We talked to the Financial Times, La Nación, The New York Times, Vox, Chilango, the Times of India, and others about their early experiments sharing news on the world’s favorite messaging app.
The “failing” New York Times’ news operation now employs more than 1,700 journalists, up nearly 50 percent from a decade ago. It has nearly 5 million subscribers, triple its print-era peak. Now it’s preparing to up the price.
“The point is they have personality. They have character. They’re engaging, and they have really inside stuff. So, they’re more than newsletters. They are mini-brands that have events and forums around them — but the newsletter is almost the spearhead.”
Doctor, Ken. "Newsonomics: The 2016 media year by the numbers, and a look toward 2017." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 19 Dec. 2016. Web. 30 Jan. 2025.
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