but way more digestible, on-the-run version of the story.”